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Persuasive Speech Research

The following guide was created for Professor Curiel's spring 2010 Speech 1A class, but it may be helpful to other students that are conducting research for papers and presentations related to implementing solutions to current issues.

About Article Databases

Mt. SAC databases provide access to articles from magazines, newspapers, and journals. Many databases also provide access to book chapters and images.

Mt. SAC students, faculty, and staff may use these databases off-campus by logging on with their username and password.

Recommended Databases

The following databases are multidiscplinary databases - they cover a wide variety of topics.  Work with a librarian if you need assistance in finding the specialized databases.

Search Hints

In  databases use search connectors, use AND to search for multiple concepts, use OR to search for like terms, and use quotes to search for phrases. For example,

  • obesity and "opposing viewpoints"
  • obesity and (teens or adolescents)