WRITING & MEDIA STUDIES:
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
§ ABI/INFORM Dateline (ProQuest)
§ ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest)
§ ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry (ProQuest)
§ Academic OneFile (Gale)
§ Applied Science Full Text (WilsonWeb)
§ Business and Company Resource Center (Gale)
§ CQ Researcher (CQ Electronic Library)
§ CQ Weekly (CQ Electronic Library)
§ Faulkner Advisory on IT Studies
§ Humanities Full Text (WilsonWeb)
§ Issues & Controversies (FACTS.com)
§ LexisNexis Academic (LexisNexis)
§ MLA International Bibliography (CSA)
§ ProQuest Research Library (ProQuest)
§ PsycARTICLES (CSA)
§ PsycINFO (CSA)
§ Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCOhost)
§ Social Sciences Full Text (WilsonWeb)
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: “Journalism & Mass Communication,” “Business & Economics>Commerce>Business Communication,” and “Engineering & Applied Sciences>Electrical & Computer Engineering>Telecommunications.”
Selected titles in Full Text Electronic Journals:
§ American Communication Journal
§ American Journalism
§ American Journalism Review
§ Argumentation & Advocacy
§ Broadcasting and Cable
§ Business Communication Quarterly
§ Business Communications Review
§ Business Communicator
§ Communication Reports
§ Communication Research Trends
§ Communication Theory
§ Communications Daily
§ Corporate Communications
§ Editor & Publisher
§ EJournalist
§ Innovation Journalism
§ Issues in Writing
§ Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
§ Journal of Business and Technical Communication
§ Journal of Business Communication
§ Journal of Communication
§ Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
§ Journal of Intercultural Communication
§ Strategic Communication Management
§ Technical Communication Quarterly
Print Journals @ Madonna Library Selected titles related to this major:
§ College Composition and Communication
§ Columbia Journalism Review
§ Communication Arts
§ Computers and Composition
§ Journal of Popular Film & Television
§ Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
§ Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
§ Mass Communication & Society
§ Quill
§ Technical Communication
§ Writer
§ Writers’ Digest
Web Sites
E-Journals
§ Digital Web Magazine
http://www.digital-web.com/about/
§ IEEE Professional Communication Society Newsletter
http://www.ieeepcs.org/activities_publications_newsletter.php
§ Journal of Electronic Publishing
http://www.journalofelectronicpublishing.org/
§ Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy
http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/
§ Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review
http://www.mttlr.org/html/home.html
§ Online Journalism Review
§ Orange: A Student Journal of Technical Communication
http://orange.eserver.org/about
Subject Guides
§ Communication Resources – Valdosta State University Odum Library
http://books.valdosta.edu/read/comindex.html
§ EServer Technical Communication Library – Iowa State University
§ Journalism Resources – University of Iowa
http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/
§ INFOMINE (Search “technical communication”)
§ Internet Resources for Technical Communicators – Keith Soltys
http://www.soltys.ca/techcomm.html
§ Librarians’ Internet Index (Search “Media” and its subtopics)
§ Library Resources for Communication Studies
http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/communications/lrcs/index.html
§ Media and Communications Studies Site
http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/index.html
§ Media Literacy Online Project Gateway
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/mlr/home/
§ Online Communications Studies Resources – University of Iowa
http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/resources/index.html
§ Professional/Technical Writing: Web Sites – Westminster College
http://www.westminstercollege.edu/library/course_research/techwriting/websites.cfm
§ TECHCOMM: Technical Communication Information Sources
http://www.december.com/info/techcomm/
§ Writing for the Wired World: Resources, Links and Tips – University of Saskatchewan
http://library2.usask.ca/~fichter/writing/
Specific Focus Sites
§ American Rhetoric
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
§ Digital Storytelling – University of Minnesota
http://www.inms.umn.edu/elements/
§ Elements of Mass Communication – CyberCollege
http://www.cybercollege.org/frtv/frtv_ind.htm
§ Good Documents: How to Write for the INTRAnet
http://www.gooddocuments.com/homepage/homepage.htm
§ JournalismNet
§ Online Technical Writing: Online Textbook – David McMurrey
