Subject
Research Guides
Communications
This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links about communications.
Background Information Sources
Available in the library's reference area:
| The Advertising age encyclopedia of advertising | REF HF5803 .A38 2003 |
| Language and Communication | REF P29.F47 1998 |
| Encyclopedia of Communication and Information | REF P87.5 E53 2002 |
| History of the Mass Media in the United States | REF P92.U5 H55 1998 |
| Encyclopedia of Television | REF PN1992.18 E53 2004 |
| Magills Cinema Annual | REF PN1993.3. M34 |
Books
Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse call numbers P94 (Mass Media), PN1992 (Broadcasting; Television Broadcasting), PN2285 (Communication; United States).
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Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles
- CQ Researcher Current events database that may contain information on your topic/related topics.
- Expanded Academic/InfoTrac: Contains academic journal articles.
- LexisNexis: An excellent source for newspaper articles.
- Datamonitor Business Information Center: business information, industry overviews.
Internet Resources
Several internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available from Web Resources page; follow link for Communications.
- Media Bureau Information Resource Materials
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/facts/
media fact sheets produced by the FCC - Center for Media & Public Affairs/television & entertainment
http://www.cmpa.com
click on "News Media" or "Entertainment" - Broadcast Net
http://www.broadcast.net/info.html
directory to broadcast resources on the web - Annenberg Public Policy Center
http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/
organization focused on communications, public policy and the media