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Weissman, Jerry. The power presenter: technique, style, and strategy from
America’s top speaking coach.
S 808.51 Wei
GETTING STARTED
AVAILABLE SERVICES
Online Catalog for Books and Audio-Visual
Material
Find books and audio-visual material
available at Howard College. Online
catalog can be accessed from the Howard
College website.
Laskowski, Lenny. 10 days to more
confident public speaking.
S 808.51 Pub
Henderson, Jeanette and Henderson,
Roy. There’s no such thing as public
speaking: making any presentation or
speech as persuasive as a one on one conversation.
S 302.224 Hen
Reference
The Librarian and library staff are
available to assist with questions and
research help.
Interlibrary Loan
Books available from other libraries.
Please allow 2-4 weeks for processing and
delivery.
DVDs:
Learn Public Speaking DVD
S 808.51 Pub
BOOKS:
Noonan, Peggy. Simply speaking:
how to communicate your ideas with
style, substance and clarity.
S 808.5 Noo
Mintzer, Richard. Public speaking for
wimps: staying cool when stage fright
strikes.
S 808.5 Min
MIT Public Speaking Tips
http://web.mit.edu/urop/resources/
speaking.html
Topics in Ethics-University of San Diego
http://ethics.sandiego.edu
200 Persuasive Speech Ideas
www.speech-topics-help.com/persuasive-speechideas.html
Informative Topics
www.best-speech-topics.com/good-informativespeech-topics.html
Informative Speech Topic Selection Helper
www.hawaii.edu/mauispeech/html/
infotopichelp.html
Voice of America (international broadcasting service funded by the U.S Government)
www.voanews.com
Equipment
Computers, scanners, color printer, black
and white printer, headphones, and
microscopes.
SPEECH RESOURCES
WEB RESOURCES
Internet Public Library
www.ipl.org
FINDING ARTICLES
All databases can be accessed on campus and
from home from the Howard College website.
Contact the library staff to obtain the username
and passwords.
Pros and Cons of Controversial Issues
www.procon.org
My Speech Class-Public Speaking Tips & Speech
Topics
www.myspeechclass.com/category/part-oneselecting-your-topic
On This Day-New York Times
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/on-this-day/
This Day in History-The History Channel
www.history.com/this-day-in-history