Communications

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• Dictionary of Media & Communication Studies
    Raynor Reference P87.5 .W38 2000
• Encyclopedia of Communication and Information
    Raynor Reference P87.5 .E53 2002
• Encyclopedia of New Media: An Essential Reference to Communication & Technology
    Raynor Reference QA 76.575 .E5368 2003
• Encyclopedic Dictionary of Semiotics, Media, and Communication
    Raynor Reference P87.5 .D36 2000
• From Talking Drums to the Internet: an Encyclopedia of Communications Technology
    Raynor Reference P96 .T42 G374 1997
• History of the Mass Media in the United States: An Encyclopedia
    Raynor Reference P92.U5 H55 1998
• International Encyclopedia of Communications
    Raynor Reference P87.5 .I5 1989
• International Encyclopedia of The Social Sciences 2nd ed., 2008
• International Encyclopedia of The Social Sciences 1st ed., 1968
• Keyguide to Information Sources in Media Ethics
    Raynor Reference P94 .M22 1998
• Language and Communication: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia
    Raynor Reference P29.F47 1998
• Webster's New World Dictionary of Media & Communications
    Raynor Reference P87.5 .W45 1996

• Britannica Online

• Search Marqcat
• Communication e-books in Marqcat

Biographies
• Biography Resource Center
• Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated

Statistics
• FactSearch
• Statistical Universe
• TableBase

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Scholarly Journals:

• ABI-INFORM: scholarly journals and business magazines dealing with all aspects of business and management including ethics and organizational communication; some full text articles.
• Academic Search Elite: scholarly journals and popular magazines on a wide range of topics; some full text articles
• Communication Abstracts: abstracts of research in all areas of communications studies and related fields.
• Communication and Mass Media Complete: An excellent database to begin your communication research; some full text articles are included.
• Communication Studies (SAGE Full-text Collection): Full-text articles from over 16 major communication journals. Articles are searchable by keywords, authors, etc.
• Film and Television Index: scholarly journals and popular magazines focusing on television and film; some full text articles.
• Humanities in ProQuest: scholarly journals and popular magazines; some full text articles.
• PsycINFO: abstracts of journal articles and listings to books dealing with various topics in psychology.
• Psychology in ProQuest: scholarly journals and popular magazines; some full text articles.
• Social Sciences in ProQuest: scholarly journals and popular magazines; some full text articles.
• Sociological Abstracts: citations and abstracts of journal articles dealing with the area of sociology. • Worldwide Political Science Abstracts: citations and abstracts of journal articles dealing with the area of political science.

Popular magazines and newspapers:

• Ethnic NewsWatch: full text articles from newspapers and magazines published for ethnic communities in the U.S.
• ProQuest Research Library: for coverage of communication and media in general interest magazines and selected scholarly journals; some full text articles.
• Lexis-Nexis Academic : full text of thousands of major, regional and local newspapers (including New York Times, Washington Post, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Guardian, etc.), opinion polls, television and radio news show transcripts, magazines, wire services, business publications, legal resources, etc.
• Newspapers in Proquest: Coverage of 300+ National and International news sources including the following: Chicago Sun Times, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, New York Times, Star Tribune, Times of London, Wall Street Journal, Wisconsin State Journal, etc.
• Newspapers in Ebsco: Selective coverage of almost 400 national and international news sources. Note: provides selective coverage of full-text articles from the Chicago Tribune Feb. 1997 to date.

Difference between articles in Scholarly Journals as opposed to articles in Popular Magazines

• COMM 161
• COMM 200
• CMST 012

• Communication
• Communication e-books in Marqcat
• Communication e-journals in Marqcat
• Research Starting Point for Journalism
• Research Starting Point for Advertising & Public Relations
• Research Starting Point for Business
• Research Starting Point for Psychology
• Research Starting Point for Sociology
• Selected Sources in other subjects

• Arts, Entertainment & Media collections

• How to evaluate information resources
• Citing Sources -- print & electronic (Guide developed at Duke University)
• Citing Electronic Resoures (MLA & APA formats)
• APA Documentation Style (from UW-Madison Writing Center)
• APA Style Guide for Electronic References, 2007. (Note: Can be downloaded or printed.)

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Marquette Department of Communication Studies
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