LibGuides: Communication 150: Public Speaking: Getting Started

Brainstorming a Topic

Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
Opposing Viewpoints is a great database to find popular and scholarly resources on a topic. You will also find basic information and overviews on a topic. You can browse for topic ideas here as well. To look at ideas, open this database and then click on the "Browse Issues" button next to the lightbulb icon.
JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection This link opens in a new window Washburn now has access to the complete JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection which includes JSTOR Archive Collections, JSTOR Thematic Collections, JSTOR Primary Sources Collections, and JSTOR Global Plants. These collections encompass content from a broad range of disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, and life sciences.
EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
Open this link and then select "Choose Databases" from the link above the search bar. Select the following databases in addition to those already selected: Communications & Mass Media Complete, ERIC, APA PsycArticles, & APA PsycInfo as well as any other applicable databases for your topic. *NB*: The carrot next to the database title will expand the information for each database giving scope and context.

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The Nonverbal Dictionary
Developed from the research of "anthropologists, archaeologists, biologists, linguists, psychiatrists, psychologists, semioticians, and others who have studied human communication from a scientific point of view."
Project Censored
Project Censored identifies and researches news stories which it believes have been underreported, mis-reported, or censored in the mainstream media.