Communications Research Guide

Contains many full-text magazine and journal articles on topics relating to business and management topics. Good source for articles on organizational and business communication and on the mass media industry.

Database that abstracts and indexes over 3,200 scholarly journals, and offers full text (often dating back to 1990) for over 1,000 journals. A number of communication journals are covered.

Indexes and abstracts over 1,500 publications in business, economics, management, and related areas. Full text for many articles published since 1990.

Contains abstracts of articles published in 54 scholarly communication journals.

Provides comprehensive coverage of communication-related information published in articles, books, and reports, covering such broad topics as communications processes, interpersonal communications, public relations, advertising, journalism and news media, and communications theory and research.

Offers full text for over 200 titles and contains citation coverage for additional sources. In total, several hundred valuable sources are covered.

An excellent source for full-text newspapers, press releases, and business publications.

Provides citations to scholarly journal articles on a wide range of communication topics, such as interpersonal behavior and communication and nonverbal communication.

Includes bibliographic citations to journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, proceedings, and bibliographies. Useful for research in communication theory and rhetoric.

Major source for abstracts of psychology literature. Useful for coverage of topics related to interpersonal, small group, and organizational communication, nonverbal communication, mass media uses and effects, language, and linguistics.

Contains peer-reviewed journals published by SAGE Publications in several fields, including communication studies. Currently there are 16 titles dealing with such topics as journalism, public opinion, political communication, mass communication, interpersonal communication, media studies, organizational communication, rhetoric, and literacy.

Abstracts journal articles, books, and book chapters in sociology and related disciplines. Communication-related coverage includes interpersonal, small group, and organizational communication, and mass media and society.

This weekly trade publication contains enormous amounts of fascinating and useful data, with feature articles on people, issues, advertising agencies, and ad campaigns.

Contains news items, profiles on journalists, and articles on how contemporary issues are reported.

The emphasis of this industry publication is on corporate activity and the changing state of governmental regulation as it concerns television, cable, radio, and other forms of electronic mass communication.

Feature stories cover a wide range of topics relating to news gathering and reporting. The "Darts and Laurels" section critiques local, national, and international journalism.

A trade publication for commercial artists, with articles on design issues, copyright and legal issues, and new graphic arts technology.

Contains scholarly research covering communication in the broadest sense; recent issues have included articles on avoidance in friendships, UFO beliefs and rumors, and television news.

A publication of the National Communication Association, this periodical offers articles that take an interpretive approach to mass communications theory and research. Topics include mass-media criticism, mass communication organizations, and the relationship between culture and the mass media.

Also known as E&P, covers all aspects of the newspaper business. Regular sections are devoted to syndicates and news services, technological developments, and marketing and sales.

Produced by the Kennedy School of Government, this journal focuses on the interaction of the press, politics, and public policymaking, and is targeted at researchers and practitioners in the fields of journalism and broadcasting.

A scholarly journal, with recent articles on music and lyrics in commercials and children and advertising.

While scholarly in nature, this journal's editorial board includes both academicians and professionals in the field.

Articles in recent issues have dealth with the use of the Internet by political campaigns, gender-differentiated production features in toy commercials, and the impact of motivation and parasocial interaction on talk radio listening.

An interdisciplinary journal, published by the International Communication Association, concentrating on communication theory and research. Recent issues have included scholarly articles on country music videos, public opinion polling, body image and personal interaction, and broadcast deregulation.

A quarterly scholarly journal exploring the ethical and moral issues in the field of mass communication.

Articles concentrate on commercial television and film: stars, directors, producers, studios, networks, genres, audience, etc.

Aims to keep reporters and editors abreast of the latest changes in case law and legislation dealing with press freedoms, rights, and responsibilities.

Published by the National Press Photographers Association, this magazine features articles on professional issues, profiles of individual photographers, and photos of the month.

According to this journal, its purpose is "to provide a bridge between journalism scholars and newspaper professionals and a forum for practical research on and discussion of issues of interest to both."

Articles in this journal consider the wider economic, political, social, and technological issues affecting the American press.

Publishes scholarly articles on rhetoric, especially those that aid understanding of discourse practices.

A publication of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, with two- to six-page articles on such topics as prime time's disabled images, TV and politics, and the commercialization of public broadcasting.

Contains extensive information on the entertainment business, especially film, television, and theatre. Many reviews of theatre, film, and television.

Publishes scholarly articles in all areas of communication--rhetorical and communication theory, interpersonal communication, public address, group communication, and free speech.

Contains over 20,000 descriptive definitions of the vocabulary used in radio, television, cable, film, newspapers, magazines, book publishing, direct mail, outdoor advertising, and other subjects related to the mass media.

Covers technical and historical terms, jargon, and slang used in broadcasting, film, marketing, journalism, film, book publishing, graphic arts, advertising, printing, and other areas of media. Also a good source for explanations of abbreviations, associations, and prominent company names related to media and communication.

Includes entries for newspapers, magazines, journals, and other periodicals, as well as radio, television, and cable stations and systems in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the world.

A comprehensive listing of American television and radio stations and cable systems, satellite and other carriers, technological and programming services, brokers and professional services. Includes radio and television market statistics. See also Television & Cable Factbook (below).

