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Public Speaking Online Journals in GALILEO

Search these journals for full-text articles related to Public Speaking. These represent only a small portion of the journals offered online.

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American Speaker
Provides information on how to improve public speaking skills.

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Public Speaking Databases

Public Speaking Databases in GALILEO

Searching within individual databases will produce better results than the main GALILEO search. Listed below are some databases related to Public Speaking. Try searching these databases for full text articles.

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ABI/INFORM Complete
The database features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times, as well as country-and industry-focused reports and data. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.

Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is a multi-disciplinary database, with more than 6,100 full-text periodicals, including more than 5,100 peer-reviewed journals.

Facts on File: Issues and Controversies
Issues and Controversies offers access to articles on a wide variety of controverisal issues. This is a great place to start if you have to give a speech on a topic of interest.
ProQuest Research Library
From business and political science to literature and psychology, ProQuest Research Library™ provides one-stop access to a wide range of popular academic subjects. The database includes more than 5,000 titles - over 3,500 in full text - from 1971 forward.
ProQuest Social Science Journals
This database includes over 535 titles, with more than 310 available in full text. Disciplines represented range from anthropology, sociology, political science to communication, education, criminology, demography, economics and more.
Sociological Collection
includes more than 475 full-text titles. It provides information on all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture, and social structure.

Public Speaking Articles

10 Simple Solutions to Shyness: How to Overcome Shyness, Social Anxiety & Fear of Public Speaking
We all could use a little reassurance before that big presentation or at that party where we do not know a soul. This book breaks down the symptoms of shyness into three manageable parts: physical discomfort, anxious thoughts, and bothersome behaviors. The ten simple solutions provide easy-to-learn ways to overcome each. Once you master these techniques, they will become your constant companions, providing you with courage, poise, and composure when you need them most.

Public Speaking Articles

GALILEO has a rich list of databases available for searching. The following are just a sample of articles from various databases on the topic of Public Speaking. See the How-To section for more information on finding articles like these.

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An Internet-Based Self-Help Treatment for Fear of Public Speaking: A Controlled Trial
This study offers data about the efficacy of 'Talk to Me,' an Internet-based telepsychology program for the treatment of fear of public speaking that includes the most active components in cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) for social phobia (exposure and cognitive therapies). One hundred twenty-seven participants with social phobia were randomly assigned to three experimental conditions:
The importance of communication and public-speaking skills
Parvis discusses the importance of both communication and public-speaking skills in the environmental health profession. He outlines the various elements of communication and public speaking and encourages readers to become more proficient at communicating.