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Speech

 
Full-Text Speech Collections (4)
Speaking Tips (5)
Sources for Argumentative/Persuasive Speeches (2)
 

  Full-Text Speech Collections 
 
  American Rhetoric: Online Speech Bank -  http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm
A "database of 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two."
  Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches From Around the World -  http://gos.sbc.edu
A database of full-text speeches made by influential women from around the world.  The database primarily contains speeches made after 1900.
  Great American Speeches -  http://www.pbs.org/greatspeeches/
From PBS, eighty years of political oratory captured in text, audio, and video.
  History and Politics Outloud -  http://www.hpol.org/about.html
A "searchable multimedia database of audio relevant to American history and politics" funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
 
  Speaking Tips 
 
  Public Speaking Website -  http://wps.ablongman.com/ab_public_speaking_2 Six modules to help you prepare your speech - assess, analyze, research, organize, deliver, and discern.  From the publisher Allyn & Bacon.
  Toastmasters International -  http://www.toastmasters.org/
Web site to the well known speakers' association.  It includes 10 tips for public speaking.
  CMU Pronouncing Dictionary -  http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/cmudict
A "machine-readable pronunciation dictionary for North American English that contains over 125,000 words and their transcriptions."
  Voice of America Pronunciation Guide -  http://names.voa.gov/
The Voice of America pronunciation database for people and places.  It includes audio for each entry.
 
  Sources for Argumentative/Persuasive Speeches 
 
  Public Agenda -  http://www.publicagenda.org/
A "nonpartisan opinion research organization" that provides indepth issue guides, research studies, and polling data on the Web.
  Opposing Viewpoints Reference Center -  AVL resource - if you are Off Campus, click here. You will be prompted to enter your username (student ID or employee ID number) and password (last name) to access this resource
Find articles, essays, statistics, primary documents, and other key reference materials on a wide range of topics.