Informative Speaking

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As you begin to work on your informative speech, you will find that you need to gather additional information. Your instructor will most likely require that you locate relevant materials in the library and cite those materials in your speech. In this section, we discuss the process of researching your topic and thesis.

Conducting research for a major informative speech can be a daunting task. In this section, we discuss a number of strategies and techniques that you can use to gather and organize source materials for your speech. To read more about these strategies, click on any item in the list below:

• Gathering Materials
• Taking Notes
• Citing Sources Within Your Speech
• Creating Your Bibliography
• Some Cautions