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INTRODUCTION
This subject guide covers comprehensive resources related to topics in Communications.
Other related subject guides include: Journalism.
FIND BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Reference Books are located on the Main Level of Lavery Library.
Reference books provide background information to help you understand your topic, narrow your topic, or prepare an outline of your topic. They also help define terms related to your topic, provide assistance in the selection of subject terms for your database searches, and contain factual information, such as, statistics, biographies, and maps.
SELECTED PRINT REFERENCE SOURCES:
Encyclopedias
HF5803 .A3 2003 REF
The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising
PN1991.2 .S57 2000 REF
Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960
P87.5 .E53 2002 REF
Encyclopedia of Communication and Information
P87.5 .E532 2003 REF
Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications
QA76.575 .E5368 2003 REF
Encyclopedia of New Media: An Essential Reference to Communication and Technology
PN1992.18 .E53 2004 REF
Encyclopedia of Television
PN1992.18 .L33 2003 REF
The Encyclopedia of 20th-Century American Television
P29 .F47 1998 REF
Language and Communication: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia
PN4728 .Q53 2003 REF
World Press Encyclopedia: A Survey of Press Systems Worldwide
Dictionaries
PN1993.45 .C75 2001 REF
Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory
Handbooks, Guides, and Almanacs
P96 .C42 .U654 1998 REF
Banned in the Media: A Reference Guide to Censorship in the Press, Motion Pictures,
Broadcasting, and the Internet
GT150 .C85 REF
Culturgrams: The Nations Around Us
P95.82 .U6 .S74 2003 REF
Media and Politics in America: A Reference Handbook
JK271 .K87 1999 REF
Political Market Place, USA
HN90 .P8 .T746 2005 REF
Trends 2005
Histories and Biographies
HF6161 .B4 .C46 2002 REF
A Century of American Icons: 100 Products and Slogans from the 20th Century Consumer
Culture
PN1991.2 .H57 1998 REF
Historical Dictionary of American Radio
P92 .U5 .H54 1998 REF
History of the Mass Media in the United States: An Encyclopedia
PN1991.4 .L46 .A4 1996 REF
Radio's Morning Show Personalities: Early Hour Broadcasters and Deejays from
the 1920s to the 1990s
PN1992.55 .E67 1989 REF
Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987
Periodicals in Print
Broadcasting
College Media Review
Communication Arts
Communication Education
Communication Monographs
Educational Communication and Technology
Film Quarterly
Journal of Business Communication
Journal of Communication
Journal of Mass Communication Quarterly
Journal of Mass Media Ethics
Journal of Media Economics
Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
Marketing and Media Decisions
Mass Communication & Society
Mediaweek
New Media and Society
Television and New Media
Television Quarterly
Television/Radio Age
Atlases
G1019 .R22 2004 REF
Commercial Atlas & Marketing Guide
Directories
HF5826.5 .A423 1996 REF
Adweek Major Media Directory
LB1043 .A86 REF
AV Market Place
HE8689 .B77 REF
Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook
HF5905 .S73 REF
Newspaper Advertising Source
HF5905 .S74 REF
Radio Advertising Source
HF5905 .S725 DE REF
SRDS Consumer Magazine Advertising Source
Statistical Sources
HE8700.7 .A8 .R30 2000 REF
Report on Television
HA202 REF
Statistical Abstract of the United States
HA12.5 .U63 REF
Statistical Yearbook
FIND BOOKS IN LAVERY LIBRARY AND BEYOND
The key to the library's extensive book collection is the Library Catalog. It may be searched by Author, Title, Subject, or Keyword. Subject headings are established by the Library of Congress. If you have any trouble selecting a Subject heading for your topic, try a Keyword search or check the listings in the Library of Congress Subject Headings red books (Z 695 .L69 2001 REF) in the Reference area near the main floor computers.
Subject Headings which may be useful to you for Communications are:
Advertising
Broadcasting [more narrow topics include Radio Broadcasting and Television Broadcasting]
Communication [more narrow topics include Oral Communication and Telecommunication]
Mass Media
Public Relations
Public Speaking
If you would like to browse in the Communications section of the library, the main call numbers for Communications are:
HF, P, PN, TK's
Keep in mind that this particular field of study covers a variety of subject areas. Communications
texts are found in many sections of the library. For best results, search the collection in the
Library Catalog.
Circulating books are all located on the Upper Level.
Link to the Library Catalog from the library's home page http://library.sjfc.edu
Find books in Other Libraries by selecting Library Catalog from the library's home page,
then select Other Library Catalogs.
Search the world for books by selecting WorldCat from the databases listed under Research Databases. From the library's
home page, select Research Tools, select Research Databases, then select WorldCat from the alphabetized list.
To order a book from another library use the online Interlibrary Loan form, accessible from the library's home page http://library.sjfc.edu.
FIND ARTICLES AND MORE
Lavery Library subscribes to an extensive collection of Research Databases that may be used to search for articles on your topic in periodicals, newspapers, and book chapters. Periodicals include both scholarly journals and popular magazines. When researching for courses in your major, it is usually recommended that you use scholarly articles, also referred to as peer reviewed or refereed articles. Databases will often allow you to limit your search to scholarly articles.
If the article cited on the database that you are using does not appear in full-text on the database, check Periodical Holdings to determine if the periodical is either
full-text on another database or available in hard copy in the library's collection.
From the library's home page, select Research Tools, then select
Research Databases.
Research Databases are listed both alphabetically and by subject on the library's home page. When starting research in Communications, the following databases are recommended:
AltPressIndex
Communication & Mass Media Complete
CQ Researcher
Expanded Academic Index
JSTOR
LexisNexis Academic
Media Review Digest
ProQuest Research Library
Link to Subject Listing of databases available for Communication & Journalism
FIND WEBSITES
When using websites for research it is very important to evaluate their authority and content. Use the following checklist to evaluate sites before using them as references.
Evaluating Web Sites Checklist
Your liaison librarian has provided a list of quality websites for Communications & Journalism. They are available on the library's home page under Selected Websites.
To search for additional websites, start with Google - http://www.google.com.
Prepared by Courtney Seymour, March 2005
Updated: February 2006
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Nancy Greco
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Lavery Library
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