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Research Tools for Media Studies
Use these research tools to find information related to Media Studies from sources such as scholarly articles, books and encyclopedias.
Archival Collections and Primary Sources
Article Databases and Indexes
Bibliographies and Subject Guides
Biographical Sources
Book and Film Review Sources
Chronologies
Dictionaries, Thesauri and Quotations
Directories
Dissertation and Thesis Sources
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
Film, Radio and Television Credit Sources
Government Information Sources
Handbooks, Manuals and Yearbooks
Image and Sound Databases
Library and Book Catalogs
News Databases, Indexes and Web Sites
Organizations
Radio and Television Review Sources
Script and Transcript Database
Statistics and Numeric Data
Web Gateways and Search Engines
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
- Print Resources:
- World Directory of Moving Image and Sound Archives
Munchen; New Providence : K.G. Saur, 1993.
Media Resources Center TS 2301 .A7 .W68 1993
Article Databases and Indexes
Listings of articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. Many include abstracts (article summaries). Some include or link to the full text of articles.
- Article Databases for Media Studies
- Print Indexes for Media Studies:
- Communication Abstracts.
Doe Reference P 87 .A12 .C6 Periodical Indexes Library has: 1(1978)-26(2003); UNBOUND 27(2004)-
Media Center PN 1993.99 .F53 Library has: 1973(1)-2002(30)
- Television Program Master Index: Access to Critical and Historical Information on 1002 Shows in 341 Books. Charles Dintrone.Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c1996.
Main Stack PN 1992.9 .D56 1996
Media Resources Center: PN 1992.9 .D56 1996
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.
Biographical Sources
Information about people, including biographical dictionaries, profiles of people or "Who's Whos", personal narratives, and other resources with significant biographical information.
- Print Resources
- Aaker, Everett. Television Western Players of the Fifties: A Biographical Encyclopedia of All Regular Cast Members in Western Series, 1949-1959 Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c1997.
Main Stack PN 1995.9 .W4 .A24 1997
- DeLong, Thomas A. Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1999.
Doe Reference: PN 1991.4 .A2 .D46 1996 Biographies
- Reyes, Luis. Hispanics in Hollywood: An Encyclopedia of Film and Television. New York : Garland Pub., 1994.
Main Stack PN1995.9.H47 R49 1994
Bancroft Library PN 1995.9 .H47 .R49 1994
Chicano Studies: PN 1994 .R383 1994; Housed at Ethnic Studies Library
- Radio's Morning Show Personalities: Early Hour Broadcasters
and Deejays from the 1920s to the 1990s. Philip A. Lieberman. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., c1996.
Doe Reference: PN 1991.4 .L46 .A4 1996 Biographies
- O'Dell, Cary.Women Pioneers in Television: Biographies
of Fifteen Industry Leaders. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, c1997.
Main Stack PN 1992.8 .W65 .O34 1997
- Slide, Anthony. Some Joe You Don't Know: An American Biographical Guide to 100 British Television Personalities. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1996.
Main Stack PN 1992.4 .A2 .S65 1996
- Ward, Jack. Television Guest Stars: An Illustrated Career Chronicle for 678 Performers of the Sixties and Seventies. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c1993.
Main Stack PN 1992.4 .A2 .W37 1993
Book and Film Review Sources
Listings of book and film reviews in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. included in article databases and indexes, book review indexes, or review journals.
- Electronic Resource Finder
- Print Resources
- Gould, Jack. Watching Television Come of Age: The New York Times Reviews. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002.
Main Stack PN 1992.3 .U5 .G68 2002
- James, Clive, Glued to the Box: Television Criticism From the Observer, 1979-82. London: J. Cape, 1983.
Main Stack PN 1992.3 .G7 .J294 1983
- Selected Radio and Television Criticism. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1987.
Main Stack PN 1990.6 .U5 .S41 1987
- See Also: Article Databases
Chronologies
Resources that arrange events in time.
Dictionaries, Thesauri, and Quotations
General and subject specific dictionaries in any language, dual language dictionaries, thesauri, dictionaries of quotations, and acronym lists.
- Print Resources:
- Alexander, Pat. Broadcasting Glossary. Singapore: Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre, c1994.
Main Stack TK 6634 .A39 1994
- The Broadcast Communications Dictionary.
New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.
Doe Reference PN 1990.4 .D5 198
Main Stack PN 1990.4 .D5 1989
- Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory. London; New York: Routledge, 2001.
Doe Reference PN 1993.45 .C75 2001
Media Resources Center: PN 1993.45 .C75 2001
- Ensign, Lynne Naylor. The Complete Dictionary of Television and Film. New York: Stein and Day, 1985.
Moffitt PN 1992.18 .E57 1985
- Longman Dictionary of Mass Media & Communication. New York: Longman, c1982
Doe Reference P87.5 .L66 1982
Moffitt P87.5 .L66 1982
- Penney, Edmund F. The Facts on File Dictionary of Film and Broadcast Terms. New York, N.Y.: Facts on File, c1991.
Doe Reference PN 1992 .P43 1991
Moffitt: PN 1992 .P43 1991
- Reed, Robert M. The Facts on File dictionary of Television, Cable, and Video. New York, N.Y. : Facts on File, c1994.
Doe Reference: PN 1992.18 .R44 1994
- Slide, Anthony. The Television Industry: A Historical Dictionary. New York : Greenwood Press, 1991.
Doe Reference PN 1992.3 .U5 .S57 1991
Moffitt Reference PN 1992.3 .U5 .S57 1991
- Watson, James A Dictionary of Communication and Media Studies. London: Edward Arnold, 1989.
