Citing your sources during an oral presentation can make your speech more convincing, and some instructors require it. When you cite your sources in a speech, you demonstrate how your ideas mesh with reliable sources in your topic’s field. There are four elements you want to mention in some combination:
“In her 2000 article History and Status of Native Americans in Librarianship, professor of library and information science and founder of the American Indian Library Association, Lotsee Patterson addressed…”
“In his report from the 2007 Macworld Expo keynote, Matthew Honan of Macworld.com discussed Steve Jobs’ rationale behind dropping ‘Computers’ from Apple Inc.’s name.”
Practice adding verbal citations to make them sound natural.
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