Communication Sources
Periodical Subscriptions
| Broadcasting & Cable |      | Journal of Applied Communication Research |
| Columbia Journalism Review |      | Media Development |
| Communication Education |      | Public Relations Quarterly |
| Communication Monographs |      | Quarterly Journal of Speech |
| Communication Theory |      | Southern Communication Journal |
|      | Western Journal of Communication |
Periodicals can be found on the 3rd floor of the library, shelved alphabetically by title.
Selected Reference Books
Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media--Ready Ref. Z6951 A97 1998
Communication Research: Strategies and Sources--Ref. P91.3 R83 1993
International Encyclopedia of Communications—Ref. P87.5 I5 1989 Vol. 1-4
History of the Mass Media in the United States—Ref. P92 U5 H55 1998
Aspen Handbook on the Media: Research, Publications, Organizations—Ref. P92 U5 R481
Reference materials are located on the 1st floor of the library.
CD-Rom
CommSearch is a cd-rom that indexes the tables of contents for 26 communication journals, six of which are full text on the cd. However, it is only updated every 3 years. This resource is kept on reserve behind the Circulation desk and may be used on the pc in the library dedicated to running library cd-roms.
Subscription Databases
Ebsco Group of Databases:
Academic Search Elite (some FULL-TEXT and FULL-IMAGE)
Business Source Elite (some FULL-TEXT and FULL-IMAGE)
Communication & Mass Media Complete (some FULL-TEXT and has the same content as the CommSearch cd-rom)
Firstsearch Group of Databases:
Article1st
Readers Guide
Social Science Abstracts
WilsonSelect (FULL-TEXT)
Lexis-Nexis:
Includes full-text newspaper articles, business resources, legal resources, and medical information. Reference section has polls, country and state profiles, and biographical information.
These library databases are accessible 24 hours per day from the HSU network.
Selected Websites
American Communication Association
http://www.uark.edu/~aca/
Communication Theory (Univ. of Colorado)
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc/comm_theory.html
UCLA Center for Communication Policy
http://ccp.ucla.edu/index.asp
Allyn & Bacon Communication Studies
http://www.abacon.com/commstudies/
Web Journal of Mass Communication Research
http://www.scripps.ohiou.edu/wjmcr/
Communication Research Center at Boston University
http://crc.bu.edu/
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