Moffitt P 87.5 .W38 1989
- Weiner, Richard Webster's New World Dictionary of Media and Communications. New York : Macmillan, c1996.
Doe Reference P 87.5 .W45 1996
Media Resources Center P 87.5 .W45 1996
Directories
Alphabetical or subject listings containing names, addresses, and identifying data of persons, organizations, publications, web sites, etc.
- Print Resources:
- Brooks, Tim. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, 1946-present. New York: Ballantine Books, 1988.
Doe Reference PN 1992.18 .B68 1988
- Limbacher, James L. Haven't I seen you somewhere before? : remakes, sequels, and series in motion pictures, videos, and television, 1896-1990. Ann Arbor, MI: Pierian Press, c1991
Media Resources Center PN 1995.9 .R45 .L5 1991
- Marill, Alvin H. Movies Made for Television: The Telefeature and the Mini-series, 1964-1986. New York, NY: New York Zoetrope, c1987.
Media Resources Center: PN 1992.8 .F5 .M36 1987
- McNeil, Alex Total television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present. New York: Penguin Books, 1996.
Doe Reference: PN 1992.3 .U5 .M3 1996
Media Resources Center PN1 992.3 .U5 .M3 1996
Dissertation and Thesis Sources
Sources for locating masters theses and doctoral dissertations.
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
General or subject-specific encyclopedias, almanacs, and other collections of factual information.
- Print Resources
- Brown, Les The New York Times Encyclopedia of Television. New York: Times Books, c1977.
Main: PN1992.18.B7 1977; Moffitt: PN1992.18.B7 1977
- Erickson, Hal Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c1989.
Main: PN1992.55 .E671 1989; Doe Reference: PN1992.55 .E671 1989
- Schemering, Christopher. The Soap Opera Encyclopedia New York: Ballantine Books, 1985.
Main: PN1992.8.S4 S341 1985
- Howes, Keith. Broadcasting It: An Encyclopaedia of Homosexuality in Film, Radio and TV in the UK, 1923-1993. London; New York: Cassell, 1993.
Main: PN1995.9.H55 H7 1993
- International Encyclopedia of Communications. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Doe Reference: P87.5 .I5 1989; Moffitt Reference: P87.5 .I5 1989;
- Lackmann, Ronald W. The Encyclopedia of American Television: Broadcast Programming Post World War II to 2000. New York, N.Y. : Facts on File, Inc., c2003.
Moffitt Reference: PN1992.18 .L3 2003
- Melton, J. Gordon. Prime-time Religion: An Encyclopedia of Religious Broadcasting. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx Press, 1997.
Doe Reference: BV656 .M45 1997
- Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Radio. New York: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2004. Doe Reference: TK6544 .M84 2004
- Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Television. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, c1997.
Media Resources Center: PN1992.18 .M874 1997; Doe Reference: PN1992.18 .M874 1997
Film, Radio and Television Credit Sources
Sources of credit and production information for US and international Film, Radio, and Television.
- Online Resources
- Classic Television Database
- Internet Movie Database
- TV Guide
- Print Resources
- Baxter, Joan
Television Musicals: Plots, Critiques, Casts and Credits for 222 Shows Written for and Presented on Television, 1944-1996.
Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, c1997.
Music: ML2080 .B39 1997 Ref
- Lentz, Harris M. Science fiction, horror & fantasy film and television credits. Supplement 2, through 1993 Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, c1994.
Media Resources Center: PN1995.9.S26 L46 1994 Suppl.; MAIN: PN1995.9.S26 L46 1994 Suppl.
- Lentz, Harris M. Western and Frontier Film and Television Credits 1903-1995. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, c1996.
Main: PN1995.9.W4 L383 1996; Bancroft: PN1995.9.W4 L383 1996
- Morris, Bruce B. Prime Time Network Serials: Episode Guides, Casts, and Credits for 37 Continuing Television Dramas, 1964-1993. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 1997.
Main: PN1992.8.S4 M627 1997
- Parish, James Robert. The Complete Actors' Television Credits, 1948-1988 Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1989-1990.
Main: PN1992.4.A2 P31 1989
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.
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
- Handbook on Mass Media in the United States: The Industry and Its Audiences. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994.
Main: P92.U5 H36 1994
Newton, David E. Violence and the Media: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, c1996.
Main: P96.V5 N48 1996
Image and Sound Databases
Listings of material in audio or video format, photographs, paintings, or other visual materials. Some of these sources include or link to the actual items.
Library and Book Catalogs
Listings of books and other items belonging to a particular library or, as with union catalogs, a group of libraries, and usually containing information on the location and subject classification of each item. This category also includes national bibliographies, or lists of all books published in a particular country.
News Databases, Indexes and Web Sites
Listings (may include abstracts or full text) of articles in newspapers, newsmagazines, broadcast news transcripts or wire services. Also includes web sites of these media, or directories of such sites.
Organizations
Listings of subject-related associations, learned societies, or professional organizations.
Radio and Television Review Sources
Listings of radio and television reviews in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. included in article databases and indexes, book review indexes, or review journals.
- Print Resources
- Gould, Jack. Watching Television Come of Age: The New York Times Reviews. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002.
Main: PN1992.3.U5 G68 2002
- James, Clive, Glued to the Box: Television Criticism From the Observer, 1979-82. London: J. Cape, 1983.
Main: PN1992.3.G7 J294 1983
- Selected Radio and Television Criticism. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1987.
Main: PN1990.6.U5 S41 1987
Script and Transcript Databases
Resources that provide the full-text of screenplays, teleplays, radio
scripts, and stage plays.
Web Gateways and Search Engines
Broad, subject-related sites and subject-specific search engines available without restriction on the World Wide Web.
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