Research Guides: COMM 1020: Public Speaking: Home

Getting Started

This research guide is designed to help students in COMM 1020: Public Speaking get started finding articles, books, and other resources to use as informational sources for their speeches. Pages include:

Great Speeches Assignment: tips for completing the Great Speeches assignment included in COMM 1020 classes, including books and webpages for locating the text, video, or audio of great speeches in history.
Developing a Topic: tips for choosing a topic and developing it into a research question, as well as places to look for topic ideas.
Search Strategies: learn how to effectively search our databases.
Find Articles: includes recommended databases for finding scholarly articles.
Find Books: information on how to locate library books on your topic, including ebooks you can read online.
Citations: help citing your sources correctly.

If you need any assistance with your research, contact a librarian using the contact information included in this guide. We're happy to help!

Most Used Resources

The following resources are frequently used to find articles for COMM 1020 research assignments. Explore the other pages of this guide to find additional resources for your research.

Academic OneFile [Gale]
Use this database to find articles to use as sources in your speeches. Premier periodical resource providing articles from 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources. Some peer-reviewed content available, partial full text available.
CQ Researcher [Sage]
This is a great place to look for topic ideas, or find background information on a topic you've chosen. Access to in-depth reports on controversial issues in environmental sciences, law, politics, social issues, and international trade and business health. 1991-present, non-peer reviewed., full text available.

Search for Articles

The articles tab on the library's homepage The best place to start most searches is the search box on the library's homepage. This search box defaults to Articles, giving you quick access to popular and scholarly articles from thousands of different publications.

More databases and search tools are available on our full list of databases.

UVU Fulton Library Homepage
The library's main page. Access databases, help options, library hours, and more.

Help With Your Speeches

UVU Public Speaking Lab
UVU's Public Speaking Lab offers students enrolled in COMM 1020: Public Speaking an opportunity to receive one-on-one feedback about their speeches from trained public speaking lab mentors and communication faculty members. Students can schedule appointments to: (1) Practice oral delivery, (2) Receive outline assistance, (3) Topic selection guidance, and/or (4) Help finding and citing sources. Visit their website to learn more or make an appointment.

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