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The resources below are recommended for your communication classes and cover topics such as the basic concepts of communication and the skills necessary to communicate in various contexts, theories and techniques used in the interpersonal group, public, intercultural, and mass communication situations, and public speaking.

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Academic Ebook Collection This link opens in a new window
Over 125, 000 titles from leading university presses on a wide range of academic subjects.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
This excellent source for your persuasive speeches has in-depth reports on current issues.
Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
Find ebooks for your COM assignments with this user-friendly source.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Explore this excellent collection of documentary and academic streaming videos.
Gale in Context: Biography This link opens in a new window
A biography database which merges Gale’s authoritative reference content, including Lives & Perspectives, with periodicals and multimedia. Includes more than 600,000 biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study.
NCLive This link opens in a new window
Magazines, newspapers, eBooks, audiobooks, streaming video and much more on every subject.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
General reference database for over 175 subjects from magazines, journals and newspapers, including peer-reviewed and scholarly works.
SIRS Issues Researcher This link opens in a new window
The visual format is perfect for brainstorming your persuasive speech, and it has great sources too!