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Welcome to the research guide for Introduction to Speech Communication. This guide contains links and research materials to help you make this class a success.
On this page, find course information and a quick list of resources to get you started.
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DVDs in the Library
Martin Luther King: “I have a dream” by Call Number: 323.4 K585i DVDISBN: 9780788605994Publication Date:I Have a Dream contains King’s entire inspirational speech in Washington D.C. on . This video also includes a newsreel and documentary footage from the march plus footage from the rally on the twentieth anniversary of the original march.
12 Angry Men by Call Number: 791.4372 A162 DVDPublication Date:Depicts a jury of men who must decide the fate of a teenage boy who has murdered his abusive father. The jurors are from all walks of life, and bring with them their own opinions, prejudices, fears, and personal demons.
Best Bets
The following can help you start your research.
See the Library Resources tab for more extensive lists of suggested materials.
Databases
- Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is the world’s most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multidisciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.
- Communication & Mass Media Complete
Communication & Mass Media Complete provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media.
- Quarterly Journal of Speech
Essays, articles, and book reviews on language and communication for the speech professional.
- Vital Speeches of the Day
The text of speeches on a wide range of political topics. (Not peer reviewed.)
Analysing Political Speeches by ISBN: 9780585147000Publication Date:This volume deals with political speeches, particularly commemorative addresses, from the perspective of critical discourse analysis.
Representative American Speeches, – by Call Number: 815.5408 R29986ISBN: 9780824209315Publication Date:A collection of over 150 speeches reflecting a broad range of issues before the American public between and , organized around sixteen interconnected themes including civil rights, education, and war.
Communication at Northwestern
These links will take you to official NWOSU university pages.
- School of Arts & Sciences
The departments within the school offer a total of fifteen majors and twenty minors at the undergraduate level and a master of arts in American studies at the graduate level.
- Communication Department
The Communication Department is comprised of the Mass Communication and Speech Communication Programs.
- Mass Communication
The Bachelor of Science Program in Mass Communication enables students to reach their full potential through guidance, instruction, and learning experiences in preparation for graduate studies or careers in communications and related fields.
- Speech & Theatre
The Speech and Theatre Program strives to enable its members to achieve learning excellence and reach their full potential through guidance, instruction, and learning experiences in preparation for graduate studies and professional applications in speech- and theatre-related fields.