Mariemont High School Library

English II

• Pro/Con Speech Resources
• Nonfiction Speech Resources
• Holocaust Speech Resources
• Great Speeches Resources
• Song Lyrics Resources
• Citation Helps

Pro/Con Speech Resources

• EBSCOhost Databases

  Articles from more than 6,000 magazines and newspapers are indexed, most in full text.

• NewsBank Newspapers

  A collection of full-text newspapers available online.

• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

  Provides essays on different sides of controversial issues. Useful in both choosing and researching a topic. Tricky to cite in MLA so you may want to ask for help.

• Online Catalog

  Search for books on your topic at Mariemont High School Library.

• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

  Provides essays on different sides of controversial issues. Useful in both choosing and researching a topic. Tricky to cite in MLA so you may want to ask for help.

• Issues and Controversies on File

  Print Resource located in Reference 017 ISS. Collections of articles on controversial issues.

Nonfiction Resources

• Biography Resource Center

  This database combines award-winning biographies from respected Thompson Gale sources. Includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals.

• EBSCOhost

  Click on All Database Search and use the Academic Search Premier Database to search for magazine and journal articles about your book.

• Literature Resource Center

  LRC provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors and texts from every age and literary discipline.

Holocaust Speech Resources

1. 36 Questions About the Holocaust
2. CANDLES Holocaust Museum
3. Cybrary of the Holocaust
4. Dachau Gas Chambers
5. Elie Wiesel Biography
6. Fortunoff Video Archive For Holocaust Testimonies
7. A History of the Holocaust

1. History Resource Center World
2. The Holocaust
3. Holocaust Glossary
4. Holocaust Heroes
5. Holocaust History Project
6. Holocaust Pictures Exhibition
7. Holocaust Remembrance Day
8. Holocaust Survivors

1. Holocaust Timeline
2. Nizkor Project
3. Simon Wiesenthal Center
4. Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
5. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
6. A Virtual Tour of Auschwitz
7. Yad Vashem Holocaust Martyrs Center

Great Speeches Resources

Speeches (Full-Text and Sometimes Audio)

• Douglass' Fourth of July Speech
• Kennedy's Inaugural
• King's "I Have a Dream"
• Lincoln's 1st Inaugural
• Lincoln's 2nd inaugural
• MacArthur's Farewell Address to Congress
• Stanton's Keynote Address
• Text of all speeches with introductory material available here (use network username and password)

Biography and Analysis

• Online Catalog (search for books)
• Biography Resource Center (online database)
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• History Resource Center: US

Citing Your Speech Sources

• Annotated Works Cited Example
• Citing Speeches and the Forewords to the Speeches

Song Lyrics Resources

• Google.com

  Type in the name of the artist and "lyrics" (example: "missy elliot lyrics"). Some hits will get blocked but not all.

• All Music Search
• Lyred.com
• Lyrics Search Engine
• LyricServer.com
• SeekLyrics.com