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Subject Guide - Speech

Selected Reference Books
Full-Text Books Online
Print Magazines in Kiefer Library
Magazine, Journal, & Newspaper Article Databases or Online Periodicals
Other Library Materials
Searching the Library Catalog
Selected Web Resources
Selected Online Images and Other Media
Other Library Catalogs

Compiled by Ellen Willis and Carol Satersmoen, English and Speech Librarian Liaisons. Updated 2006.

Selected Reference Books

HV 8142 .T45 2004 Verbal Judo: the Gentle Art of Persuasion

P 301.5.P47 T36 1998 The Argument Culture: Moving from Debate to Dialogue

PN 4121 .G74 1997 David Greenberg’s Simply Speaking! The No-Sweat Way to Prepare and Deliver Presentations

PN 4121 .L72 1998 The Art of Public Speaking

PN 4121 .S8147 1995 The Art of Winning Conversation

PN 4129.15 .D48 2006 Can You Say a Few Words?

PS 668.B3 Representative American Speeches

PS 668.G7 J4 1990 Great Speeches in American History

PS 663.M55 V64 1996 Voices of Multicultural America: Notable Speeches delivered by African, Asian, Hispanic, and Native Americans, 1790-1995

Full-Text Books Online

NetLibrary
This database includes access to such titles as: 101 Ways to Captivate a Business Audience, 7 Steps to Fearless Speaking, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Public Speaking with Confidence, High-impact Public Speaking for Business and the Professions, the Lost Art of the Great Speech.

Print Magazines in Kiefer Library

Congressional Digest

The Library’s subscriptions to speech journals are primarily in electronic format. Full-text articles are available in electronic formats through online databases. (see below)

Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Article Databases or Online Periodicals

Academic Search Premier | Off-Campus Access
Facts on File | Off-Campus Access
LexisNexis | Off-Campus Access
Proquest Research Library | Off-Campus Access

Other Library Materials

Video/DVD
VHS HQ1236 .S65 1995             The Speeches of Famous Women
VHS PN6122 .C74 1998              The Greatest Speeches of All-Time
MDSV Videocassette #6-I05       Motivational Speech with Jerry Lewis
MDSV Videocassette #9-B11      Be Prepared to Speak: The Step-by-step Guide To Public Speaking

Searching the Library Catalog

The above titles are just a few of the resources available for you. The Kiefer Library Catalog, http://tlc.aims.edu/ provides access to resources available at Aims Community College. Use the following subjects (Library of Congress) and keywords to search in the library catalog:

addresses, debates, debating, speeches, orations, oratory, public speaking

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