LibGuides: COMM 101: Public Speaking: Additional Resources

Recommended Library Databases

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Our largest interdisciplinary database, ASU indexes peer-reviewed journals, newspapers, magazines, monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. 1887 - present.
Also includes more than 74,000 videos from the Associated Press, which appear in a carousel in the result list. Updated monthly, this collection of videos from the world’s leading news agency includes footage from 1930 to the present and helps round out student research
Communication Source This link opens in a new window
Combines Communication and Mass Media Complete and Communications Abstracts (formerly published by Sage).
Offers full-text content pertaining to communication studies, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse, speech-language pathology, media studies and related fields and includes many unique sources previously not available.
SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Journal articles, books, & conference papers for disciplines including sociology, anthropology, criminal justice, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, social psych. 1908 - present.
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