Course Guides
Communication 208
Public Speaking
Professor: Dr. Robert Walker, rwalker@ric.edu
Librarian: Patricia Brennan, pbrennan@ric.edu
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Background (Reference Books)
Banned in the Media: a reference guide to censorship Ref. P96. C42U654 1998 Communication Research: Strategies and Sources Ref. P91.3.L83 1996 Dictionary of Media Literacy Ref. P91.3 .S527 1997 International Encyclopedia of Communications (4 vols.) Ref. P87.5. I5 1989 Journalism: A Guide to the Reference Literature Ref. PN4731.C38 1997 Language & Communication Ref. P29 .F27 1998 Language of News Ref. PN4783 .B68 1994 Violence and the Media: a reference handbook Ref. P96.V5 N48 1996 Webster's New World Dictionary of Media & Communications Ref. P87.5.W45 1996 -
Examples of Persuasive Rhetoric
Editorials on File [1987 - present] Ref. D839. E3 Vital Speeches of the Day [1964 - present] PERIOD V59 -
Online Catalog (HELIN) - Sample subject headings:
ORAL COMMUNICATION PUBLIC SPEAKING [PN4121-PN4130] DEBATES AND DEBATING RADIO PUBLIC SPEAKING EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING SPEECHES, ADDRESSES, ETC. [PN6121-PN6129], this heading may be modified, i.e. American, British, etc. FORENSICS (PUBLIC SPEAKING) SPEECH ERRORS MALAPROPISMS SPEECHWRITING PERFORMANCE ANXIETY SPEECH-STUDY AND TEACHING POLITICAL ORATORY STAGE FRIGHT PERSUASION (RHETORIC) TELEVISION -
INDEXING AND ABSTRACTING SOURCES
Online Sources
Links to these databases are available under Periodical Indexes on the left side of the library homepage- ABI-INFORM Global Business Index
- Academic Search Premier (EBSCO host)
- ERIC
- Providence Journal Full-text Index (1995- )
- PsycINFO
Paper Indexes
Communication Abstracts INDEX P87 .C59733 Exceptional Child Education Resources INDEX LC3950 .E8 New York Times Index INDEX AI21 .N44 Washington Post INDEX AI21 .W33 W36 -
Communications: A Smattering of World Wide Web Sites
General sources
CommFile! at U.Cal.Fullerton
One of the finest meta-sites in the communications field. Well-designed menus with good topical organization in all areas of the field.
Communications Central at Governors State Univ.
Rutgers University Libraries Research Guide : Communications, Journalism and Mass Media
Speech Communication/ Public Speaking/ Rhetoric
Allyn & Bacon's Public Speaking Website
Outlines the process involved in preparing a speech with links to examples and to sites containing further information. Generally well organized but watch out for simplistic suggestions (i.e. "Search library collections worldwide" - why? You'll find more than adequate data via HELIN) or inaccuracies (i.e. "Search library card catalogs" - We haven't printed a card around here in over 10 years!).
Douglass: Archives of American Public Address
An excellent chronological presentation of American oratory from colonial times to the present
Online Speech Bank at U Texas at Tyler
Includes audio and video clips, as well as full text
Stephen Downe's Guide to Logical Fallacies
An extensive glossary with linked examples
Silva Rhetoricae by Gordon O Burton, Brigham Young U.
By far the clearest web presentation of the structure, devices, and figures which make up classical rhetoric
Virtual Communication Assistants at the University of Kansas
Organizations
American Communications Association
note: The American Communication Journal is an entirely electronic peer-reviewed journal, freely available on this site.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn.
For other professional and scholarly associations, see the Internet Public Library's Associations on the Net]
Journalism
American Journalism Review
Journalism Resources
Public Opinion
Opinion Pages
Offers access to opinions, ideas, and commentary from dozens of English-language newspapers worldwide