http://www.io.com/~hcexres/textbook/
§ Screen Site
§ Technical and Scientific Writing – D. G. Jerz, Seton Hill University
http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/technical/index.html
§ Technical Writing: Writers Write
http://www.writerswrite.com/technical
§ Television Production – CyberCollege
http://www.cybercollege.org/tvp_ind.htm
§ Television Production Handbook – Inman & Smith
§ TVlink: Film and Television Website Archive
http://www.timelapse.com/tvlink.html
§ Web Developer’s Virtual Library
§ The Write News: Writing, Publishing and Internet News
§ Writing @ Colorado State University
§ Writing for the Web: An Information Paper – New Opportunities Fund
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/nof/support/help/papers/writing-web/
§ Writing for the Web – Jakob Nielsen
http://www.useit.com/papers/webwriting/
§ Writing in Digital Environments (WIDE) Research Center – Michigan State University
Professional Associations & Organizations
§ American Communication Association
§ Association for Business Communication
http://www.businesscommunication.org/
§ Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication
§ Association of Teachers of Technical Writing
§ Broadcast Education Association
http://www.beaweb.org/index.html
§ Council for Programs in Scientific and Technical Communication
§ IEEE Professional Communication Society
§ Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators
§ INTECOM (International Council for Technical Communication)
http://www.dokumentoijat.net/english/kansainvalinen/intecom.php
§ International Association of Business Communicators
§ International Communication Association
§ Investigative Reporters and Editors
§ National Communication Association
§ Society for News Design
§ Society for Technical Communication
§ Society of Professional Journalists
Study Centers
§ Journalism.org: Project for Excellence in Journalism
§ Knight Center for Specialized Journalism
http://www.knightcenter.umd.edu/index.htm
§ Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
§ Media Center @ the American Press Institute
§ Pew Center for Civic Journalism
http://www.pewcenter.org/index.php
§ Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
§ Poynter Institute
Books Search for books in the Madonna Catalog using the general keyword option for best results.
Selected Titles
T11.B78 2006
Alred, Gerald. Handbook of technical writing. New York: St. Martins, 2006.
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.
GR72.3 .S78 2002
Blayer, Irene & Sanchez, Monica. (Eds.). Storytelling: Interdisciplinary and intercultural perspectives. New York: Peter Lang, 2002.
TK5105.888 .C345 2007
Calishain, Tara. Information trapping: Real-time research on the web. Berkeley, CA: New Riders, 2007.
PN4783.C283 2000
Cappon, Rene J. The Associated Press guide to news writing. Forest City, CA: IDG Books Worldwide, 2000.
Reference P87.5 .D36 2000
Danesi, Marcel. Encyclopedic dictionary of semiotics, media, and communications. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000.
PN4775 .F56 2003
Fink, Conrad C. Writing to inform and engage: The essential guide to beginning news and magazine writing. Boulder, CO: Westview, 2003.
PN4783 .F43 2001
Fox, Walter. Writing the news: A guide for print journalists. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 2001.
PE1404.P457 2001
Holdstein, Deborah H., & Bleich, David. (Eds.). Personal effects: The social character of scholarly writing. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2001.
JC423.D43 2004
Jenkins, Henry, & Thorburn, David. (Eds.). Democracy and new media. Cambridge, MS: MIT Press, 2004.
HG177.5.U6 2004
Mikelonis, Victoria M. Grant seeking in an electronic age. New York: Pearson/Longman, 2004.
Reference HG177.5.U6 M56 2003
Miner, Lynn E., & Miner, Jeremy T. Proposal planning and writing. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2003.
HM 258.C76 2006
Norales, Francisca O. Crosscultural communication: Concepts, cases, and challenges. Youngstown, NY: Cambria, 2006.
Reference HF5718.3.P53 2001
Picardi, Richard P. Skills of workplace communication: A handbook for T&D specialists and their organizations. Westport, CT: Quorum, 2001.
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.
PN4784.T4 T48 2004
Thompson, Robert. The broadcast journalism handbook: A television news survival guide. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2004.
HD30.28 .T5766 2004
Timmons, Jeffry A. Business plans that work: A guide for small business. New York: McGraw-Hill, 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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