Research Tools for Journalism

Use these research tools to find information related to Journalism from sources such as scholarly articles, books and encyclopedias.

Archival Collections and Primary Sources
Article Databases and Indexes
Bibliographies and Subject Guides
Biographical Sources
Directories
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
Handbooks, Manuals and Yearbooks
News Databases & Archival Material
Web Gateways

Archival Collections and Primary Sources

Resources that list, or provide access to, materials typically found in archives and used for primary source research. Examples include manuscripts, diaries, letters, first-hand accounts or documentary sources on a subject, person, event or issue.

• Electronic Resource Finder
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Article Databases for Journalism

Listings of articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. Many include abstracts (article summaries). Some include or link to the full text of articles.

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Bibliographies and Subject Guides

Lists of materials in any format (books, articles, videos, web sites, etc.) organized around a common theme or topic. Subcategories as appropriate, i.e., chronological, language, geographic, etc.

• Print Resources
• Journalism : a Guide to the Reference Literatur. Jo A. Cates. Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2004.
  Doe Reference: PN 4731 .A12 .C38 2004

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Biographical Sources

Information about people, including biographical dictionaries, profiles of people or "Who's Whos", personal narratives, and other resources with significant biographical information.

• Electronic Resource Finder
• Print Resources
• Biographical Dictionary of American Journalism. Edited by Joseph P. McKerns. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.
  Doe Reference PN 4731 .A12 .C38 2004
• Biographical Dictionary of American Newspaper Coumnists . Edited by San G. Riley. Westport Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1995.
  Doe Reference Biographies PN 4871 .B57 1995

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Directories

Alphabetical or subject listings containing names, addresses, and identifying data of persons, organizations, publications, web sites, etc.

• Print Resouces
• Bowker's News Media Directory [annual] . New Providence, NJ: R.R. Bowker.
  Latest ed. in Doe Reference Directories: PN 4871 .W7

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Dissertation and Thesis Sources

Sources for locating masters theses and doctoral dissertations.

• Electronic Resource Finder

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Encyclopedias and Almanacs

General or subject-specific encyclopedias, almanacs, and other collections of factual information.

• Electronic Resource Finder
• Print Resources
• Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications. Donald H. Johnston, ed . San Diego: Academic Press, 2003.
  Doe Reference P 87.5 .E532 2003; v.1-4.
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  Mass Media : a Chronological Encyclopedia of Television, Radio, Motion Pictures, Magazines, Newspapers, and Books in the United States. Robert V. Hudson. New York: Garland Pub., 1987.
  Doe Reference: P 92 .U5 .H771 1987.

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Film, Radio and Television Credit Sources

Sources of credit and production information for US and international Film, Radio, and Television

• Electronic Resource Finder

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Government Information Sources

Listings of publications and other information published by authority of a governmental body, whether federal, state, local, or foreign, and of intergovernmental organizations, such as UNESCO, etc. Many of these sources include the full text of the items.

• Electronic Resource Finder - Foreign/International

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Handbooks, Manuals and Yearbooks

Collections of information designed to help practitioners in a specific field or profession, or in the case of yearbooks, to provide annually cumulated information in brief descriptive and statistic form.

• Print Resources
• The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage. Allan M. Siegal and William G. Connolly. New York: Times Books, 1999.
  Doe Reference PN 4783 .S57 1999.

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News Databases, Indexes and Web Sites

News content, online, in papaer and in archival media (usually microfilm)

• Electronic Resource Finder
• Periodicals/Newspapers/Microforms

Doe Library collection of current newspapers and magazine, and archival microfilm.

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Web Gateways and Search Engines

Broad, subject-related sites and subject-specific search engines available without restriction on the World Wide Web.

• Newseum - news from around the world, and multimedia presentations on newsworthy events and how they are covered
• Poynter Online - resource site for journalists
• Journalism History Bibliography links and print sources, by the Poynter Institute Library Director

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