Quotations - Speech

CBC Library Reference Databases

• Notable Quotations, by Subject - Britannica
• Oxford Reference Online - Search 5 dictionaries of quotations
• Yale Book of Quotations - ebrary

Locate Books of Quotations - Search the CBC Library Catalog

NOTE: When searching books of quotations use single keywords that represent the broad themes of your speech, not the specific keywords that you would use to search for information. For instance, if you were doing a speech on health insurance:

• Good thematic keywords - health, illness, doctor
• Too specific - health insurance, medicaid, healthcare costs

Citing an Article in a Book of Quotations in MLA Style

Paper:

Bartlett, John. "Stevens, Wallace." Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. 17th ed. 2002.

Online:

"Stevens, Wallace." The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. Ed. Elizabeth Knowles. Oxford UP, 2004. Oxford Reference Online Premium. Web. 16 Feb. 2010.