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A guide to resources for communications and rhetoric studies and research.

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Browse these call number ranges in the library stacks:

P87-96 Communication, mass media

P94.7 Interpersonal communication

P95 Oral communication, speech

P301 Style-composition-rhetoric

PN4001-4355 Oratory, elocution

PN4177 Debating

PN4735 Government & the press

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Where to Start

Helpful search terms include:

Communication
Mass media
Oration
Oratory
Popular culture
Public speaking
Rhetoric
Debate
Forensics
Speech writing.

Reference Sources

A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English by John S. Kenyon; Thomas A. Knott (Editor); Merriam-Webster, Inc. Staff (Editor)
Call Number: REF PE1137 .K37
ISBN: 9780877790471
Publication Date: 1953-01-01
Encyclopedia of New Media by Steve Jones (Editor)
Call Number: REF QA76.575 .E62
ISBN: 9780761923824
Publication Date: 2002-12-10
Encyclopedia of Rhetoric by Thomas O. Sloane (Editor)
Call Number: REF PN172 .E62
ISBN: 9780195125955
Publication Date: 2001-08-02
Robert's Rules of Order in Brief by Henry M. Robert
Call Number: REF JF515 .R62
ISBN: 9780738209234
Publication Date: 2003-10-09
A Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary by Robert W. Burchfield (Editor)
Call Number: REF PE1625 .M8
ISBN: 9780198611158
Publication Date: 1972-11-02

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