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Subject Resources -- Communication

The librarian for this subject is  Mr. Joseph LaRose.
Email: LaRose@uakron.edu
See the Collection Development Policy for Communication.

Finding Books / Audio-Visual Materials / Journals (by title)

• OhioLINK
• UA Libraries Catalog
• WorldCAT - A combined catalog of libraries from around the world. When you find an item you want, check to see if it is available in the UA Libraries Catalog or OhioLINK. If not, request the item with ILLiad.

• LC Subject Headings: -
  • Business communication
  • Communication
  • Communication in organizations
  • Communication in politics
  • Communication—research
  • Communication—methodology
  • Film criticism
  • Intercultural communication
  • Interpersonal communication
  • Journalism
  • Mass media
  • Mass media--research
  • Mass media—research--methodology
  • Motion pictures
  • Nonverbal communication
  • Oratory
  • Public opinion
  • Public relations
  • Rhetoric
  • Symbolic interactionism
  • Telecommunication
  • Women in communication
  • Written communication

Finding Articles

• A to Z List - Find full-text electronic journals available at The University of Akron. Search for title words/phrases or browse individual collections.
• Academic Search Complete - Academic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
• AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive - The Associated Press Photo Archive is an electronic library containing the current photos and a selection of pictures from their 50 million image print and negative library. It contains roughly 750,000 of the AP’s best pictures.
• American Periodical Series Online - Digitized images of the pages of over 1,100 historic American magazines, journals, and newspapers. Includes or has links to full-text.
• Communications and Mass Media Complete - Index, abstracts, and full text for journals in communication and mass media. Includes or has links to full text.
• Digital Video Collection - OhioLINK - Digital videos covering many subjects. Currently includes videos from the distributor Films for the Humanities and Sciences.
• Dissertation Abstracts (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses) - Index to doctoral dissertations and master's theses from North America and Europe. Includes or has links to full text.
• Film & Television Literature Index - Film & Television Literature Index is a comprehensive bibliographic database covering the entire spectrum of television and film writing. It has been designed for use by a diverse audience that includes film scholars, college students, and general viewers. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.
• Humanities Full-Text - Contains full text for over 550 journals of interest in art, philosophy, history, communications, and general interest.
• Humanities International Complete - Humanities International Complete is a comprehensive database of humanities content, providing full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. Produced by Whitston Publishing (an imprint of EBSCO Publishing), this database includes all data from American Humanities Index and Humanities International Index (over 1.6 million records) plus unique full text content.
• LexisNexis Academic - Full text news, business, legal, medical, and reference information. Includes or has links to full text.
• MLA International Bibliography - Index to books and articles on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. Includes or has links to full text.
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851 - 2004) - The New York Times (1851-2004) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
• NewsBank Newspapers - Online full-text newspapers, including 17 Ohio newspapers. Includes or has links to full text.
• 19th Century US Newspaper Digital Archive - With digital facsimile images of both full pages and clipped articles for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers and advanced searching capabilities, researchers will be able to research history in ways previously unavailable. For each issue, the newspaper is captured from cover-to-cover, providing access to every article, advertisement and illustration.
• Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection - Index, abstracts, and full text covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Includes or has links to full text.
• PsycINFO 1967- - Index and abstracts of articles, books, chapters, dissertations, and reports in psychology. Includes or has links to full text.
• RefWorks - RefWorks is a Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows you to create your own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases. You can use these references in writing papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds. To sign up for a RefWorks account, point your browser to https://www.refworks.com/Refworks/newuser.asp and view the quick start guide.
• Sociological Collection - Index, abstracts, and full text covering sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure. Includes or has links to full text.

