Language Arts: A Resource Pathfinder

 

Articles

 

Search Terms  Use the following database tools to find subdivisions of individual course topics.  They will also provide additional keywords and narrower, broader, or related subject terms. 

 

§      Topic Guide  (ProQuest)

§      Subject Guide   (Gale)

§      Thesaurus  (WilsonWeb)

§      Concept Map  (Credo Reference) 

 

Databases

§      Academic OneFile  (Gale)

§      Applied Science Full Text  (WilsonWeb)

§      CQ Researcher  (CQ Electronic Library)

§      Education Full Text  (WilsonWeb)

§      Educator's Reference Complete  (Gale)

§      ERIC (CSA | FirstSearch | eric.ed.gov)

§      Humanities Full Text  (WilsonWeb)

§      MLA International Bibliography  (CSA)

§      ProQuest Research Library  (ProQuest)

§      PsycARTICLES  (CSA)

§      PsycINFO  (CSA)

§      Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection  (EBSCOhost)

§      Teacher Reference Center  (EBSCOhost)

 

Journals

 

Full Text Electronic Journals @ Madonna Library   This database lists and provides access to e-journals available at Madonna Library.  To locate online journals for this major, search by journal title, or browse titles under these subject categories:  “Languages & Literatures” and “Journalism & Mass Communication.”

 

Selected titles in Full Text Electronic Journals:

§      American Communication Journal

§      American Drama

§      American Poetry Review

§      ANQ: American Notes and Queries

§      Argumentation & Advocacy

§      Broadcasting and Cable

§      Communication Reports

§      Communication Research Trends

§      Communication Theory

§      Communications Daily

§      Early American Literature

§      Issues in Writing

§      Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media

§      Journal of Children’s Literature

§      Journal of Communication

§      Journal of Intercultural Communication

§      Journal of Narrative Theory

§      Poetry

§      Southern Literary Journal

§      Style

 

  Print Journals @ Madonna Library Selected titles related to this major:

§      African American Review

§      College Composition and Communication

§      College English

§      Columbia Journalism Review

§      Communication Arts

§      Comparative Literature

§      Computers and Composition

§      Contemporary Literature

§      Critique

§      Journal of American Folklore

§      Journal of Popular Film & Television

§      Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

§      Mass Communication & Society

§      Modern Fiction Studies

§      Quill

§      Studies in American Fiction 

§      TriQuarterly

§      Writer

§      Writers’ Digest

 

 

Web Sites

 

E-Journals

§      Composition Forum

    http://www.fau.edu/compositionforum/

 

§      Enculturation:  A Journal of Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture

     http://enculturation.gmu.edu/index.html

 

§      IEEE Professional Communication Society Newsletter

    http://www.ieeepcs.org/activities_publications_newsletter.php

 

§      Kairos:  A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy

    http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/

 

§      Online Journalism Review

    http://www.ojr.org/

 

 

Additional Sites 

§      American Rhetoric

    http://www.americanrhetoric.com/

 

§      Communication Resources – Valdosta State University Odum Library

    http://books.valdosta.edu/read/comindex.html

 

§      Digital Storytelling – University of Minnesota

    http://www.inms.umn.edu/elements/

 

§      Elements of Mass Communication – CyberCollege

    http://www.cybercollege.org/frtv/frtv_ind.htm

 

§      Heath Anthology of American Literature

    http://college.hmco.com/english/heath/lit_links.html

 

§      Indigenous Peoples’ Literature

    http://www.indians.org/Resource/natlit/natlit.html

 

§      Internet Public Library:  Literary Criticism

    http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/

 

§      Intute:  Arts & Humanities

    http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/

 

§      Library Resources for Communication Studies

    http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/communications/lrcs/index.html

 

§      The Literary Link:  Children’s & Young Adult Literature

    http://theliterarylink.com/

 

§      Literary Resources on the Net

    http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/

 

§      Media and Communications Studies Site

    http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/index.html

 

§      Modern American Poetry

    http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets.htm

 

§      Online Communications Studies Resources – University of Iowa

    http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/resources/index.html

 

§      PAL:  Perspectives in American Literature

    http://web.csustan.edu/english/reuben/home.htm

 

§      Project CROW:  American Literature Surveys

    http://www.millikin.edu/aci/crow/index.html

 

§      Stone Center for Black Culture & History:  Literature Web Guide

    http://www.lib.unc.edu/stone/webguide/index.html?display=print_items&item_id=18

 

