Library Guides: Speech Communication: Speeches

Finding Speeches

American Presidency Project
Online resource that has consolidated, coded, and organized into a single searchable database:
• The Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Washington - Taft (1789-1913)
• The Public Papers of the Presidents:Hoover to Obama (1929-2009)
• The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents: Carter - G.W. Bush (1977-2009)
• The Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents: Obama (2009-2012)
American Rhetoric - Online Speech Bank
Index of full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events
C-SPAN
Records, indexes, and archives all C-SPAN programming for historical, educational, research, and archival uses
InfoPlease - Primary Sources - Speeches and Essays
Speeches by great and influential individuals
TED - Ideas Worth Spreading
Contains the best talks from the Technology, Entertainment, Design conference

Debate This is a free online community where you can debate and read the opinions of others from around the world. You can also do research on current topics and vote on opinion polls.
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) An online writing resource center sponsored by Purdue University. Get help with APA and MLA citation styles, as well as information on plagiarism and more.
Zotero A free online tool to help you organize and cite your resources.