Obama Speeches

A free, fully searchable collection of Barack Obama speeches is available from askSam eBooks & Databases. To date there are 225 speeches going back to October 2002 when the then Senator of Illinois spoke against the war in Iraq. The latest available speech posted is the one he delivered in Cairo on June 4, 2009. You can also find other freely searchable speeches, debates and addresses, along with items such as the 9-11 Commission Report. There are a few ads on the site but the searchable texts are clean and easy to navigate.

Speeches galore

A new e-resource just added to the Library page is The Great Speeches Series, a 22-volume collection of of political rhetoric, from historic leaders such as Douglas MacArthur, Martin Luther King and Lech Walesa, to more current leaders such as Barack Obama (his 2004 Democratic National Committee keynote address) and John McCain (his New School commencement address). Volume 22 is actually brand new and due to be added any day now. It will include Nancy Pelosi's speech as the first female Speaker of the House and Elie Wiesel's 2006 Dartmouth address. This collection is a password protected resource, so be prepared to authenticate before retrieving the password (which changes from time to time) to enter the site.
Another rich collection of speeches is available at the ASC Library. The Speeches Collection is comprised of 21 videos of speeches by Sitting Bull, Nelson Mandela and many US presidents, including Abraham Lincoln. They can be checked out as regular circulating items.