Journalism & Mass Media

Library Research Guide

CMST 102 Intro. to Mass Media

Peninsula College Library

2008-2009

Bibliographies

Journalism: A Guide to the Reference Literature

by Jo Cates (Poynter Institute for Media Studies)

Biographies

American Newspaper Journalists, 1901-1925

American Newspaper Journalists,1926-1950

Contemporary Authors; a bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television and other fields

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Encyclopedia of New Media

International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Words on Words : a dictionary for writers and others who care about words

Handbooks, Manuals, Career Guides

Media and Politics in America : a reference handbook

The Media Handbook : a complete guide to advertising media selection, planning, research, and buying

The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual : including guidelines on photo captions, filing the wire, proofreaders' marks, copyright

The Chicago Manual of Style

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Assoc.

The Columbia Guide to Online Style

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers

Mass Media Journals

(print subscriptions shelved in library)

Adbusters

Adweek (Western ed.)

American journalism review

The Atlantic monthly

Columbia journalism review

Contemporary authors

Contemporary authors (Online)

Harper's

Journalism quarterly

Journalism & mass communication quarterly

The News media & the law

World press review

Newspapers (print subscriptions shelved in library)

The Buccaneer : Peninsula College

Olympic Business Journal

Peninsula Daily News

The Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader

The Sequim Gazette

ProQuest Electronic Full-Text of National Newspapers

http://pc.ctc.edu/enrolled/lmc/default.asp

Christian Science Monitor 1988-

Los Angeles Times 1985-

New York Times (Late edition, East coast) 1980-

Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition)1984-

Washington Post 1987-

ProQuest Electronic Full-Text of National Newspapers

http://pc.ctc.edu/enrolled/lmc/default.asp

Seattle Times

Seattle Post Intelligencer

Vancouver Columbian

Longview Daily News

Spokane Review

Everett Herald

Yakima Herald-Republic

Academic Search Premier

List of Selected Full-Text E-Publications

http://pc.ctc.edu/enrolled/lmc/default.asp

Advertising Age

Afterimage

American Demographics

America's Network

Billboard

Cineaste

Digital Media

Editor & Publisher

EMedia

EMedia Magazine

Film Comment

Films in Review

Information Infrastructure & Policy

Information Services & Use

Inter@ctive Week

Interactive Age

InternetWeek

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Journal of Memetics

Journal of Popular Culture

Media & Methods

Prometheus

Publishers Weekly

Radical History Review

Studies in Latin American Popular Culture

Tech Directions

Vital Speeches of the Day

Wilson Quarterly

Women's International Network News

CQ Researcher http://pc.ctc.edu/enrolled/lmc

Published by Congressional Quarterly; founded in 1923 as Editorial Research Reports; CQ provides analytical reporting on controversial issues of the day. It features lengthy (8-10 page) reports, including “Pro and Con” discussions, tables, and statistical data supporting sides of issues.

Library Catalogs

OPACs -- Online Public AccessCatalogs

Peninsula College Library http://pc.ctc.edu/enrolled/lmc

North Olympic Library System http://www.nols.org

King County Library System http://www.kcls.org

University of Washington Libraries http://www.lib.washington.edu

Library of Congress OPAC http://catalog.loc.gov

Summit Orbis Cascade Catalog http://orbis.uoregon.edu/

WorldCat http://worldcat.org

Deep Web-- Online Resources

Peninsula College Library

http://pc.ctc.edu/enrolled/lmc

Access Peninsula College deep Web databases from home with your student number and last name

A-to-Z Index to Electronic Journals

Academic Search Premier

ProQuest

CQ Researcher

Environment Complete

History Resource Center: U. S.

History Resource Center: World

Gale Literary Databases

MagillOnLiterature Plus

Access Science

Public Library Resources

King County Library System (60+ databases)

http://kcls.org (requires free library card)

NOLS (North Olympic Library System)

http://nols.org (get free library card)

Quality Surface Web Indexes

Reporter’sDesktop http://www.reporter.org/desktop/

Science.gov http://science.gov

USA.Gov http://usa.gov

Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com

IngentaConnect http://www.ingentaconnect.com

Scirus.com http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/

Librarian's Internet Index http://www.lii.org

Critical Evaluation of Information

ü Who created it? What credentials?

ü Why was it created?

ü When was it created? Where?

ü How reliable? (compare to other sources)

Interlibrary Loan Request Form

http://pc/enrolled/lmc/interlibrary/default.asp

Source Documentation

Using APA Format (5^th edition)

(American Psychological Association) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/08/

Using MLA Format (6^th edition)

(Modern Language Association)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/06/

CBE Citation Guide

http://library.osu.edu/sites/

guides/cbegd.html

From Council of Scientific Editors:

http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/

publications/citing_internet.cfm

Scientific Style and Format, 7^th edition

June 2006

Compiled by David Kent, Librarian

Feb. 2008

For links to other resources, visit the unofficial

Peninsula College Library Biblio-Bits Blog at:

http://pc-library.blogspot.com