Communication
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Abstracts and Indexes
Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject Indexes
- ABI/INFORM Global: "Most scholarly and comprehensive way to explore and understand business research topics. Search nearly 1800 worldwide business periodicals for in-depth coverage of business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory, and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. Expanded international coverage. Fast access to information on 60,000 + companies with business and executive profiles. Now includes The Wall Street Journal." A list of the subjects used in the database is available at the reference desk in Moore Library.
- America: History and Life "Covers history and culture of the US and Canada from 1450 to the present."
- Produced by the Royal Anthropological Institute, this citation database indexes the content in anthropology journals held in the British Museum. The collection is worldwide in scope, covers all branches of anthropology and contains citations from 1970 to the present.
Communication Abstracts
- Comprehensive source which indexes major international articles, reports, and books. Indexed by subject and author, covering a broad range of communication topics.
- Call Number : P87 .C59733
Communication and Mass Media Complete
- Communication & Mass Media Complete provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. This database originated with the acquisition and subsequent merging of two popular databases in the fields of communication and mass media studies -- CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association (NCA)), and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Pennsylvania State University).
- "ERIC, the U.S. Department of Education's Educatinal Resource Information Center database, contains citations and abstrcts from over 980 educational and education-related journals, as well as full text of more then 2,200 digests." PLEASE NOTE: The ERIC Digests and documents may not be complete full text online. They may be labled, "best part". Moore Library has a complete set of full text of ERIC documents in its collections. The University Libraries are not liable for any documents that you may order through the ERIC database.
- "Humanities Full Text is a bibliographic database that cites articles from English-language periodicals, plus the full text of selected periodicals. Periodical coverage includes some of the best-known scholarly journals and numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines. Full-text coverage begins in January 1995."
- The National Library of Medicine "provides a wide variety of resources related to the biomedical and health sciences, both past and present. The format of these resources varies: searchable databases & databanks, bibliographic citations, full text (when available), archival collections and images." Medline is a part of this collection and is an index with abstracts of articles from hundreds of medical journals.
- PsycINFO (To use for human resources) A good source of research and articles on employee attitudes, motivation, productivity and workplace or occupational stress.
[http://athena.rider.edu:4048/login?url=http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/jumpstart.jhtml?prod=SSFT Social Sciences Full Text
- "Social Sciences Full Text is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles of at least one column in length from English-language periodicals published in the United States and elsewhere plus the full text of selected periodicals. Coverage includes a wide range of interdisciplinary fields covered in a broad array of social sciences journals. Abstracting coverage begins with periodicals published in January 1994. Abstracts range from 50 to 300 words and describe the content and scope of the source articles. Full text coverage begins in January 1995."
General Indexes to Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles
- "Academic Search Premier provides full text from nearly 3,180 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies."
- Factiva contains the full text of all Dow Jones publications and 8,000 other publications, 20,000 company reports, and selected business web sites. In addition it contains the full text of Reuters Business Briefings which include global business news as well as foreign language publications. Works best with Internet Explorer 5.01 and newer.
- National Newspaper Index indexes articles from America's top five newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. Coverage is from 1977 to the present. All five newspapers are available in Moore Library.
Catalogs and Bibliographies
Catalogs
- Find any or all journals available to the Rider Community.
MATILDA, the Rider University ONLINE CATALOG
- Search MATILDA for books, journals, government documents, videos, selected internet resources available to Rider University students at Moore Library on the Lawrenceville Campus and at Talbott Library on the Princeton campus.
