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ENGL 2103 Speech Communication

Welcome to the Speech Communication research guide.

Ask Yourself ...

Ask yourself the following questions about your topic to make sure you've picked a topic that will keep both yourself and your audience engaged. If you can answer yes to all the questions, you're ready to start gathering sources.

Is this a matter of fact, value, or policy?
Am I interested in the topic?
Will I enjoy researching this topic?
Will I enjoy talking about this topic and sharing my information with my audience?
Will my audience be interested in my topic?
Am I passionate about this topic?

Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints

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Opposing Viewpoints provides information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. It features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to trusted websites.

Points of View Reference Center

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Providing a balance of materials from all viewpoints, Points of View Reference Source, includes essays, leading political magazines from all sides of the political spectrum, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books.

News Sources

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