Important source for newspaper industry facts and statistics. In addition to address and telephone numbers, main entries include information on circulation, price, advertising, special editions, equipment, and key personnel. Also includes listings for the 100 top daily newspapers and the top pay scales for reporters, and a directory of newspaper industry professionals.

Offers individual market surveys of some 1,500 United States and Canadian cities where a daily newspaper is published.

Lists news agencies throughout the state.

Includes entries for newspapers, magazines, journals, and other periodicals, as well as radio, television, and cable stations and systems in the United States and Canada, and industry statistics and maps.

An electronic database providing directory information, brief histories, and financials on companies, industries, and products, as well as business news. Can be searched by industry (e.g., advertising, TV and radio).

Contains a year-in-review section, industry statistics, awards, directory of services, companies and personnel, producers and distributors. Large part of the volume is devoted to brief biographies of those in the entertainment industry. Some coverage of world markets.

A compendium of more than 300 statistical tables describing communications trends in the U.S. from 1900 to the late 1970s. Organized by such broad subjects as growth, ownership, economics, employment, contents trends, and audiences.

An annual directory of leading national news media outlets (newspapers, news services, magazines, television, radio) that includes extensive listings of key executives, editors, correspondents, reporters, columnists, and contributors.

Lists over 2,000 public relations firms and departments of advertising agencies, ranked by city and region according to sales, number of employees, and areas of specialization.

For major Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), gives demographic, retail, spending, consumer brand/category, and audience data, along with audience or circulation statistics for television and radio stations, cable stations and systems, newspapers, magazines, outdoor advertising companies, and software and Internet companies within that MSA.

Lists approximately 10,000 advertising agencies in the U.S. and other countries, arranged by type of agency. Lists major clients of each agency. Geographic and name indexes.

Excellent source on circulation or audience, advertising rates, and format of advertising media. Includes newspapers, magazines, consumer and community publications, radio and television, and other media. Sections include:

• Business Publication Advertising Source -- Reference HF 5905 .S723
• Community Publication Advertising Source -- Reference HF 5905 .S72
• Direct Marketing List Source -- Reference HF 5861 .D54
• Hispanic Media & Market Source -- Reference HF 5415.3 .H5
• Newspaper Advertising Source -- Reference HF 5905 .S73
• Print Media Production Source -- Reference HF 5905 .P7
• Radio Advertising Source -- Reference HF 5905 .S74
• SRDS Consumer Magazine Advertising Source -- Reference HF 5905 .S725
• SRDS TV & Cable Source -- Reference HF 5905 .S745

Geographic listings describe basic equipment, services and costs, ownership history and personnel, market rankings, and sales for television stations, cable systems, and television and cable services. See also Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook (above).

A list of periodicals from many countries, arranged by category or subject focus. Entries usually include title, subtitle, sponsoring organization or publisher, date of origin, frequency, price, circulation, editors, place of publication, and where the title is indexed or abstracted.

Currently in three parts, listing newspapers, magazines and internal publications, and television and radio stations.

Alphabetically-arranged entries of one or two pages cover nearly 500 persons who contributed to the field of American journalism in newspapers, magazines, radio, and television from 1690 to the mid-1980s.

Contains biographical information on over one million individuals from all time periods, geographical locations, and fields of endeavor. The "Biographical Facts Search" allows searching for people based on one or more personal facts, such as occupation.

Biographical information on current authors in many fields, including journalism and television.

An ongoing biographical reference series providing brief biographical information and credits of performers, directors, writers, producers, designers, technicians, composers, executives, and critics in the United States and Great Britain.

A series of separately-edited volumes, each a collection of biographical, bibliographical, and critical essays on authors. Below are listed some of the volumes pertinent to communication. This series also is available online through the Literature Resource Center database.

• American Magazine Journalists, 1741-1850, vol. 73
• American Magazine Journalists, 1850-1900, vol. 79
• American Magazine Journalists, 1900-1960: First Series, vol. 91
• American Magazine Journalists, 1900-1960: Second Series, vol. 137
• American Newspaper Journalists, 1690-1872, vol. 43
• American Newspaper Journalists, 1873-1900, vol. 23
• American Newspaper Journalists, 1901-1925, vol. 25
• American Newspaper Journalists, 1926-1950, vol. 29
• American Newspaper Publishers, vol. 127
• American Sportswriters and Writers on Sport, vol. 241
• Twentieth-Century American Sportswriters, vol. 171

Volume 2 profiles United States and Canadian scholars currently active in teaching, research, and publishing in the fields of communications, journalism, and speech. Volume V, the index to the set, includes a name index by discipline.

Contains biographical information on some 600 post-World War II newspaper, magazine, and television journalists, most of whom are American.

Part of the American Communication Association's Internet site, this is an annotated collection of communication-related hyperlinks organized by subfields (e.g., "Business Communication," "Mass Media and Culture").

A searchable directory of Internet sources covering multiple communication topics -- advertising, journalism, media studies, rhetoric, visual communication. Includes brief annotations for each Web site listed.

A British-based gateway to Web sources useful in the academic study of media and communication. Includes links to a variety of areas, such as advertising, film studies, media education, and media influence.

Contains many links relating to the influence of media on culture.

Covers Internet sites related to media studies, journalism, film studies, TV, radio, telecom issues, and media theory and history.

Extensive links to sources dealing with communications, journalism, publishers, and telecommunications, including professional groups, fellowships, conferences, news organizations, and other areas.