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Communication: Selected Resources


Scope
This is a guide to resources on Basic and Public Speaking, Fundamental Communication Concepts, and Interpersonal Communication. These resources include books, magazines and journals, and Web sites.

BOOK MATERIAL

Books may be available in print and/or electronic format. From the LRC website lrc.pjc.edu find book titles in the online catalog LINCC using the “Find Books” link with the “Subject Browse” option, and the following subject terms:

Business communication Business presentations
Communication in marriage
Communication in the family
Interpersonal communication
Interpersonal relations
Listening
Nonverbal communication
Oral communication
Public speaking

-Public speaking for women Speeches (use to find examples of speeches, addresses, etc.)
Training

Browsing the Shelves
Relevant titles may belocated on both floors of the library within the following ranges of call numbers:

BF 636-637 Applied Psychology
HF 5717-5734 Business Communication.
PN 4001-4355 Oratory, Elocution, etc.
PN 6121-6129 Orations.

RESERVE MATERIALS

Books relevant to this subject have been placed at the Reserve Desk under the instructor name O’Leary/Earnhardt. These books may be used only in the LRC.

MAGAZINE/JOURNAL TITLES (Available in the Reference Department of the LRC)

Business Communication Quarterly
Communication Yearbook
Journal of Business Communication
Journal of Communication Inquiry

ONLINE DATABASES

Find magazine, journal and newspaper articles from the LRC website using the “Find Articles” link and selecting either a database by title (alphabetical) or by subject.

Online databases allow electronic access to organized collections of information. Many online subscription databases index articles in magazines, journals, and newspapers. Begin your search for articles with the following databases:

Academic Search Premier
Indexes and abstracts 8,200 journals and magazines, and provides full text access to over 4,000 of these. Tip sheet available in Reference and online.

InfoTrac OneFile
Includes more than 6,000 full-text titles; five newspaper indexes -- a total of nearly 10,000 titles in all with more than 20 years of backfile coverage from 1980 to present.

InfoTrac Professional Collection
A custom selection of more than 300 full-text journals that is updated daily.

Look for articles from the following or similar publications:
Communication Education
Communication Studies
Communication World
Journal of Family Communication
Journal of Human Resources
Trends in Communication
Vital Speeches of the Day

WEB SITES

Using the search engine Ask.com, search under “public speaking”. Use the “Narrow Your Search and “Expand Your Search” features to refine your results.

Also try these recommended sites:

American Rhetoric: Online Speech Bank--
Contains links to sites with full text, audio, and video versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, and interviews.
www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm

Gifts of Speech: Women’s Speeches from around the World
http://gos.sbc.edu

Great American Speeches
www.pbs.org/greatspeeches

List of Famous Speeches
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_speeches

“Presenting/Public Speaking” assembled by Carter McNamara, MBA,PhD. www.managementhelp.org/commskls/presntng/presntng.htm

Public Speaking. Blog by Eric Feng.
“The intent of this blog is to share with you insightful and easy-to-apply tips on becoming an effective public speaker. No secret formula, just stuff that works! blog.ericfeng.com/

Toastmasters International
www.toastmasters.org

10/12/06
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