Course Guides: Speech Communication

Jump to...

• Printable Guides & Handouts
• Suggested Databases
• Selected E-Books
• Locations of Speech Communication Resources in the Library
• Selected Books in the Library
• Online Resources
• Research Guides: includes citation help (will open in a new window)

PRINTABLE GUIDES & HANDOUTS:

• Course Guide Handout-Speech Communication (PDF)

Back to top

SUGGESTED DATABASES:

• Academic Search Complete - Provides full-text articles from more than 5,500 multi-disciplinary, scholarly journals and publications.
• CQ Researcher - Provides in-depth, non-biased articles on topics and issues in the news. Includes a bibliography of sources.
• LexisNexis - Provides full-text articles and abstracts from newspapers, magazines, and reference sources, including legal and law resources.

Please note that when accessing the databases from off-campus, you will be prompted to login.

Back to top

SELECTED E-BOOKS:

eBook Collection from EBSCOhost is our largest provider of ebooks (electronic copies of printed books PDF format), available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. eBook Collection has an easy-to-use search interface. You will be prompted to login with your 12-digit Library User ID to access these e-books from off-campus. Please see our Tutorials on eBook Collection from EBSCOhost for more information.

• Boost Your Presentation IQ, 2006, by Marilyn Pincus.
• Butterflies Be Gone: A Hands-on Approach to Sweat-proof Public Speaking, 2008, by Arthur H. Bell.
• The Debatabase Book: A Must-have Guide for Successful Debate, 3rd Edition, 2007, by Robert Trapp. The 1st and 2nd editions are also available as e-books.
• Off the Cuff: What to Say at a Moment's Notice, 2004, by Anne Cooper Ready.
• The Seven Strategies of Master Presenters, 2004, by Bradley C. McRae.
• Speak to Win: How to Present with Power in Any Situation, 2008, by Brian Tracy.

Visit our eBook Collections for links to eBook Collection from EBSCOhost and other e-book collections. Please note that books that are still protected by copyright may not be available online in full-text from the free sources.

Back to top

LOCATIONS OF SPEECH COMMUNICATION RESOURCES IN THE LIBRARY:

Speech Communication-related topics can be found in resources located in these Library of Congress call number ranges:

• HF5717 to HF5734.7 - Business communication.
• P87 to P86 - Communication. Mass media.
  • P95 to P95.6 - Oral communication. Speech.
• P99.5 to P99.6 - Nonverbal communication.
• P101 to P410 - Language.
  • P301 to P301.5 - Style. Composition. Rhetoric.
• PN4001 to PN4355 - Oratory. Elocution, etc.

Back to top

SELECTED BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY:

• The Confident Speaker: Beat Your Nerves and Communicate at Your Best in any Situation
  Call number: PN 4129.15 .M65 2007
• Mastering Public Speaking, 4th Edition.
  Call number: PN 4121 .G719 2001
• Painless Speaking
  Call number: P 95 .M333 2003
• Slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations
  Call number: HF 5718.22 .D83 2008
• Why Most PowerPoint Presentations SUCK: And How You Can Make Them Better
  Call number: HF 5718.22 .A47 2007

Back to top

ONLINE RESOURCES:

• 10 Tips for Public Speaking, from Toastmasters International; also check out their free resources.
• Allyn & Bacon Public Speaking Website, from Pearson Publishing, this site offers six modules to use when developing your speeches.
• Finding Your Voice(s), from ALA's Learning Round Table, this resource offers tips and links to different speeches.
• ROPER Center Public Opinion Archives provides over 50 years of public opinion survey results, including opinion polls on social issues, such as crime, abortion, immigration, women and work, the death penalty, and race relations.
• Study Guides and Strategies: Public Speaking, offers tips on public speaking.
• TED: Ideas worth spreading "Riveting talks by remarkable people," offers video of talks on numerous topics, searchable by theme, speaker, etc.

Back to top