Department of Communication

Speech Links

American Rhetoric Great site for viewing historic speeches

Library of Congress Soo much to see here look for speech topics here also great source for visuals

Research Sites

The New York Times Cyber Navigator a great listing of cites

Search Tutorial A great place to learn to find anything

Purdue University's Virtual Reference Desk another good place to start

My Virtual Reference Desk Bob Drudge's eclectic collection

UNF Library a great place to visit

Quotes

Quote Garden topic linked quotes

Good Quotes funny ones here

News On-Line

The Spinnaker: : UNF's own Student Newspaper

The New York Times: The Gray Lady herself

Election Line: A cooperative venture of several news organizations.

USA Today: Free with the range of news and features we all expect.

NewsLink: Newslink Associates pointers to newspapers, broadcast facilities, and magazines on line.

Reuters : News summary from Reuters

Time : A daily summary of news from Time Magazine with articles from current issues and search capability for back issues.

Election Information

Atlantic Unbound: The electronic edition and its Election Connection.

FEC Info: The non-partisan Federal candidate campaign money page.

The National Election Studies The Guide provides political observers, policy makers, journalists, teachers, students, and social scientists with immediate access to tables and graphs that display the ebb and flow of public opinion and electoral behavior and choice in American politics since 1952. The data displays are organized by topics. Keyword search is available.

Political Institutions

The White House

The House of Representatives

The Senate

Florida Government

Centcom U S Central Command

Open Governmenmt Initiative

More Politics

Project Vote Smart, a guide to candidates and issues

All Politics from Time and CNN

C-Span Program schedules and announcements A great place to view speeches

Free Republic conservative political publication see their Media links

The Gallup Poll Polls on many current topics

Rock the Vote seeks to get younger people involved in the political process

Scirus a science search engine

search government documents great way to find government references

World wide info great place to learn about other countries

Parties & Persuasions

Democratic National Committee

Republican National Committee

The Green Parties of North America

Skeleton Closet all the dirt that's not fit to print

The Christian Coalition

The Feminist Majority

Interviewing and Negotiation Sites

Negotiation Skills know what to expect

Monster.com Be prepared

Resume Tips really a lot of great help

Freedom of Expression Sources

The McClatchy Group Big media

The Freedom Forum First Amendment Center

First amendment Law

Freedom Forum

Writing Guidelines and General References

Roget's Internet Thesaurus

Grammar Lady - Visit this site to raise consciousness about correct language use, and to remember to have fun with language.

Garbl's Writing Resources On Line

Common Errors in English Commonly confused words such as advice/advise.

Sharpwriter.com - Dictionaries and grammar/usage references and more

GrammarNOW! - This is a free site dedicated to answering any grammar, composition, and research or formatting questions you might have. lots of links!

Environmental Sources

Amazing Environmental Web Directory

Greenpeace International: Homepage

EPA Web Environmental protection agency

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The Service is responsible for, and has information on such activities as: Conservation Programs and Efforts, Endangered Species, and Environmental Contaminants.

Public Opinion Sources

Pew Center for the People and the Press: an independent opinion research group that studies attitudes toward press, politics and public policy issues; best known for regular national surveys that measure public attentiveness to major news stories, and for our polling that charts trends in values and fundamental political and social attitudes.

Gallup Home Page:
Includes achieves of news reports on various surveys with a key word search capability.

ICPSR: University of Michigan The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), located within the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, is a membership-based, not-for-profit organization serving member colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. ICPSR provides access to the world's largest archive of computerized social science data. The University of North Florida is a member of ICPSR