Communication Research Guide
This guide provides an introduction to some of the print and electronic resources for research in Communication. It covers the five concentrations within the Communication Department at MSU: broadcasting, communication studies, journalism, public relations, and theatre. Please contact the Reference Desk on the 2nd floor of Mitchell Memorial Library, (662) 325-7667, or Email a Librarian for further assistance with any of these resources or with any questions. Online Databases E-Journals Internet Resources Reference Books CIOS/Com Abstracts Communication & Mass Media Complete JSTOR LexisNexis Academic
American Speech American Theatre Broadcasting Cinema Journal Communication Monographs Computer Communications Computer Speech & Language Digital Media Discourse Analysis Online The Drama Review Electronic Media E-Media Professional Film & History Intercultural Communication International Journal of the Sociology of Language Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication Language & Communication Music & Media The New Review of Hypermedia & Multimedia Technical Communication Television Quarterly Theatre Journal Videography
Academic Search Premier
Available electronically.
Academic Search Premier abstracts and indexes nearly 3,000 scholarly journals and provides full text for over 1,200 journals. This database covers the social sciences, humanities, multi-cultural studies, education, and much more.
Available electronically.
Published by the Communication Institute for Online Scholarship, the Com Abstracts database contains abstracts of articles and books in the primary professional literature of the communication(s) field, as well as related audio materials.
Available electronically.
CMCC provides access to over 600 journals (some full text) in communication, mass media and related fields. The database also includes over 2,500 biographical profiles for the most notable authors in these fields.
Available electronically.
JSTOR specializes in making back issues of a wide variety of humanities and social sciences journals available electronically.
Available electronically.
This database contains a section for performing extensive news research, with categories for U.S., world, and non-English news, just to name a few. It provides full text access to major newspapers, magazines, journals, newsletters, policy papers, news transcripts, and more.
Broadcasting
American Film Institute
www.afi.com
DigitalConsumer.org
http://digitalconsumer.org/
- Encyclopedia of Television
www.museum.tv/archives/etv/index.html
Library of Congress: Motion Picture and Television Reading Room
http://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/
Media Code of Ethics (Radio-Television News Directors Association & Foundation)
http://www.rtnda.org/pages/research.php
- National Archives and Records Administration: Motion Picture Films and Sound and Video Recordings
http://www.archives.gov/research/formats/film-sound-video.html
- National Public Radio
www.npr.org/
- Podcast.net: The Podcast Directory
www.podcast.net/
Telecoms Virtual Library
http://www.analysys.com/
World Radio Network
www.wrn.org/
- Communication Studies
American Rhetoric
www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm
Artifact Directory: Communications Media & Culture
http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/communications/
Communications Law: An Overview
www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Communications
Debate Central
http://debate.uvm.edu/learn2.html
ExecutivePlanet.com
www.executiveplanet.com
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
www.fcc.gov/
History Channel Speech Archives
www.historychannel.com/speeches
International Association for Mass Communication Research
www.iamcr.net/
Media Studies
www.mediastudies.com
National Communication Association
www.natcom.org/
Nonverbal Communication Research Page
http://www.geocities.com/marvin_hecht/nonverbal.html
The Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs & Body Language Cues
http://members.aol.com/nonverbal2/diction1.htm
Rhetorica
www.rhetorica.net/
University of Iowa Communication Studies Resources: Speeches and Speechmakers http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/resources/speech.html
- Journalism
American Press Institute
www.americanpressinstitute.org
Center for Media & Public Affairs
www.cmpa.com/
Credibility in Journalism (American Society of Newspaper Editors)
www.asne.org/index.cfm?id=3
CyberJournalist.net
www.cyberjournalist.net
Evaluating Information Found on the Internet
http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/
The First Amendment Handbook
www.rcfp.org/handbook/
- Newspaper Archives on the Web
http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/archives.html#Alabama
- Poynter Online
www.poynter.org/
- Reporters Without Borders
http://www.rsf.org/
- Vanderbilt TV News Archive
http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/
- Public Relations
The Authors Guild
www.authorsguild.org
Council of Public Relations Firms
www.prfirms.org/
Institute for Public Relations
www.instituteforpr.com
Museum of Public Relations
www.prmuseum.com
PR & Marketing Network
www.prandmarketing.com/
PR Watch
http://www.prwatch.org/
PR Week
www.prweek.com/
Public Relations Society of America
www.prsa.org/
Public Relations Student Society of America
www.prssa.org/
- Writers Guild of America
www.wga.org/
- Theatre
Costume Society of America
www.costumesocietyamerica.com/
- International Federation for Theatre Research
http://www.firt-iftr.org/firt/home.jsp
- International Theatre Institute (ITI)
http://iti-worldwide.org/
- Internet Broadway Database
www.ibdb.com/
- McCoy's Guide to Theatre and Performance Studies
www.stetson.edu/csata/thr_guid.html
- Musicals 101.com
www.musicals101.com/
- Professional Lighting and Sound Association
www.plasa.org/
- Screenwriter's Utopia
www.screenwritersutopia.com/
- Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers
www.ssdc.org/
- The Web Virtual Library: Theatre and Drama
- Back to top
http://vl-theatre.com/
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Reference Books |
The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising. 3 volumes. New York: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2003.
HF5803 .A38 2003
This reference source features nearly 600 entries that give detailed historic surveys of the world's leading advertisers and advertising agencies, as well as brand and market histories. It also profiles influential figures in advertising, examines advertising in the major countries of the world, covers important issues affecting the field and discusses the key aspects of methodology, practice, strategy and theory.
The Associated Press Guide to Internet Research and Reporting. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing, 2001.
Ref ZA4201 .B38 2001
This reference book outlines the online research and reporting techniques used by Associated Press staff. It offers rules and guidelines for researching stories online, checking facts and citing online sources, using listservs and newsgroups, and interpreting computer-generated statistical material.
Encyclopedia of Communication and Information. 3 volumes. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2002.
Ref P87.5 .E53 2001
This encyclopedia provides an introduction to the various facets of the broad area of communications and information. The 280 entries cover eight general topics: careers in the communication and information fields, information science, information technologies, literacy, institutional studies, interpersonal communication, library science, and media effects. The entries contain bibliographies and illustrations. The set includes a subject index at the end.
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Semiotics, Media and Communication. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000.
Ref P87.5 .D36 2000
This reference source covers basic terms, concepts, people, schools of thought, and historical movements related to the areas of semiotics, media analysis, and communication science. Because these are interdisciplinary fields, the dictionary includes concepts from other disciplines such as anthropology, archeology, psychology, linguistics, philosophy, computer science, and biology.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance. 2 volumes. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Ref PN2035 .O94 2003
The 4,300 entries in this encyclopedia relate not only to theatre, but also to opera, film, dance, radio, and other types of performance. The encyclopedia's coverage is international and cross-cultural, and it includes all time periods. Entries include biographical pieces on actors, playwrights, directors, designers, company managers, and critics; cities and regions; concepts and theories; styles and movements; historical themes; organizations and institutions; buildings and material elements; and media issues.
This guide updated by Newkirk Barnes on May 12, 2006
