Books & Audio-Visual
- AlleyCat
- Use AlleyCat, the CCAC online catalog, to find materials at any of the CCAC libraries
Reference & Overview Sources
| Full Text? | Database Name | Vendor | Help |
|---|---|---|---|
| yes | CQ Researcher | CQ Press | info |
| yes | Credo Reference / Xreferplus | Credo | info |
| yes | Issues & Controversies | FACTS.com | info |
| yes | Opposing Viewpoints | Gale | info |
Magazine & Journal Articles
| Full Text? | Database Name | Vendor | Help |
|---|---|---|---|
| yes | Academic Search Premier | EBSCOhost | info |
| yes | MasterFILE Premier | EBSCOhost | info |
| no | Arts & Humanities Search | FirstSearch | info |
Web Sites
- Bloomsburg University
- Gives sound clips from famous speeches.
- Chapman University - Persuasive Speech Links
- Provides many links for speech writing from finding a topic to organizing and writing a persuasive speech.
- Douglass : Archives of American Public Address
- Northwestern University's Douglass is a searchable electronic archive of American oratory and related documents. It contains significant speeches arranged by speaker, title, time or topic with numerous links.
- Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States
- George Washington to George W. Bush.
- Say It Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches
- Produced by American Radio Works, this radio documentary highlights a sampling of the great oratories of African Americans during the last century. Listen to the entire documentary or selected speeches. Included are selections from Booker T. Washington, Fannie Lou Hamer, Martin Luther King, Jr., Jesse Jackson and Barack Obama. A brief biography and the transcripts of each speech are also included. [Real Player]
- SpeechTips.com
- A free guide to speech writing and public speaking for any occasion.
- Wake Forest University: Collections of political speeches
- Site includes political speeches, audio sites, generic link information, genre sites and links to individual Presidential sites.