Communication Studies and Speech
Locating the Communication SectionsBooks are arranged on the shelf in broad subject categories. Some of the major categories for communications include:
070 News media, journalism, publishing
150 Psychology
170 Ethics (Moral philosophy)
300 Social sciences
310 General statistics
320 Political science
380 Commerce, communications, transport
383 Postal communication
384 Communications Telecommunication
400 Language
600 Technology (Applied sciences)
790-791 Telecommunications
792 Theatre
Finding Materials for Communications
1st floor, west Periodicals
1st floor, north Reference
1st floor annex Government Documents
2nd floor General books
3rd floor General books
Government Documents
Federal Communications Commission, DOC GP 3.22/2:281/INTERNET
Periodicals
Journal of Family Communication, Periodical Room
Communication Arts, Periodical Room
Electronic Resources
Academic Search Elite (EbscoHost)
Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost)
Article1st (FirstSearch)
Biography Resource Center
Issues and Controversies
MAS FullText Ultra (EbscoHost)
NewsFile Collection (NewsBank)
Newspaper Source (EbscoHost)
WorldCat (FirstSearch)
Internet Resources
EBSCOHost: Full text periodical database
NetLibrary: Full text e-book database
NewsBank: Full text newspaper database
First Search: Periodical and information indexes
Speech Library Assignment
Ebscohost Tutorials
Advanced Search with Guided Style (runtime 4 minutes) Advanced Search with Single Find Field; Creating Search and Journal Alerts (runtime 3 minutes) Basic Searching for Academic Libraries (runtime 3.4 minutes)
Caveman Dewey decimal tutorial
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Finding Speech Resources
Finding a topic
Lists of Speech topics from the University of Hawaii.
http://www.hawaii.edu/mauispeech/html/infotopichelp.html
Background information, archived documents, and links on major U.S. public policy issues.
http://www.policyalmanac.org/
National Issues Forum
http://www.nifi.org/
A non partisan opinion research and civic engagement organization helping Americans to explore and understand critical issues since 1975. http://www.publicagenda.org/
Speak out
http://speakout.com/activism/issues/
Exploring a speech topic
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Communication Websites
Texas A&M University --Department of Communication
http://comm.tamu.edu/
University of Colorado Boulder
http://comm.colorado.edu/
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.comm.uiuc.edu/
University of Oklahoma
http://www.ou.edu/deptcomm/
University of Southern California -- Annenberg School for Communication
http://annenberg.usc.edu/
University of Texas at Austin
http://communication.utexas.edu/
Communication Websites
Texas A&M University --Department of Communication
http://comm.tamu.edu/
University of Colorado Boulder
http://comm.colorado.edu/
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.comm.uiuc.edu/
University of Oklahoma
http://www.ou.edu/deptcomm/
University of Southern California -- Annenberg School for Communication
http://annenberg.usc.edu/
University of Texas at Austin
http://communication.utexas.edu/
