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Before you start searching, you must identify relevant key terms for your topic. Below are a few examples of key terms to try for political science:
Argument | Speech | Intercultural Communication |
Debate | Interpersonal Communication | Business Communication |
Oral communication | Vocal Production | Social Media |
Mass Media | Public Speaking | Written communication |
Here a few examples of politics-related search terms that you can use to find items in the library catalog. Note that adding the word "AND" will combine the key terms to give a narrower set of results:
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