Jefferson State Community College Libraries: Speech Olmstead: Informative Speeches

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Credo Reference offers over 3,000,000 reference entries from all the major academic subject areas to offer a great starting point for your research! Tons of images, audio files, videos and full text articles on any Topic you can think of, all with full citations that your teachers will applaud.
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Citing Your Sources During a Speech
Follow this link for information on oral citations. An oral citation conveys the reliability, validity and currency of your information. Citing your sources orally lets your audience know that you have researched your topic.