SELECTED
RESOURCES
for
COMA 480—In-depth
Reporting
PLU LIBRARY
March 7, 2006
Gail Egbers
535-8869/egbersgl@plu.edu
BOOKS:
Our
computerized catalog provides access to the materials in our
library.
Use the Library of Congress Subject Headings
to identify the best subject headings for your topic.
International education
Foreign Study
Student exchange programs
FINDING ARTICLES IN
PERIODICALS/JOURNALS:
Periodical indexes provide the most efficient
subject access to journals, magazines, and newspapers. Here are
some indexes that will be useful:
Business Source
Premier (via
EBSCO) This is the industry's most used business research database,
providing
the full text for more than 8,800 serials. Business Source Premier
provides full text back to 1965 and searchable cited references back as
far as
1998. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to
business. This
database is updated on a daily basis.< style="font-family:
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Communication &
Mass Media
Complete (via EBSCO) Provides the
most robust,
quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass
media. Communication
& Mass Media Complete
provides an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and
educators
interested in any and all aspects of communication and mass
media.
EBSCO Academic Search Premier (via PLU Library
Website) A multi-disciplinary database that indexes roughly 4,500
journals,
magazines, and newspapers with 3,600 titles in full text. Of those,
nearly
2,600 titles are full text scholarly (peer reviewed) publications. This
academic database provides full text journal coverage for nearly all
academic
areas – including social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, and
education.
Lexis-Nexis
(via PLU Library Website) Provides
access to a range of news, business, legal, and reference information.
It is
particularly strong in its news coverage, featuring mostly full-text
articles
from newspapers around the world.
| LOCATING
PERIODICALS/JOURNALS: Use Journals
at PLU to obtain the call
number of the journal you need. Current
issues of journals are shelved on the first floor.
Older issues (bound volumes and microfilm)
are on the second and third floors, shelved with the books. Journals at
PLU also gives you the location of any full-text journals
we have
online. |
REFERENCE SOURCES
Dictionary
of communication and
media
studies (ref. P87.5.W38 1997)
Encyclopedia
of international media and communications (REF P87.5.E532 2003)
Encyclopedia of new media: an
essential
reference to communication and
technology (REF QA76.575.E5368 2003)
Study
abroad
=
Etudes a l’etranger = Estudios en el extranjero (ref.
LB2338.S86)
World
press encyclopedia: a survey of press systems worldwide
(ref. PN4728.Q53 2003)
AccuNet/AP
Multimedia Archive An
electronic
library containing the Associated Press' current year's photo reports,
graphics, text, audio, and a selection of photos from their extensive
library.
Please note restrictions on reuse of these materials -- On campus
access
only.
INTERNET: The
Internet is an attractive source of information but it does not have
the best
information for all situations. Use
the
Internet only for supplemental information.
Read the handout "Evaluating Information from the Internet”
(http://www.plu.edu/~egbersgl/evalinternet.html)
American
Institute for Foreign Study (http://www.aifsabroad.com/)
College Consortium for
International Studies (http://www.ccisabroad.org/)
Cultural
Experiences Abroad (http://www.gowithcea.com/)
International
Education Site (http://www.intstudy.com/)
Wang Center
(http://www.plu.edu/~wangctr/)
Or look
at a
University’s website for such things as
“international study” or “study abroad”.
BEYOND
PLU
PLU's library
may not
own all of the materials you want to
use. You may either order them from
Interlibrary Loan or go to a local library personally. We are
part of a consortium of libraries that
includes: Northwest
University, St. Martin's University, University of Puget Sound,
Seattle Pacific
University, and Seattle
University. You may use your PLU
ID card to
check out
materials from these libraries. If you
wish to order from Interlibrary Loan, be sure to allow sufficient time
for the
materials to arrive.
| If you have questions while doing
library research, ask for help at the reference desk or make an
appointment with me
for
personal research assistance. During
spring semester my office hours are Tuesdays & Thursdays 3-5 pm.
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