Academic Universe
(Available through Lexis Nexis) Multidisciplinary database with full text articles. Approximately
5.000 publications are indexed. Sources include newspapers, general
magazines and journals, medical information, news transcripts, federal and
state legal codes and information, business information, corporate
profiles, SEC documents and country profiles. Dates of coverage vary
according to title.
Oxford Reference Online Premium
Full text access to over 120 Reference titles online.
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Online Journals
There are many
e-journals available through the databases above and from other sources.
Use the
Full-Text Journal search tool to search for an individual
e-journal title or see a list of
communication E-Journals at MC Library.
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Internet Resources
Statistical Sites
Bureau of
Labor Statistics
Contains Occupational Outlook Handbook and other labor
related statistics.
Homepage of the U.S. Census Bureau
Contains official statistics and social, demographic and
economic information.
County and City Data Books
This resource provides WWW access to the electronic
versions of the 1988, 1994, and 2000 County and City Data Books.
Non-Statistical Sites, tools,
and resources
American Communication Association
The American Communication
Association is the national professional organization of scholars,
students, and practitioners in the field of communication studies. This
site provides information about the ACA, a collection of materials on
communication law and First Amendment issues, resources for teaching and
research in communication studies, and an extensive reference resource
page for scholars and activists.
CMC Information Sources
Lists topics by broad general
user type from the individual, group, organizational, and societal uses of
communication.
Journalism Resources [University of Iowa]
From the University of Iowa
comes a massive and extensive site of journalism and communication sources
arranged by subject. Very complete and comprehensive.
PoynterONLINE
The
Poynter Institute for media Studies. Probably the best organized of the
corporate sites. Nice simple layout for finding different aspects of
journalism.
Mass
Communication and Society
An excellent site for many
aspects concerning mass commuication.
Television News Archive
An index to and source for the
world’s most extensive collection of network television news.
Pew
Research Center for the People & the Press
This site presents both survey
results on public attention to major news stories and opinion on political
and social values.
Supreme Court Collection [Cornell University]
Supreme Court decisions since May, 1990 and
searchable topical index featuring Historic Supreme Court decisions.
NSPA/ACP Student Media Sourcebook
Produced by the National Scholastic Press Association and Associated
Collegiate Press. This site is aimed at university, college, and high
school newspapers and press people. Very useful sites for all aspects of
mass media and publishing-related sites.
Communication [Purdue University]
Access to many federal
government publications including Congressional Record, Federal Register,
the Federal Budget, the Constitution, Economic Indicators, the Historical
History of Bills (1983-96), Supreme Court Decisions (1937-75), the United
States Code, and the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents.
Cybercollege Television Production
This
television production site is unique in that it is a comprehensive course
offered at no cost to the user.
THOMAS
Legislative information on the web. Government site offering bill text,
summary and status, historical documents, text of The Congressional
Record, all in a searchable format. Coverage includes the
105th and 104th Congress.
FCC site
Lists links to all of the FCC's business. Also
listed is the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
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Print Materials
MICAL, the online catalog of Leland Speed Library and the M.C. Law
School Library, can be searched by keyword, author, title, or call number
to locate printed materials and other media.
Printed
Indexes/Abstracts
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Communication Abstracts:
comprehensive source of information about communication-related
publications at a worldwide scale
Covers major communications related
articles, reports, and books from a variety of publishers and
information sources. Available in Ebscohost Fulltext Abstracts.
- Index to Journals in Communication
Studies thru 1995: (sometimes referred to a “Malton.”)
This index of 24 journals in the communication field
prior to 1996 is arranged in 3 parts: Table of Contents Index, Author
Index, Keyword Index.
Handbooks
and Stylebooks
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Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual : Including Guidelines on
Photo Captions, Filing the wire, Proofreaders’ Marks, Copyright
070.415 AS48 1998 Reference Room
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A
Broadcast News Manual of Style
808.02 M145b 1994
Reference Room
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Broadcast Newswriting: The RTNDA Reference Guide
808.066 B62b
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Handbook of Communication Science
001.51 H191
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Handbook of American Popular Culture
390 H191
Reference Room
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
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Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing
070.5797 C723K
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Webster's New World
Dictionary of Media and Communications
302.23 W431w 1996
Reference Room
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NTC’s Mass Media Dictionary
302.23 EL59n
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Webster’s New World Dictionary of Media and Communications
302.23 W431w 1996
Reference Room
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Encyclopedia of American Journalism
070.03 P192e
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Encyclopedia of Television News
070.195 En19 Reference
Room
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Encyclopedia of Television
791.45
B813n 1992
Reference Room
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Mass
Media and the Constitution: Encyclopedia of Supreme Court Decisions
343.73 H642m Reference
Room
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Encyclopedia of 20th Century Journalists
920 T125e Reference Room
Directories
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