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

    http://www.ojr.org/

 

§      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

    http://tc.eserver.org/

 

§      Journalism  Resources – University of Iowa

    http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/

 

§      INFOMINE (Search “technical communication”)

    http://infomine.ucr.edu/

 

§      Internet Resources for Technical Communicators – Keith Soltys

    http://www.soltys.ca/techcomm.html

 

§      Librarians’ Internet Index (Search “Media” and its subtopics)

   http://lii.org/

 

§      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

    http://www.journalismnet.com/

 

§      Online Technical Writing:  Online Textbook – David McMurrey   

    http://www.io.com/~hcexres/textbook/

 

§      Screen Site

    http://www.screensite.org/

 

§      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

    http://www.tv-handbook.com/

 

§      TVlink:  Film and Television Website Archive

    http://www.timelapse.com/tvlink.html

 

§      Web Developer’s Virtual Library

    http://www.wdvl.com/

 

§      The Write News:  Writing, Publishing and Internet News

    http://www.writenews.com/

 

§      Writing @ Colorado State University

    http://writing.colostate.edu/

 

§      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

     http://www.wide.msu.edu/about

 

 

Professional Associations & Organizations

§      American Communication Association

    http://www.americancomm.org/

 

§      Association for Business Communication

    http://www.businesscommunication.org/

 

§      Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication

    http://www.aejmc.org

 

§      Association of Teachers of Technical Writing

    http://www.attw.org/

 

§      Broadcast Education Association

    http://www.beaweb.org/index.html 

 

§      Council for Programs in Scientific and Technical Communication

    http://www.cptsc.org/

 

§      IEEE Professional Communication Society

    http://www.ieeepcs.org/

 

§      Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators

    http://www.istc.org.uk/

 

§      INTECOM (International Council for Technical Communication)

    http://www.dokumentoijat.net/english/kansainvalinen/intecom.php

 

§      International Association of Business Communicators

    http://www.iabc.com/

 

§      International Communication Association

    http://www.icahdq.org/

 

§      Investigative Reporters and Editors

    http://www.ire.org/index.html

 

§      National Communication Association

    http://www.natcom.org

 

§      Society for News Design

    http://www.snd.org/

 

§      Society for Technical Communication

    http://www.stc.org/

 

§      Society of Professional Journalists

    http://www.spj.org/

 

 

Study Centers

§      Journalism.org:  Project for Excellence in Journalism

    http://www.journalism.org/

 

§      Knight Center for Specialized Journalism

    http://www.knightcenter.umd.edu/index.htm

 

§      Maynard Institute for Journalism Education

    http://www.maynardije.org/

 

§      Media Center @ the American Press Institute

    http://mediacenter.org/

 

§      Pew Center for Civic Journalism

    http://www.pewcenter.org/index.php

 

§      Pew Research Center for the People and the Press

    http://people-press.org/

 

§      Poynter Institute

    http://www.poynter.org/

 

 

 

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, CAIDG 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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jlumetta, 1/8/2008

 

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