Digital Media Arts

Need to find information about television production or the latest play? Looking for ways to talk to your roommate more effectively or how to write into the Bison? These and many other questions can be answered with the aid of the resources listed below. If you have additional questions, ask the librarians. They are ready to assist you in finding the information you need.

General Background Information (important books and call #s)

Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook, REF 384.54 B863
Encyclopedia of Television, REF 791.4503 E56NB2
The Europa World Year Book, REF 310 E89
Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, Q 070.1 G151DP
Gale Dictionary of Publications & Broadcast Media, REF 070.1 G151DP
Historical Dictionary of War Journalism, REF 070.4333 R845HJ
The New York Times Film Reviews, REF 791.437 N532Y

Also check the On-line Library Catalog for listings of other resources and video recordings.

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

Mass Media: D – Department of Defense, S – State Department, HE - Health & Human Services Dept., Y,J - Justice Dept.

Telecommunications : Y, GA – General Accounting Office, AE

Journalism : D – Department of Defense

Theatre : D – Department of Defense, ED - Education Dept

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

Journal Sources for Digital Media Arts

Advertising Age, Periodical Room
American Journalism Review, Periodical Room
CQ Weekly, Periodical Room
Communication Arts, Periodical Room
Communications of the ACM, Periodical Room
Electronic Media, Periodical Room
Family and Community Health, Periodical Room
Feminist Studies, Periodical Room
Film Comment, Periodical Room
Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Periodical Room
Journal of Counseling and Development, Periodical Room
Journal of Family Communication, Periodical Room
Performing Arts Journal, Periodical Room
TDR: Drama Review, Periodical Room
Vital Speeches of the Day, Periodical Room
World Press Review, Periodical Room

Internet Resources for Electronic Media Producation

Advertising Age

http://adage.com/datacenter/

Asian Theatre Journal

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/asian_theatre_journal/

American Journalism Review

http://www.ajr.org/

American Press Institute

http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/

Bright Lights Film Journal

http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/53/weather.htm

CIA- World Factbook

https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

CNN News

http://www.cnn.com/

DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals

http://www.doaj.org/

FACSNET

http://www.facsnet.org/

Factiva

http://www.factiva.com/

FAIR: Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting

http://www.fair.org/

Federal Communications Commission

http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Digest/1977/welcome.html

Film Literature Index

http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/fli/advancedSearch.jsp

Gallup Organization

http://www.gallup.com/

GPO Access: a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/

International Journal of Communications Law and Policy

http://www.ijclp.org/

Interplay

http://www.lib.pdx.edu/systems/interplay/

Journalism Resources

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

JSTOR: Journal Storage Site

http://www.jstor.org/

Media and Communication Studies Site

http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Functions/medmenu.html

Media, Culture & Society

http://mcs.sagepub.com/

The Media History Project

http://www.mediahistory.umn.edu/

MetaPress: the world’s largest scholarly content host

http://www.metapress.com/home/main.mpx

News Bank, Inc.

http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/Homepage?p_action=doc&p_theme=current&p_nbid=O6EX59UXMTE2OTQ5MjA2MC4xNTUwOTU6MToxMToxNjQuNTguODkuMg

NewsWatch: A Consumer's Guide to the News

http://www.newswatch.org/

NPR Online

http://www.npr.org/

PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/performing_arts_journal/

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

http://www.people-press.org/

Poynter Institute Home Page

http://www.poynter.org/

Professional and Student Journalism Organizations

http://www.journalism.sfsu.edu/www/orgs/orgs.htm

The Pulitzer Prize

http://www.pulitzer.org/

Radio Days

http://www.otr.com/index.shtml

Radiospace Home Page

http://www.Radiospace.com

Includes resources for radio station programming and news staff, and ready to broadcast sound bites. Your Web browser must be configured to handle sound. The preferred software is Netscape Now.

State of the News Media

http://www.stateofthenewsmedia.org/2006/index.asp

Television Production (This is an actual class on television production)

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

World Advertising Research Center

http://www.warc.com/Default.asp?ID=1

WorldNews

http://www.wn.com/