Last revised: August 2007
Speeches
Scope: This guide is designed to help you find the text of speeches on the Web or at the University of Maryland Libraries. It has been written to support research at the University of Maryland, but in many instances it will also be helpful for doing research at other libraries. For special assistance, you may email Alan Mattlage, the UM Libraries' Liaison to the the UM Communication Department, or call him at 301-405-9065.
See also the UM Library guide Communication Theory and Applied Communication, and News Sources on the Web.
Table of Contents
Books
To find speeches by a particular individual that appear in books do a "word/s anywhere" search in the Catalog. Enter the speaker's name and the term "speeches" or a synonym for speeches. For example:
- Abraham Lincoln and speeches
- Martin Luther King and speeches
Print Indexes
- Executive Speeches. Monthly. 1986-1991.
LOCATION: MCK Periodical Stacks
CALL NUMBER: HF5001.E8 - Sutton, Roberta Briggs. Speech Index. New York: Scarecrow Press, 1966.
LOCATION: MCK Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: AI3.S85 1966.
See also later supplements: 1972 and 1982. - Vital Speeches of the Day. Semi-monthly. 1938-Present.
LOCATION: MCK Reference Stacks and Preriodicals Microforms.
CALL NUMBER: PN6121 .V5.
Databases
- Academic Search Premier UM only
Enter search terminology in the dialog box and set "Document Type" limiter to "Speeches." This database indexes two periodicals that publish selected current speeches: Executive Speeches, full-text 7/1/96-present Vital Speeches of the Day, indexed 6/1/84-present, full-text 1/1/94-present. - LexisNexis Academic UM only
Contains newspaper and periodical articles. Speeches are often printed in newspapers and periodical publications.
Web Resources
Search the Web for speeches using the standard search engines. Some web sites provide archival collections, such as:
