Persuasive Speech

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Persuasive Speech

• Maintaining ongoing relationships between birth
  parents, adoptees, and adoptive parents after
  adoption can be the most beneficial arrangement.
• How to find credible sources?

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Where to Start?

• Opposing Viewpoints
• http//library.chattanoogastate.edu
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• Password ___________________

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Magazine Articles

• MasterFILE Premier
• Think of terms to search
• adoption record
• birthmother and adoption
• open adoption
• biological mother and adoption

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Newspapers

• LexisNexis Academic Guided News Search 1.
  Select a news category U.S. News2. Select a
  news source New York News Sources 3.
  Enter search terms open adoption records
  (you could broaden search adoption
  records)4. Date range (could try 10 years)
• 5. Search this publication title (for example)
  New York Times

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Books

• Library Catalog tab Keyword search
• Search such terms as adoption records
  adoption birthmothers
  adoption biological mothers

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Find Tennessee Law

• Tennessee Code hard copy
• LexisNexis Academic
• Legal Research State Codes Tennessee
• Type in search terms, for example
  contact veto open adoption adoption
  records
• Or check State Case Law

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Credible Web Sites

• Find a Tennessee State Agency
• http//google.com
• Search tennessee state adoption
• Always check sources for credibility.

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MLA Citation Examples

• Library web page
• Select appropriate Citations MLA Examples
  eDatabases or Web Sites