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COM 111: Public Speaking: Finding Books & Articles

Finding books, articles, and more

A good place to start your search is the library's "search engine," Primo. To begin searching in Primo, just go to the library homepage at https://library.wou.edu/ and enter your keywords in the main search box. 

WOU has online, full-text access to thousands of articles and is a member of Summit, which gives you access to millions of books from other colleges and universities -- delivered right to WOU!

Search in Primo

Below are a few other good starting points. Just like in Primo, search these databases using your brainstormed keywords. Most of what is available in these databases will show up in your Primo searches, but since these databases are smaller and subject-specific you will get fewer results and therefore might find them easier to manage. Most of the results in these databases will be journal articles, rather than books. 

To find other databases for your topic area:

  • Go to the library web site library.wou.edu
  • Click the white box underneath the main search form that says "Article & Research Databases"
  • Choose your subject from the "Databases By Subject" pull-down menu in the lower-right of the page

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