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Communication Studies 001 (Warda): Persuasive Speeches: Select Topic

How to come up with a search topic, how to find reference sources to get overviews and statistics, databases that are good for your topics for further research.

Books to Discover Topics

10,000 Ideas for Term papers, Projects, Reports and Speeches
Call Number: REF DESK: LB1047.3 .L35 1998
Stumped on what to talk about?! Use this book to find inspiration.
99 Jumpstarts to Research
Call Number: REF ZA 3050 .W47 2010
Social Issues in America: An Encyclopedia
Call Number: REF: HN57 .S624 2006
Browse through the topics in these volumes to get ideas on contemporary hot topics in the United States. When you find a topic, also take note of any subtopics mentioned in the entry.
Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Social Issues

Browse Topics in Databases

Gale E-books (formerly known as Gale Virtual Reference Library) This link opens in a new window
Articles Plus: Reference Book Entries This link opens in a new window
eBooks at Chabot This link opens in a new window
Science Reference Center This link opens in a new window
MasterFILE Complete This link opens in a new window
Issues & Controversies This link opens in a new window
Scroll down and select either the Issues by Subject or All Issues A to Z tabs.
CQ Researcher Online This link opens in a new window

Journal of Social Issues

Browse the Journal of Social Issues by selecting a year and then an issue (right side).

Library in a Book

The Library also has in reference the Library in a Book series.

Animal Rights by Lisa Yount
Call Number: REF HV4708 .Y84 2008
Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
Call Number: REF TP248.23 .Y684 2008
Capital Punishment by Harry Henderson
Disaster Response by Fred C. Pampel
DNA Evidence and Forensic Science by David E. Newton
Call Number: REF K5465 .N49 2008
Drugs and Sports
Call Number: REF RC1230 .P36 2007
Education Reform by Ian C. Friedman
Energy Supply by Lisa Yount
Call Number: REF TJ163.2 .Y68 2005
ISBN: 9781438125480
Immigration by John Powell
Call Number: REF JV6201 .P68 2007
Internet Predators by Harry Henderson
Juvenile Crime
Nuclear Power by David E. Newton
Patients' Rights in the Age of Managed Health Care by Lisa Yount
Call Number: REF KF3823 .Y68 2001
Power of the News Media by Harry Henderson
Call Number: REF PN4888 .B74 H46 2004
Prescription Drugs by Fred C. Pampel
Call Number: REF RM301.15 .P36 2010
Prisons by Jeffrey Ferro
Call Number: REF HV9471 .F465 2006
Privacy in the Information Age by Harry Henderson
Call Number: REF KF1263 .C65 H46 2006
Racial Profiling by Fred C. Pampel
Right to Die and Euthanasia by Lisa Yount
Rights of the Disabled by David M. Haugen; Susan Musser; Andrea B. DeMott
Rights of the Elderly by Fred C. Pampel
Sexual Misconduct and the Clergy by Jeffrey Ferro
Call Number: REF BV4392.5 .F47 2005
Stem Cell Research by David E. Newton
Call Number: REF QH588 .S83 N49 2007
Threats to Food Safety by Fred C. Pampel
Call Number: REF TX531 .P26 2006
Tobacco Industry and Smoking by Fred C. Pampel
Weapons of Mass Destruction by Mary D. Davis; Arthur H. Purcell