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Articles

Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO).
Full text articles from over 200 journals covering all areas of communication and media and indexing and abstracting for many more. 

Communications and Mass Media Collection

This collection provides current and accurate information from more than 100 journals focused on all aspects of the communications field. Key subjects covered include: advertising and public relations, literature and writing, and linguistics.

Biographical Information

Contemporary Theater, Film, and TelevisionCall Number: REF PN 2208 .W52
A comprehensive 51-volume biographical dictionary of those in the theater and entertainment fields

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook

Dictionary of Communications Technology: Terms, Definitions and Abbreviations

Reference for IS professionals, consultants and engineers.  Allows for checking exact specifications, definitions, characteristics, options, relay diagrams, paths, alignments, sources, codes, events, tables, sequences, tradenames, methods, and numerous other vital facts.

Dictionary of Media Studies
A basic vocabulary of terms used in the media and entertainment industries.

Focal Dictionary of Telecommunications

A dicionary written by experts with specialist knowledge, includes terms, definitions and acronyms, and line drawings.

Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast MediaCall Number: REF PN 4877 .G35

International Encyclopedia of Communication.Call Number: REF P 87.5 I58 2008

Web Sites

Advertisement Avenue
A free archive of television advertisements

American Communication Association
An annotated collection of communication-related links organized by subfields within the communication discipline.

American Press Institute
Devoted to the training and development of people in the news industry and in journalism education.

American Rhetoric
Scholarly and practical information on the study and use of rhetoric, including an Online Speech Bank of over 5000 full text, audio, and video versions of speeches, sermons, debates, interviews and other well-known oratory.

Broadcast Net
Home page of the broadcast industry.  Contains links to numerous other pages on audio and video systems and broadcast media.

Center for Communication
An independend media forum launched in 1980 to bridge the gap between the communication industry and the schools.  Site contains information on upcoming programs and events, job tips, and links to other media-related pages.

Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism
A non partisan project of the Pew Research Center in Washington D.C. devoted to studying and evaluating the performance of the press through content analysis and empirical methods.