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Databases
and Websites in Communication Studies  
Citation Guides - correct
format for proper documentation
Databases - scholarly
materials, citation indexes and full text
E Books - use free electronic texts when
you can't find the printed book
Film - related research guide
Quick Reference -
quality, credible, and timely reference
resources -mostly all are free
Specialized Search Portals -
gateway sites specialized search engines
Web Directories - subject guides
to selective and carefully chosen sites on the Web
Web Resources - selected list of free
sites
Web Search in a Nutshell -
getting started in library research
Subscription Databases Available
Only to the WSC Community:
Academic One File
- indexes
peer-reviewed, full text articles available in HTML or PDF formats from
the world's leading journals and reference sources. Also has full text
New York Times content back to 1995, hundreds of podcasts and
transcripts from radio and television broadcasts.
Search Tips
(PDF)
Access to this database is made possible by funding
from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, and the six Massachusetts Regional Library Systems.
Academic Search
Complete
Good general coverage of popular
topics with an academic focus. A large percentage of
articles listed are available in HTML or PDF full text.
Search Tips (PDF)
Public Affairs International. Public
affairs and worlds issues with coverage from 1972 to the present. An
index to over 1/2 million articles, books, government documents,
Internet sites and documents from more than 120 countries. Obviously useful for global media
issues.
Newspaper Resources -
Includes links
to current media outlets, international sites, television news, as well
as three resources for archival research: Newspaper Source, Lexis-Nexis
and Massachusetts Newsstand (Boston Globe and Worcester T & G).
Sociological Abstracts. via CSA Illumina. (1963-present)
which indexes over 1,900 journals, books, dissertations, and reviews in
the social sciences and topics
inter-disciplinary to Communication Studies. Coverage
from 1952 to current.
Biography
Resource Center
Includes full
text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search by nationality, birth or
death year, ethnicity, occupation, gender - or combine criteria for a highly
customized search. Also included is the
full text of entries from
Who's Who in Entertainment
and Who's Who in
Media and Communications.
More Biography Resources
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Other Web
Resources - selective list of free sites
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ACME - Action Coalition for media
Education. Provides resources that encourage critical thinking and examines
the corporate media system. Site search box.
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AMLA -
Alliance for Media Literate America. Committed
to promoting media literacy education that is focused on critical inquiry,
learning and skill building.
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Center for Media Literacy - Nonprofit
educational organization dedicated to promoting and supporting media
literacy education as a framework for accessing, analyzing, evaluating and
creating media content. Drop down menu for focus pages on topics such as
advertising.
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Center for Non-verbal
Studies -
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Communication, Cultural and Media
Studies - start with the Table of Contents tab where subject areas are
grouped by theme.
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Current Online - biweekly newspaper
that covers news about public broadcasting stations on TV and radio
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Cyber Journalist - from the Online
News Association. Current news and commentary on online journalism. Also has
a search engine.
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Federal Communications Commission -
Regulates interstate and international
communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable
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First Amendment Handbook
- from Georgetown University,
created to provide a basic primer on the laws affecting reporters' rights
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Freedom Forum - focuses on
newsroom diversity and the First Amendment
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Journalism
Resources - from the University of Iowa; all types of journalism
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Media Awareness Network
- Resources and support for everyone interested in media and information
literacy for young people. Articles and teacher/parent resources. Search
box; good section on advertising with articles such as How Corporations
Prey on our Children.
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Media Channel -
a media issues super
site, featuring criticism, breaking news, and investigative reporting
from hundreds of organizations worldwide. "As the
media watch the world, we watch the media."
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Media
Education - a kit for teachers, student and parents; 185 pages in PDF
from UNESCO. Also contains a
handbook on ethical relations with professionals and one on internet
literacy.
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Media History Project
- from the Univ. of Minnesota. Covers early media, mass media, electrical
(recorded music is one area), digital and print media. Articles about
all types of communication media.
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Media Literacy Clearinghouse -
Critical thinking about media messages, the Internet encyclopedia of media
literacy. Sections on politics and the media, body image, media criticism,
propaganda, more.
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Media Literacy Online Project - Center for Advanced technology in
Education, University of Oregon. Great list of links organized by topic.
Resource links, readings, organizations, archived articles and other
resources of value in the study of media, children, and adolescents.
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Search
Portals
These
are "gateway" sites: they don't have information
on communication studies, but
link you to sites that do.
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Communication Studies &
Journalism Gateway - gateway
to freely available academic resources on the web,
annotated directory from Academic Info. General links, related topics, in
the news sections.
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Journalism Links - "everything you need to be a better journalist"
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Library
Resources for Communication Studies - This web site is a
springboard that librarians, students, and researchers can use to find
information in the area of communication studies. It is not exhaustive,
rather it includes the core or primary resources within each category
presented.
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MCS: the Media and
Communication Studies Site - one of the best sites on the Web for
communication studies
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Media Studies -
The purpose is
to help advance research and education in media studies and critical
thinking. The site serves as a hub - providing
links to international news, media studies sites,
and other resources
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News and Journalism Sources
- General news media, radio and television, images, film, sound.
From
Research Resources for the Social Sciences (McGraw Hill)
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Online Communication
Studies Resources - A meta resource from the University of Iowa covering
a wide range of topics and resources in all aspects of communication. Search
box is located at the bottom of the home page.
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Voice of the Shuttle Media
Studies - the most comprehensive list of links to humanities resources
on the Internet; from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Covers
new media and all forms of traditional communications.
Web
Directories
There are excellent subject guides that can point you to the best online
resources in specific areas of communication studies.
These human guides to the Internet are a great way to find the best of
the Web, and often find sites that can't be accessed by search engines..
The best ones for scholarly use in communication studies are:
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Librarians
Internet Index - Provides
well-organized point of access for reliable, trustworthy,
librarian-selected Internet resources. Covers a broad range of
subjects including Communication Studies and
alternative media.
Has both a topical directory arrangement and search capabilities.
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InfoMine - Virtual library of
scholarly Internet resources. Features
well organized access; notable for its
collection of annotated and indexed links.
More
subject directories on the web
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