Speeches

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Articles & eResources

In order to find scholarly journal or popular magazine articles, you need to search the online databases or consult print indexes.

Suggested searches:

"i have a dream"
churchill and speech*
reagan and challenger and speech*
"susan b anthony" and speech*
"sojourner truth" and speech*
"barbara jordan" and (rhetoric* or speech* or orat*)
kennedy and inaugura*
"elizabeth i" and armada
"martin luther king" and (speech* or rhetoric*)
gehrig and (speech* or address*)
"malcolm x" and (speech* or rhetoric*)

Recommended Databases for Speech-Related Information:

America: History & Life

Citations to articles on U.S. and Canadian history.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

50,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2000.

EBSCOHost

Try clicking on the boxes next to Academic Search, MasterFILE, Newspaper Source, MLA International Bibliography, Communication & Mass Media Complete, and American Humanities Index to search these databases simultaneously. General subject/Humanities subject databases; both full text and citations.

Humanities International Index

Humanities subject database; primarily citations.

JSTOR

Full-text archive of scholarly journals; includes such journals as American Speech.

New York Times Archive

Full-text access to the New York Times from 1851 to 2006

Books & Library Materials

Library Catalog

To search for books, videos, DVDs, CDs, and other library materials containing speeches, search the catalog.

Keyword Search: to perform a "Keyword" search, try the following suggested searches:

speeches
speeches and criticism
speeches or rhetoric
(speech* or rhetoric*) and president*
(speech* or rhetoric*) and america*
(speech* or rhetoric*) and (america* or "united states")"martin luther king" and speech*
(jfk or "john f kennedy") and speech*
"margaret thatcher" and speech*

"civil right*" and (speech* or rhetoric*)
politic* and speech* and criticism

Subject Search: to perform a "Subject" search, try the following suggested searches:

Speeches Addresses Etc

Speeches Addresses Etc American
Speeches Addresses Etc American 20th Century
Speeches Addresses Etc American History And Criticism

SpeechesAddresses Etc English
Speeches Addresses Etc English History And Criticism

Orators

African American Orators

Oratory
Oratory Ancient
Oratory King Martin Luther Jr 1929 1968
Oratory Reagan Ronald
Oratory United States History