Course Guides: Mass Communication
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- Printable Guides & Handouts
- Suggested Databases
- Selected E-Books
- Locations of Mass Communication Resources in the Library
- Selected Books in the Library
- Selected Journals, Magazines, & Newspapers
- Online Resources
- Research Guides: includes citation help
PRINTABLE GUIDES & HANDOUTS:
SUGGESTED DATABASES:
- Academic Search Complete - Provides full-text articles from more than 5,500 multi-disciplinary, scholarly journals and publications.
- CQ Researcher - Provides in-depth, non-biased full-text articles on topics and issues in the news. Includes a bibliography of sources.
- LexisNexis - Provides full-text articles and abstracts from newspapers, magazines, and reference sources, including legal and law resources.
- Newspaper Source - Provides full-text articles from more than 70 popular magazines for elementary school research. Includes a database of reading level indicators.
SELECTED E-BOOKS:
eBook Collection from EBSCOhost is our largest provider of ebooks (electronic copies of printed books PDF format), available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. eBook Collection has an easy-to-use search interface. You will be prompted to login with your 12-digit Library User ID to access these e-books from off-campus. Please see our Tutorials on eBook Collection from EBSCOhost for more information.
- Always Already New: Media, History and the Data of Culture, 2006, by Lisa Gitelman.
- Avoiding the Subject: Media, Culture and the Object, 2004, by Justin Clemens.
- Careers in Communications, 2005, by Shonan F. R. Noronha.
- Educating the Consumer-citizen: A History of the Marriage of Schools, Advertising, and Media, 2003, by Joel H. Spring.
- Free Market Missionaries: The Corporate Manipulation of Community Values, 2006, by Sharon Beder.
- Kids and Media in America, 2004, by Donald F. Roberts.
- Media Handbook: A Complete Guide to Advertising Media Selection, Planning, Research, and Buying, 2003, by Helen E. Katz.
- Media Spectacle, 2003, by Douglas Kellner.
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LOCATIONS OF MASS COMM RESOURCES IN THE LIBRARY:
Mass communication-related topics can be found in resources located in these Library of Congress call number ranges:
- HE7601 to HE8700.9 - Telecommunication industry.
- HE8689 to HE8700.9 - Radio and television broadcasting.
- HF5801 to HF6182 - Advertising.
- P87 to P96 - Communication. Mass media.
- PN1990 to PN1992.92 - Broadcasting.
- PN1991 to PN1991.9 - Radio broadcasts.
- PN1992 to PN1992.92 - Television broadcasts.
SELECTED BOOKS AVAILABLE IN THE LIBRARY:
- 20 Ads That Shook the World, 2000.
Call number: HF 5811 .T9 2000 - Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel, 2000.
Call number: HF 5823 .K363 2000 - Career Opportunities in Cable, Video and Multimedia, 4th Edition, 1999.
Call number: HE 8700.4 .R43 1999 - Cultural Diversity and the U. S. Media, 1998.
Call number: P 94.5 .M552 U628 1998 - From Talking Drums to the Internet: An Encyclopedia of Communications Technology, 1997.
Call number: P 96 .T42 G374 1997 - It's Show Time! Media, Politics, and Popular Culture, 2000.
Call number: P 94.65 .U6 I88 2000 - Mass Media: Opposing Viewpoints, 2005.
Call number: P 92 .U5 M276 2005 - The Media in American Politics: Contents and Consequences, 1999.
Call number: HE 8689.7 .P6 P35 1999 - Opportunities in Television and Video Careers, Revised Edition, 2003.
Call number: PN 1992.55 .N67 2003
SELECTED JOURNALS, MAGAZINES, & NEWSPAPERS:
Print periodicals are located in C-119 (LRC)
- Adbusters
- Newsweek
- Time
- U.S. News & World Report
ONLINE RESOURCES:
- CyberCollege, offers access to free resources in mass communication studies, including the Cybertext, Elements of Mass Communication, and other resources.
- Terra Media, offers extensive information on mass media, including timelines, images, etc.