Books from the online catalog

• P 87 - P96 - Communication and Mass Media
• PN 4001-4355, 6121-6129 - Orations, Speeches
• KF 2161-2849 - Law relating to Transportation & Communication
• HM - General Sociology: culture,unity, solidarity, association, mutuality, social groups, struggle, social forces, laws, social psychology.
  

Circulating books are on the top floor of the library and are checked out at the main desk using your Trevecca student I.D.

Search Area Libraries link on the library website allows you to search several other middle Tennessee libraries holdings through ATHENA with one search question. A courier service allows a patron to retrieve a book from ATHENA within 5-7 working days. All requests are made through TNU library.

  Reference Sources

Photocopies can be made of needed text. Some titles have duplicates in the stacks, this will be noted on the record as a copy. Some recommended titles:

• A Dictionary of Communication and Media Studies     [Ref.] P87.5 .W38 
• Familiar Quotations [Ref.] PN6081 .B27;
• Terminology of Communication Disorders: Speech, Language, Hearing [Ref.] RC423 .N52
• They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions ; [Ref.] PN6081 .B635
• Webster's New World Dictionary of Media and Communications; [Ref.] P87.5 .W45

  
  

Getting materials through Interlibrary Loan Services    

• Books:  Books generally have a three to four week checkout period. Turnaround time for book requests is about 7 working days. There are generally no fees for this service; however, late fine charges for ILL books are $.50 per day.

• Journal Article Reprints: If a journal is unavailable at TNU a reprint of it can be ordered using the online form off the web site. There is no cost. Allow 7 days for delivery of the article.
  
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    If you know the journal title: 

From the library homepage, enter the name of the journal in the search box near the top right. Change the tag to read Journal Title then enter. If your journal is full text in one of our databases the result will include a link to the database where you can access the full text as well as indicate availability of bound, back issues or microfilm issues. If there were no hits you can complete online an ILL form requesting a journal article reprint. Allow 7 days for receipt of the reprint.

    If you are searching by subject:

Electronic Resources Link: You can choose by subject area or name of database. Accessing databases off campus access requires you to provide your name and the 11 digit ID number from your student ID.

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Primary sources include original works of an author--novels, poems, short stories, autobiographies, diaries, and firsthand reports of observations or research. Many books and journal articles are considered primary sources. Review the description of Primary and Secondary sources In addition, primary sources materials may be found in the following:

Connecting Waggoner Library databases to Primary Sources

• African-American History Online
• American History in Video
• CDRI: Free Resources for the Study of Religion
• Custom Newspapers
• Global Issues in Context
• HeritageQuest
• Thomas Legislative at Library of Congress

Government Web Sites

• American Memory Project Gateway to primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. Includes written materials, maps, motion pictures, photos, and sound recordings. Search by broad topic, original format, time, place, Library of Congress Division, or digital format. Time period: 1400s to present.
• Catalog of U.S. Government Publications  Indexes federal publications published since 1994 and hot links to online full-text when available.
• Federal Communications Commission  Independent United States government agency, directly responsible to Congress, charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. Search the FCC, topical index, FCC Electronic Document Management System, document indexes, FCC general menu reports, electronic filing & public access systems, filed comments, ID numbers, registrations, rules and regulations.
• Thomas Federal legislative information. Search for bills, status of bills and amendments, Congressional Record. Includes general information about the legislative process.
• Voice of America International multimedia broadcasting service funded by the US government. Broadcasts more than 1000 hours of news of informational, educational, and cultural programs every week to an audience of some 94 million people worldwide.

University Archives

• Papers, ranging from vitae and resumes to research notes, news clippings, publications and photographs, of individual faculty and staff.
• Articles documenting the activities and views of various student groups taken from campus newspaper The Trevechoes and magazine The Treveccan
• Reports, publications, and other media produced by faculty, students, and University departments responsible for developing and disseminating campus and external communication.
  

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  Finding speeches

African-American History Online;  American History in Video ;  Communications and Mass Media. 

Speeches on DVD that can be checked out include:

• Great Speeches: Today's Women      DVD PS 668 .G7includes Hillary Clinton, Condalezza Rice, Elizabeth Hasselbeck, and Haleema Salie
• Great Speeches:  Vol. 17   DVD PS 668 .G72 includes John F. Kennedy, Tony Blair, Rudy Guiliani, and Tom Daschle.
  
• Great Speeches: Vol. 15    DVD PS 668 .G71   includes Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Bill Clinton, Elizabeth Dole, and Colin Powell.

Some recommended Websites:

• American Rhetoric Online Speech Bank - Organized by topic -  Top 100; Obama Speeches; Movie Speeches; Christian Rhetoric; Figures in Sound, and Rhetoric 9:11. Searchable index.
• Gifts of Speech:  Women's Speeches From Around the World primarily collects speeches by living women.Graduation Speeches: Yahoo is a A directory of links to many memorable commencement addresses delivered over the years from such personalities as John F. Kennedy, Oprah Winfrey, Robert Pinsky, Madeleine K. Albright, David Bowie, Bill Clinton, Nora Ephron, George H. W. Bush, and more.

Waggoner Library Contact Information

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Circulation Desk - 615.248.1212
IRC Desk - 615.248.1205
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