COMM 210: Public Speaking

This guide will provide tools and resources to assist you in your course assignments, including:

• Finding resources; 
• Evaluating resources;
• How to cite those resources.

Have questions? Contact your librarian! Their contact info is in the box below the menu.

Books

• Public speaking
• Debates and debating
• Oral communication
• Business presentations
• Business communication

Articles

• Journals (list of available journal titles)
• Communications and Mass Media Complete (searchable database)

Guides

• Speaking Tips from the Butler University Speakers Lab

Learn by reading and listening to great speeches: 

• Say It Plain, Say It Loud: A Century of Great African American Speeches (American Public Media)
• Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the World (Sweet Briar College)
• American Speeches: Recordings at the Library of Congress

• Journalism and Communications subject guide
• National organizations
  • National Speakers Association
  • Toastmasters International
  • National Communication Association