Rhetoric and Communications Journals & Indexes | Web Resources | Reference Works | Bates Rhetoric Department | Librarian You might also wish to consult the subject guides for Politics, Sociology, and/or U.S. History in addition to this guide. Full Text Journals & Indexes   Sources for Speech Texts   Communication and Mass Media Complete ABOUT     Vital Speeches of the Day   Academic Search Premier ABOUT     Douglass: Archives of American Public Address Electronic archive of American oratory and related documents.   Essay and General Literature Index ABOUT       Lexis/Nexis Academic ABOUT     American Rhetoric Index to over 5000 full text audio and video versions of public speeches, including speeches from feature films.   PAIS International ABOUT       LitFinder [incl.Essay/Speech/Play Finder] ABOUT     The Great Debate and Beyond Presidential debates from 1960 to 2004. Includes videos and other documentary material (including "memos and spin").         Multi-Database Search : Rhetoric Web Resources Pew Research Center for the People & the Press Independent opinion research group that studies attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues Annals of American History Primary source documents of American culture, including "speeches, historical accounts, memoirs, poems, images, and multimedia." Reference Works General Index to Journals in Communication Studies through 1995 ("Matlon") Ref Z 5630 .M37 1997 Encyclopedia of Communication and Information Ref P 87.5 .E53 2001 v.1-3 History of the Mass Media in the United States : an Encyclopedia Ref P 92 .U5 H55 1998 Encyclopedia of Rhetoric Ref PN 172 .E52 2001 Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition Ref PN 172 .E53 1996 Sourcebook on rhetoric Ref PN 172 .J37 2001 Speech Index Ref AI 3 .S85 1966 Ref AI 3 .S85 1966 Suppl 1966/80 U. S. Rhetoric American Voices: an Encyclopedia of Contemporary Orators Ref PS 408 .A47 2005 American Orators Ref PN 4193 .P6 A43 1987 [Before 1900] Ref PN 4193 .P6 A44 1987 [20th Century] The Presidents Speak: the Inaugural Addresses of the American Presidents from Washington to Clinton Ref J 81 .C62 1994 U. S. Presidents as Orators Ref PN 4055 .U53 P648 1995 African American Orators Ref E 185.96 .A447 1996 Access online through ebrary Women Public Speakers in the United States Ref HQ 1412 .W67 1993 [1800-1925] Ref HQ 1412 .W68 1994 [1925-1993] Index to American Women Speakers 1828-1978 Ref Z 1231 .O7 M36 We Shall Be Heard: an Index to Speeches by American Women 1978 to 1985 Ref Z 1231 .O7 M37 1988 Special topics Violence and Terror in the Mass Media: an Annotated Bibliography Ref Z 5633 .V56 S56 1988 Talking Terrorism Ref HV 6431 .H455 2003 Library contact: For more information, contact: Christopher P. Schiff Music and Arts Librarian 207-786-6274 e-mail: cschiff AT bates.edu The George and Helen Ladd Library • Bates College 48 Campus Avenue • Lewiston, Maine 04240 (207) 786-6263

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