Speech Study Guide

This guide provides links to help you create a research strategy for Speech. Knowing which options are available allows you to quickly select those most appropriate for your topic.

To start your research, SCC Library Information Specialists suggest:

LINCC Online Catalog Subject Browse Lists which are linked to SCC Library Speech holdings including the Call Number, Campus, & Availability for each.

Books & periodicals which are linked to SCC Library holdings & include the Call Number, Campus, & Availability for each & give information on topics, pro/con issues, & opinions.

Periodicals that are useful for locating speeches & information on topics, positions, & opinions.

Internet Links:

• Cite Sources
• General
• Myers-Briggs
• Plagiarism
•  Speech Sites
• Topics
• Types of Speeches

LINCC Online Catalog Subject Browse Lists which are linked to SCC Library holdings & include the Call Number, Campus, & Availability for each.

Books/Periodicals which are linked to SCC Library holdings & include the Call Number, Campus, & Availability for each.

• At Issue
• Congressional Digest (pro/con format) 
• Contemporary issues 
• Contemporary issues companion
• Contemporary issues in crime and justice series
• Contemporary issues in the Middle East 
• Contemporary World Issues
• CQ Researcher (Also Available as an online database in LINCCWeb Online Databases.)
• Current Controversies (pro/con format) 
• Ideas in conflict
• Ideas in conflict series
• Opposing viewpoints (pro/con format) 
• Real A+ college term papers
• Reference Shelf
• Taking sides (pro/con format) 
• 10,000 Ideas for Term Papers, Projects and Reports
• Vital speeches of the day  

Speech Internet Links

General

• Allyn & Bacon Public Speaking Website
• Art of Using Humor in Public Speaking (Anthony L. Audrieth)
• Bartlett's Quotations
• Figures of Speech (about.com)
• Quotations Site (about.com)
• Quoteland
• refdesk.com (Bob Drudge)

Speech Sites

• Communication Studies: Speeches & Speechmakers (Univ. of Iowa)
• Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the World (Sweet Briar College)
• Great American Speeches (PBS)
• Great Speeches Collection (History Place)
• Martin Luther King Jr. Speeches, Quotes, and Writings (About.com)
• Online Speech Bank (Michael E. Eidenmuller)
• Speech Archive (History Channel)
• Speeches (Yahoo)
• U.S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses

Speech Types

• Five Paragraph Essay 
• Persuasive Speeches (Lucinda Gatch)
• Writing Effective Speeches (about.com)
  

Topics

• Academic, Persuasive Essay Topics (About.com)
• Alcohol: Problems and Solutions (SUNY)
• American Civil Liberties Union Issues
• Books available at SCC
• Hot Paper Topics (St. Ambrose University)
• Idea Generator (Old Dominion University)
• Social Issues (Multnomah County Library)
• Some Ideas for Speech Topics (Cincinnati State Technical and Community College) 
• Speech Topics (Toastmasters)

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