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Books, Movies and Music
Materials related to public speaking, rhetoric and debate have call
numbers PN4061 through PN4197. Items related to American speeches have
call numbers PS662 and international speeches PN6122.
Opposing Viewpoints, Taking Sides, Reference Shelf and Short Introductions are different series of books that might be useful for preparing speeches.
Databases
CQ Researcher
Authoritative reports that provide in-depth information on countless topics.
Lexis-Nexis Academic
Extensive newspaper archive and journal index covering international and national (including California) news along with legal, medical and business news from 1980 to the present.
Websites
American Rhetoric Online Speech Bank
Hot Paper Topics
IDEA International Debate Education Association
ProCon.org Different viewpoints on many different current events topics
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