Mabee Learning Center
Katie Dominguez, Nursing  
    Sunday, July 20, 2008
Electronic Media Production

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 Electronic Media Producation

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/