This guide was created to help you find credible sources that you can feel confident using in your Informative and Persuasive Speeches for COM 121.
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If an article is peer-reviewed, it means that a board of scholarly reviewers have analyzed the article for quality of research and adherence to editorial standards of the journal before accepting it for publication. This high standard of writing, content, and research quality results in the highest quality scholarly articles on your subject.
If you use materials from peer-reviewed publications, they have been vetted by scholars in the field for quality and importance (SDSU Library, n.d.).
SDSU Library. (n.d.). What is peer review? Retrieved July 14, 2020, from https://library.sdsu.edu/reference/news/what-does-peer-review-mean
If you're focusing on a historical or global event, use World News Digest or SIRS Researcher.
If you're focusing on a person, use Biography Reference Bank.
If you're focusing on a current or recent event, use Nexis Uni to search for recent newspaper articles on your topic.