§      Television Production – CyberCollege

    http://www.cybercollege.org/tvp_ind.htm

 

§      Television Production Handbook – Inman & Smith

    http://www.tv-handbook.com/

 

§      VoS:  Voice of the Shuttle – Web Site for Humanities Research

  http://vos.ucsb.edu/index.asp

 

§      Writing @ Colorado State University

    http://writing.colostate.edu/

 

§      Writing for the Wired World:  Resources, Links and Tips – University of Saskatchewan

    http://library2.usask.ca/~fichter/writing/

 

 

Professional Associations & Organizations

§      African American Literature & Culture Society

    http://aalcs.marygrove.edu/

 

§      American Communication Association

    http://www.americancomm.org/

 

§      American Comparative Literature Association

http://www.acla.org

 

§      International Communication Association

    http://www.icahdq.org/

 

§      Modern Language Association

    http://www.mla.org

 

§      National Communication Association

    http://www.natcom.org

 

 

 

Books  Search for books in the Madonna Catalog using the general keyword option for best results.

 

Selected Titles

P92.U5 B345 2006

Baughman, James.  The republic of mass culture:  Journalism, filmmaking, and broadcasting in America since 1941.  Baltimore:  Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

 

PS153.N5 B45 2004

Bell, Bernard.  The contemporary African American novel:  Its folk roots and modern literary branches.  Amherst:  University of Massachusetts Press, 2004.

 

GR72.3 .S78 2002

Blayer, Irene & Sanchez, Monica (Eds.).  Storytelling:  Interdisciplinary and intercultural perspectives.  New York:  Peter Lang, 2002.

 

PN1009.A1 C29 2002

Cai, Mingshui.  Multicultural literature for children and young adults:  Reflections on critical issues.  Westport, CT:  Greenwood Press, 2002.

 

Reference PN1008.5 .C66 2001

Cullinan, Bernice. E., & Person, Diane. G. (Eds.).  The continuum encyclopedia of children’s literature.  New York:  Continuum, 2001.

 

Reference P87.5 .D36 2000

Danesi, Marcel.  Encyclopedic dictionary of semiotics, media, and communications.  Toronto:  University of Toronto Press, 2000.

 

PS42.T36 2001

Edgar, Christopher, & Lenhart, Gary (Eds.).  The teachers and writers guide to classic American literature.  New York:  Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 2001.

 

PE1404.E36 2005

Ehrenworth, Mary.  The power of grammar:  Unconventional approaches to the conventions of language.  Portsmouth, NH:  Heinemann, 2005.

 

PN4775 .F56 2003

Fink, Conrad C.  Writing to inform and engage:  The essential guide to beginning news and magazine writing.  Boulder, CO:  Westview, 2003.

 

PN1009.A1 G75 2006

Griswold, Jerome.  Feeling like a kid:  Childhood and children’s literature.  Baltimore:  Johns Hopkins Press, 2006.

 

PE1404.P457 2001

Holdstein, Deborah H., & Bleich, David (Eds.).  Personal effects:  The social character of scholarly writing.  Logan, UT:  Utah State University Press, 2001.

 

HM258.C76 2006

Norales, Francisca O.  Crosscultural communication:  Concepts, cases, and challenges.  Youngstown, NY:  Cambria, 2006.

 

PN1996.R16 2006

Rabinger, Michael.  Developing story ideas.  Burlington, MA: Focal Press, 2006.

 

PE1404.R356 2001

Rankin, Elizabeth.  The work of writing:  Insights and strategies for academics and professionals.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass, 2001.

 

LB1044.87 .R53 2006

Richardson, Will.  Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms.  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Corwin Press, 2006.

 

PE1479.C7 R59 2006

Roberts, Edgar V.  Writing about literature.  Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2006.

 

LB1631.S285 2003

Schuster, Edgar H.  Breaking the rules:  Liberating writers through innovative grammar instruction.  Portsmouth, NH:  Heinemann, 2003.

 

PN4784.T4 T48 2004

Thompson, Robert.  The broadcast journalism handbook:  A television news survival guide.  Lanham, MD:  Rowman & Littlefield, 2004.

 

Reference P87.5 .W38 1997

Watson, James.  A dictionary of communication and media studies.  New York:  E. Arnold, 1997.

 

PE1405.U6 W47  2005

Whithaus, Carl.  Teaching and evaluating writing in the age of computers and high-stakes testing.  Mahwah, NJ:  Erlbaum, 2005.

 

 

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