Communication Studies and Speech
Locating the Communication Sections Books are arranged on the shelf in broad subject categories. Some of the major categories for communications include:
070 News media, journalism, publishing 150 Psychology 170 Ethics (Moral philosophy) 300 Social sciences 310 General statistics 320 Political science 380 Commerce, communications, transport 383 Postal communication 384 Communications Telecommunication 400 Language 600 Technology (Applied sciences) 790-791 Telecommunications 792 Theatre
Finding Materials for Communications 1st floor, west Periodicals 1st floor, north Reference 1st floor annex Government Documents 2nd floor General books 3rd floor General books
Government Documents Federal Communications Commission, DOC GP 3.22/2:281/INTERNET
Periodicals
Journal of Family Communication, Periodical Room Communication Arts, Periodical Room
Electronic Resources Academic Search Elite (EbscoHost) Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost) Article1st (FirstSearch) Biography Resource Center Issues and Controversies MAS FullText Ultra (EbscoHost) NewsFile Collection (NewsBank) Newspaper Source (EbscoHost) WorldCat (FirstSearch)
Internet Resources
EBSCOHost: Full text periodical database NetLibrary: Full text e-book database NewsBank: Full text newspaper database First Search: Periodical and information indexes
Speech Library Assignment
Ebscohost Tutorials
Advanced Search with Guided Style (runtime 4 minutes)
Advanced Search with Single Find Field; Creating Search and Journal Alerts (runtime 3 minutes)
Basic Searching for Academic Libraries (runtime 3.4 minutes)
Caveman Dewey decimal tutorial discoveryeducation.typepad.com/georgia/files/dewey_decimal_system_animated.ppt -
Finding Speech Resources
Finding a topic
Lists of Speech topics from the University of Hawaii.
http://www.hawaii.edu/mauispeech/html/infotopichelp.html
Background information, archived documents, and links on major U.S. public policy issues. http://www.policyalmanac.org/
National Issues Forum http://www.nifi.org/ A non partisan opinion research and civic engagement organization helping Americans to explore and understand critical issues since 1975. http://www.publicagenda.org/
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