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COMM 101:
Comm 101: Fundamentals of Speech
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Speech Resources
- Douglass Archive of American Public Address
Douglass is an electronic archive of American oratory and related documents, developed by Northwestern University. Search by Speaker, by Title, Chronologically, or by Issue.
- Specialized Resources: Electronic full-text and Reference Books
- Speech index : an index to 259 collections of world famous orations and speeches for various occasions / Sutton, Roberta Briggs.
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference AI3 .S85 1966
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- American orators of the twentieth century : critical studies and sources
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference PN4193.P6 A44 1987
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- Readers' Guide Retrospective
• Dates covered: 1890-1982
Readers' Guide Retrospective, produced by The H. W. Wilson Company, is a database containing comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America. Coverage is currently 1890-1982. 2 Simultaneous Users.
Specialized Resources
- For Current Events search these databases
- ProQuest
ProQuest accesses databases covering a wide range of subject areas and disciplines using a common search interface. It is the library's premiere full-text database, indexing over 4,000 sources including scholarly journals, popular magazines and newspapers.
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- Alternative Press Index
API Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political & social change. Coverage is international and interdisciplinary indexing over 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. Includes selected abstracts from research journals. Subjects covered include: animal rights, anarchism, civil rights, democracy, environmental issues, feminism, gay and lesbian issues, labor, national liberation, socialism – theory and practice, and indigenous peoples. Site License.
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- Bellingham Herald (NewsBank)
• Dates covered: 2002-current
Newsbank provides complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded. Site License.
- Ethnic Newswatch and ENW: a History
• Dates covered: 1990-current
Ethnic NewsWatch is an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Designed to provide the "other side of the story," ENW titles offer additional viewpoints from those proffered by the mainstream press. Coverage begins in 1990. Included is Ethnic NewsWatch: a History, with retrospective coverage from 1960-1989. 2 Simultaneous Users.
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