Information since 1868	Communication Studies

Introduction to Library Research

Basic Reference Resources

• American voices: An encyclopedia of contemporary orators.REF PS408.A47 2005
• Encyclopedia of advertising REF HF5803 .A38 2003
• Encyclopedia of American radio, 1920-1960 REF PN1991.2 .S57 2008
• Encyclopedia of communication and information REF P87.5.E53 2002
• Encyclopedia of major marketing campaigns REF HF5837.E53 2000
• Encyclopedia of the First Amendment  REF KF4770.E53 2009
• Encyclopedia of political communication REF JA85.E64 2008
• Encyclopedia of semiotics REF P99.E64 1998
• Index to journals in communication studies through ... REF Index P87.M37
• Linguistics and language behavior abstracts INDEX P 1 L2 (Periodicals Room)
• Museum of broadcast communications encyclopedia of radio (3 vols.) REF TK6544.M84 2004
• Penguin atlas of media and information REF P91.B29 2001
• Routledge encyclopedia of narrative theory REF PN212.R68 2005
• Television & cable factbook REF TK6540.T453

Finding Books and Articles

Use the following online catalogs to find books, videos, microforms etc. on your topic:

• URSUS - our catalog
• Maine InfoNet(Maine statewide catalog)

Selected subject headings:

• Communication
• Communication -- Philosophy
• Communication -- Sex differences
• Communication in medicine
• Communication in organizations
• Communication -- Social aspects
• Interpersonal communication
• Nonverbal communication

To search for journal articles relevant to your topic use the following online indexes:

• Academic Search Premier
• Communication Abstracts
• Communication and Mass Media Complete
• Lexis/Nexis Academic
• Maine Newsstand
• MLA International Bibliography
• Project Muse
• PsychInfo
• Sociological Abstracts 

- find out how to locate full texts of articles retrieved from online databases that have this icon (turn on your audio)

Identifying Scholarly Journals vs. Popular and Trade Magazines

Selected Online Resources

• About Face - "aims to combat negative and distorted images of women"
• American Rhetoric - full text audio and video public speeches
• Citation Guides
• Dictionary of the History of Ideas
• Privacy Rights Clearinghouse - advocates consumer privacy rights
• Speeches and Speechmakers (University of Iowa)

Advertising Resources

• Ad*Access - about 7000 U.S. and Canadian ad images (Duke University)
• Adaholics - magazine advertisements
• Ads of the World - commercial ads from around the world
• Advertising Archives
• Advertising in America 1850-1920
• Classic TV Ads
• GenderAds - resource for analyzing gender images in ads
• Harper's Weekly 19th century ads
• History of Advertising Trust Archive
• Vintage cigarette ads - from the 1940s and 1950s

Communication Research Survey Instruments (Dr. James McCroskey - University of Alabama)

Evaluating Web Resources (University of Southern Maine)

Where to go for assistance

• Ask at the Reference Desk:  Hours
• Ask a Librarian:

 If you wish to make an appointment with the subject reference librarian, contact Joe Fernandez.

Revised: 07/08/2009
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