Journals available electronically in Communication, Mass media, and Journalism

• Communication & Mass Media Journals
• Journalism Journals
• Radio & TV Broadcasting Journals

Reference Resources

• Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies - James Watson and Anne Hill London : Arnold, 2003, 6th edition. (Bierce Reference P87.5 .W38 2003).
• Encyclopedia of New Media : An Essential Reference to Communication and Technology - Edited by Steve Jones. Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, c2003. (Science QA76.575 .E5368 2003).
• Encyclopedic Dictionary of Semiotics, Media, and Communications - Marcel Danesi. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2000. (Bierce Reference P87.5 D364 2000).
• Handbook of Persuasive Tactics : A Practical Language Guide - Joan Mulholland. London, New York: Routledge, 1994. (Bierce P301.5.P47 M85 1994).
• Key Concepts in Communication and Cultural Studies - Tim O'Sullivan , et. al. London, New York : Routledge, 1994. (Bierce P90 .K457 1994).
• Language and Communication: A Cross-cultural Encyclopedia - Michael Shaw Findlay. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1998. (Bierce P29 .F47 1998).
• Reporting Handbook - Jerry Schwartz. New York : McGraw-Hill, 2002. (Bierce PN4775 .S383 2002).
• The Facts on File Dictionary of Film and Broadcast Terms - Edmund F. Penney. New York, N.Y. : Facts on File, c1991. (Bierce Reference P87.5 .P43 1991).

Guides to Doing Research

• A Beginner's Guide to Doing Qualitative Research in Mass Communication - John J. Pauly. Columbia, SC : Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, c1991. (Bierce PN4722 .J6 no. 125).
• A Guide to Publishing in Scholarly Communication Journals - Mark L. Knapp and John A. Daly. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004. (Bierce Z286.S37 K637 2004).
• A Handbook of Media and Communication Research : Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies - Edited by Klaus Bruhn Jensen. London ; New York : Routledge, 2002. (Bierce P91.3 .H355 2002).
• Analysing Media Texts - Andrew Burn and David Parker. London ; New York : Continuum, c2003. (Bierce P91.3 .B876 2003).
• Analyzing Media Messages : Using Quantitative Content Analysis in Research - Daniel Riffe, Stephen Lacy, Frederick G. Fico. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 1998. (Bierce P93 .R54 1998).
• Critical Discourse Analysis - Terry Locke. London, Continuum, c2004. (Bierce P302 .L545 2004).
• Ethnographic Research for Media Studies - David Machin. London : Arnold ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002. (Bierce P91.3 .M33 2002).
• Handbook of Political Communication Research - Edited by Lynda Lee Kaid. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004. (Bierce JA85 .H36 2004).
• Handbook of Political Communication Research (Electronic book)
• Media Research Methods : Audiences, Institutions, Texts - Ina Bertrand and Peter Hughes. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. (Bierce P91.3 .B387 2005).
• Qualitative Communication Research Methods - Thomas R. Lindlof. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1995.(Bierce P91.3 .L56 1995).
• Qualitative Media Analysis - David L. Altheide. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1996. (Bierce P91.3 .A48 1996).
• Qualitative Method Interpretations in Communication Studies - James A. Schnell. Lanham : Lexington Books, c2001. (Bierce P91.3 .S33 2001).
• Qualitative Research : Applications in Organizational Communication - Edited by Sandra L. Herndon and Gary L. Kreps. Cresskill, N.J. : Hampton Press ; Annandale, Va. : Speech Communication Association, c1993.(Bierce HD30.3 .Q35 1993).
• Researching Communications : A Practical Guide to Methods in Media and Cultural Analysis - David Deacon ... [et al.]. London : Arnold ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. (Bierce P91.3 .R484 2007).

Internet Resources

• American Rhetoric
• Communication, Journalism & Media (Rutgers University)
• Internet Resources for the Study of Communications (Princeton University)
• Journalism Resources (University of Iowa)
• MCS: The Media and Communications Studies Site (University of Wales)
• The Journalist’s Toolbox
• Voice of the Shuttle: Media Studies (UC Santa Barbara)
• Women’s Studies resources: Communications & Media (University of Iowa)