General Reference Sources
Dictionaries
Broadcast Communications Dictionary
- Call Number: PN1990.4. D5 1989
Complete Film Dictionary
- Call Number: PN1993.45 .K66 1987
Filmmaker's Dictionary
- Call Number: PN1993.45 .S56 2000
Focal Dictionary of Photographic Technologies
- Call Number: TR9 .S77 1973b
Gardner's Film, Video & TV Dictionary
- Call Number: TR847. G37 2003
Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations
- Call Number: PN6084 .H8 O94 2001
Practical Media Dictionary
- Call Number: P87.5 .O75 2003
Directories
Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2002-2003
- Call Number: HE8689 .B77
Burrelle's Media Directory. New Jersey
- Call Number: P88.8 .B85
Editor & Publisher International Year Book: the Encyclopedia of the Newspaper Industry
- Call Number: PN4700 .E4 2004
O' Dwyer's Directory of Public Relations Firms
- Call Number: HM263 .O37 1997
Television & Cable Factbook
- Call Number: HE8700.4 .T453
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of American Journalism
- Call Number: PN4855 .P26 1983
Encyclopedia of American Radio: An A-Z Guide to Radio from Jack Benny to Howard Stern
- Call Number: PN1991.3 U6 L29 2000
Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications
- Call Number: P87.5 .E532 2003
Encyclopedia of New Media: An Essential Reference to Communication and Technology
- Call Number: QA76.575 .E5368 2003
Encyclopedia of Radio
- Call Number: TK6544 .M84 2004
Encyclopedia of Television
- Call Number: PN1992.18 .E53 2004
Focal Encyclopedia of Film & Television Techniques
- Call Number: TR847 .F62 1969
International Encyclopedia of Communications
- Call Number: P87.5 I5 1989
World Press Encyclopedia: A Survey of Press Systems Worldwide
- Call Number: PN4728 Q53 2003
General Reference Works
Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing
- Call Number: Z286 .E43 C65 2003
History of the American Cinema
- Call Number: PN1993.5 U6 H55
History of the Mass Media in the United States
- Call Number: P92. U5 H55 1998
International Motion Picture Almanac
- Call Number: PN1993.3 I55 2004
Journalism: A Guide to the Reference Literature
- Call Number: PN4731 .C38 1990
Media in Europe
- Call Number: P92 .E9 M39 2003
Photography: A Cultural History
- Call Number: TR15 .M273 2002
Reporter's Handbook: An Investigator's Guide to Documents and Techniques
- Call Number: PN4781 .R38 1991
Speeches of the American Presidents
- Call Number: J81 .C88 1988
World at Risk: A Global Issues Sourcebook
- Call Number: JZ1242 .W67 2002
Internet Resources
Gateways & Megasites
Journalism Resources (compiled and edited by Karla Tonella, University of Iowa)
NationMaster.Com ("Where Stats Come Alive!")
- NationMaster is a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations, including worldwide statistics on budgets of countries and other subjects. It is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank, World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and OECD.
Overseas Press Club of America
- Provides an excellent array of links to many national and international organizations as well as a "Link of the Month." Areas include: Government, Journalism, Human Rights, etc.
Official Agency and Organization Web Sites
Association for Education in Journalsim and Mass Communication
Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. (Missouri School of Journalism)
National Association of Broadcasters
National Newspaper Association
Society of Professional Journalists
Websites
Atlapedia Online (Maps and Country Data)
- Contains political and physical maps in color, including facts and statistics on countries.
Newspaper Association of America
PollingReport.com (trends in American public opinion)
Public Opinion Polls on the Internet (University of Miami Libraries)
Periodical and Newspaper subscriptions
Electronic Journal Collections
- "Academic Search Premier provides full text from nearly 3,180 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies."
- "* Provides full-text access to global information on women in over 150 countries. * Indexes books, journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies, and fact sheets. * Includes links to full-text articles for many articles."
Digital Journalist: A Multimedia Magazine for Photojournalism in the Digital Age
Directory of Open Access Journals: Social Sciences
- This service covers free, full text scholarly journals in Sociology, Anthropology, Gender Studies, and Ethnology. :The directory includes 19 journals on "media and Communication."
Federal Communications Law Journal
- Published by Indiana University School of Law and the Federal Communications Bar Association and contains full-text articles about media regulation and FCC policy.
- GenderWatch is a full text database. It includes newspapers, scholarly journals, magazines, reports and other types of publications that address the impact of gender issues on all aspects of contemporary society.
JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive Available in Full Text Authentication Required
- JSTOR is a collection of journals from the the fields of arts, sciences, business, education, and social sciences. The archive begins with the first issue of most of these journals and continues to within the past three to five years.
Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media
- (Back Issues) Contains critical essays about past classic films and TV shows.
- Currently, Project MUSE offers nearly 200 quality journal titles from some 30 scholarly publishers. ...Project MUSE covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others." Project MUSE includes the full content of each journal with the exception of advertisements.
- "ScienceDirect is the world's largest electronic collection of science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information."
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Career Information
What Can I Do With This Major?
- A convenient website that helps you connect majors with careers. Each major contains an outline of common career areas, typical employers, and strategies designed to maximize career opportunities. Choose Links to find a list of websites that provide information about listed majors and related careers. Disclaimer: Please note that the websites listed under Links are not maintained by the Rider University Career Center but are provided as a convenience to students.
Style Manuals and Writing Guides
Bibliography Software
Machine - Landmark Project (APA and MLA)
Style Manuals
Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law
- Call Number: PN4783 .A83 2002
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA)
- Call Number: BF76.7 .P83 2001
Rider University Libraries: Style Guides (APA and more)
Writing Guides
- Includes manuscript advice for publishing, etc.
Library Information
Moore Library
- Moore Library is a comprehensive general library with heavy emphasis on business, education, language and literature, communication and science. A collection of video and DVD formats and the Riderana/University Archives provide special support. Located on Rider's Lawrenceville campus, the building is named for Franklin F. Moore.
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