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Subject Guides : Communication Studies
Selected Reference Books in McQuade Library (First Floor):
- International Encyclopedia of Communications (REF P87.5 .I5 1989)
- Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition: Communication from Ancient Times
to the Information Age (REF PN172 .E53 1996)- Encyclopedia of Communication and Information (REF P87.5 .E53 2001)
- Encyclopedia of Propaganda (REF HM263 .E53 1998)
- Encyclopedic Dictionary of Semiotics, Media, and Communications (REF P87.5 .D36 2000)
- Language and Communication : A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia (REF P29 .F47 1998)
- NTC's Mass Media Dictionary (REF P87.5 .E45 1990)
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Selected journals, magazines, and newspapers in print (2nd floor Periodicals Room) and on the Web:
- Communication Monographs (2000 - ) publishes original research/new theories on communication processes in interpersonal, public, group, and organizational communication.
- Critical Studies in Mass Communications (2000 -) publishes articles that offer integrative approaches to mass communication theory and research. Topics include mass-media criticism, mass communication systems, and the relationship between culture and mass communication.
- Journal of Applied Communication Research (2000 -) is a publication of the Speech Communication Association that publishes articles that address the relationship between practice and theories of communication, rhetoric, criticism and/or performance.
- Philosophy and Rhetoric (2000 -) is a source for studies of theoretical issues concerning the relationship between philosophy and rhetoric, aspects of argumentation, rhetoric of historical figures and rhetoric and human culture and thought, and psychological and sociological aspects of rhetoric.
- Quarterly Journal of Speech (2000 -) publishes articles that focus primarily on rhetorical theory and criticism in a wide variety of settings.
- Southern Communication Journal (2000 -) publishes scholarly research on human communication.
- Communication Yearbook (P87 .C5974 in circulating collection) contains literature reviews and articles published annually by the International Communication Association.
- Media, Culture & Society provides a major international forum for the presentation of research and discussion concerning the media, including the newer information and communication technologies, within their political, economic, cultural and historical contexts.
Search these print indexes and databases to find articles:
- PAIS (Public Affairs information Service) International In Print [1964 -] (REF H96 .P9 ) includes references to more than 460,000 journal articles, books, government documents, statistical sources, grey literature, research reports, conference proceedings, and publications of international agencies.
- Reader's Guide To Periodical Literature [1890 -] (REF AI3 .R48) is a subject and author index of approximately 200 popular and general interest periodicals.
- ComAbstracts (on campus only) database contains abstracts of articles published in the primary professional literature of the communication(s) field. Fifty four journals are indexed. No full-text.
EBSCOhost is a collection of databases that provide indexing and selected full-text to a wide
variety of subjects, including the humanities, social sciences, business, medicine, and education.
EBSCOhost On Campus Access | EBSCOhost Off Campus Access
- INFOTRAC databases cover general reference, literature, health, business, and more. Includes full-text.
INFOTRAC On Campus Access | INFOTRAC Off Campus AccessGeneral Guides
- Academic Info:Your Gateway to Quality Educational Resources
- INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resources Collections
- The Scout Report for Social Sciences & Humanities
- The Virtual Library: Communications and Media
Topics in Communication Studies
- AJR Newslink
- BUBL LINK / 5:15 Catalogue of Internet Resources Communication Studies
- Center for Nonverbal Studies
- Douglass: Archives of American Public Address
- FAIR: Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
- Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
- Television News Archive: Vanderbilt University
- Theory.org.uk Communication Theory
- Voice of the Shuttle Media Studies
- Argus Clearinghouse Communication
- University of Iowa Department of Communication Studies LINKS to Communication
- Rhetoric and Composition
- Media and Communication Studies Site
Local Resources
Professional Organizations
- Communication Institute for Online Scholarship (CIOS)
- American Communication Association
- Association for Women in Communications
- International Communication Association
- National Communication Association
Compiled by Lori L. Stalteri