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COM 202 - Academic Writing and Inquiry: Reference Sources

COM 202

Reference Sources

Reference Sources

Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
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The Oxford English Dictionary online - find the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over 600,000 words.
Gale's Topic Finder This link opens in a new window
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Find new topics or keywords and discover new connections found in the top results.
Visual Thesaurus This link opens in a new window
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Interactive dictionary & thesaurus which creates word maps that blossom with meanings and branch to related words.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
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Over 550 multidisciplinary, scholarly reference titles. A great place to get an overview on a topic in order to more effectively research it. Includes images, video, and integration with other databases such as JSTOR, OmniFile Select, etc.
Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window
Indexes over 25,000 records, covering a wide array of topics. The database contains various images, offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas.

Statistics Databases

Statista This link opens in a new window
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Access to 1 million statistics – ready to use infographics in PPT, XLS and PNG formats.

Gallup
Gallup delivers analytics and advice on issues that affect the world.
Pew Research Center
"Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. [They] conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. [They] do not take policy positions."

Images & Infographics

Statista This link opens in a new window
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Access to 1 million statistics – ready to use infographics in PPT, XLS and PNG formats.

Pew Research Center
"Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. [They] conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. [They] do not take policy positions."
Pixabay (CCO Free Images)
Google Images
Search, then go to TOOLS and select the Usage Rights.

Create your own images!

Use Excel or Google Sheets to create infographics from tables of data.
Use a photo editing program to create your own images.
Draw! (If that is your thing...)
Use a drawing app or mind mapping app to create images and visuals.

Mind Mapping - bubble.us

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