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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” byCall 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 byCall 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
- Why search here? This database contains peer-reviewed articles on almost every academic subject.
- What’s included? Content includes over 5,000 full-text journals and over 200 full-text magazines, as well as full-text monographs and conference proceedings. Additional content includes citations and abstracts for many more journals and other publications.
- Communication & Mass Media Complete
- Why search here? This is the most important database for the subjects of mass communication and speech communication.
- What’s included? It includes the full text of 450 peer-reviewed journals and citations for an additional 320 journals, as well as 5,400 author profiles.
- 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 (Not peer reviewed.)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 byISBN: 9780585147000Publication Date:
This volume deals with political speeches, particularly commemorative addresses, from the perspective of critical discourse analysis.
- Representative American Speeches, – byCall 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.