Wayne G. Basler Library: Speech and Public Speaking: Library Online

Subject-Specific Databases

Communications and Mass Media (Gale OneFile)
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Search journals for articles on all aspects of the communications field such as: advertising and marketing, public relations, graphic arts and photography, writers, editors, and publishers, journalists, engineering and technology, broadcasting, and more. The content of this database is also part of Academic OneFile and General OneFile, along with additional original material.
Opposing Viewpoints
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Search for information on a variety of social issues by using the thousands of viewpoint articles and topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles from national and international sources, primary source documents, court cases, biographies and profiles, statistics, images, videos, podcasts, audio files, and links to evaluated websites.
Popular Magazines (Gale OneFile)
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This database contains the most searched magazines, with a strong focus on current events, sports, science, and health. Search for articles on celebrity gossip, home improvement, national news, automobiles, exercise, computers, and more. Also included is access to National Public Radio programs, including transcripts and podcasts. The content of this database is also part of Academic OneFile and General OneFile, along with additional original material.

General Databases

Academic OneFile (Gale) Comprehensive database with millions of articles from journals, magazines, and reference sources.  Also includes podcasts, radio transcripts, and videos. Covers a variety of subjects such as: business and small business, communications and mass media, computers, criminal justice, diversity, education, environmental studies, health and medicine, landscaping and horticulture, military and terrorism, pop culture, psychology, religion and philosophy, and science. Includes the full-text coverage of The New York Times from 1985 to present.
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OmniFile Full Text Mega A one-stop multidisciplinary database covering many subjects such as: education, sciences, humanities, social sciences, etc. Contains everything (all the indexing, abstracting, and full-text) in the other Wilson databases: Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Art Index & Retrospective, Biological & Agricultural Index Plus, Business Full Text, Education Full Text, General Science, Humanities Full Text, Legal Periodicals Full Text, Library Literature & Information Science Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text.
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Opposing Viewpoints Search for information on a variety of social issues by using the thousands of viewpoint articles and topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles from national and international sources, primary source documents, court cases, biographies and profiles, statistics, images, videos, podcasts, audio files, and links to evaluated websites.
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JSTOR Community Colleges Collection Access articles from scholarly journals in subject areas such as: history; political science; sociology; mathematics and statistics; African, African American, Asian, Classical, and Middle Eastern studies; philosophy; ecology and evolutionary biology; geography; archaeology; economics; population studies; and the history of science and technology. Also includes Primary Source collections.
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Journals Online

Check out our Communications Journals, available online!

Streaming Video

Owning the Space: A Guide to Public Speaking from the Boardroom to the Nightly News
In the session, you will learn: * How to build your confidence as a speaker * How to prepare for public speaking * Tips for giving a great talk or presentation
Relaxation for Public Speaking
We've all been there. Public speaking can be a terrifying. Learn how to calm your nerves before you take the stage.

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