Ritz Library: Speech: Databases & Journals

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Communications and Mass Media (Gale OneFile)
Provides access to academic journals and magazines focusing on all aspects of the communications field. Key subjects covered in the database include advertising and public relations, literature and writing, linguistics, and more.
Films on Demand
Streaming videos covering academic subjects.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context)
Provides overviews, pro/con essays, articles from reference books, newspapers, and magazines, and links to websites, podcasts and videos on over 5,000 topics that concentrate on social issues.
CQ Researcher
Extensive coverage of modern social issues.
ProQuest Research Library
The database includes more than 5,000 titles - over 3,500 in full text - from 1971 forward. It features a highly-respected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers. Also includes the NY Times.
Academic Video Online
A wide variety of videos on various subjects.

Vital Speeches of the Day
"Vital Speeches of the Day is a monthly collection of the best speeches in the world... 'it is indeed vital to the welfare of the nation that important, constructive addresses by recognized leaders in both the public and private sectors be permanently recorded and disseminated—both to ensure that readers gain a sound knowledge of public questions and to provide models of excellence in contemporary oratory.'"
Vital Speeches International
Vital Speeches International includes speeches by the most influential leaders from around the world. "Each 40-page monthly issue brings you the very best oral communication, unedited, and with absolutely no editorial commentary, so you can draw your own conclusions without the filter of the media."

Barack Obama Victory Speech
"After receiving congratulatory telephone calls from Senator John McCain and President Bush for his win in the presidential election, President-Elect Barack Obama spoke to supporters and others gathered in Grant Park in Chicago. In his victory speech he thanked his family and campaign organization and said that he would govern by representing all Americans, and would call on all citizens to join in a struggle to renew America’s position as an example to the world. "