Top 3 Resources
Communication & Mass Media Complete
Full Text. Journals, professional journals, and a few books specific to communications and mass media. Via EBSCO and the EBSCOhost interface. 
ProQuest News & Newspapers -- Search all the ProQuest newspaper databases at once.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Full Text. Pro/Con articles on a variety of subjects, statistics, and a wide variety of other reference and periodical sources. Via Gale.Research Tips
A – Z Journals
Still can’t find a particular article? Request articles through Interlibrary Loan.
In Print @ the Library
Communication Arts
Source of inspiration in visual communication.
Try a keyword search and add these words or phrases
- mass media (e.g., censorship and mass media)
- communication (e.g., professional ethics and communication)
- journalis* (e.g., community and journalis*) Tip: The asterisk operates as a wildcard, it will search for any words beginning with “journalis,” such as journalism, journalist, journalistic, etc.
Consider these questions:
- What is the focus of my research topic (communication at work, in school, in a group, one-on-one)?
- What is the kind of communication I am searching for (spoken, nonverbal, written)?
- What do I want to focus on within this subject? (persuasion, conflict resolution, support, information-gathering)?
- What might be some other factors to keep in mind? (race, age, gender, culture)?
Reference Sources
Search these resources for background information
Streaming Film @ the Library
FilmsOnDemand – Media Studies collection
FilmsOnDemand – Human Communication collection
Browsing the Stacks
Media and communication topics are covered in many academic disciplines you will find books throughout the library. Some of the major sections are listed here.
Special Topics
Advertising
Duke Libraries Digital Collection: Advertising Collection
Includes several collections such as Ad*Access (covering product categories such as Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II propaganda – dated between 1911 and 1955) and AdViews (thousands of television commercials dated 1950s – 1980s) plus several more stellar collections.
Gender Ads Project
Created by Scott A. Lukas of Lake Tahoe Community College, the website is dedicated to understanding the contexts of sexism and advertising, gender and advertising, women and advertising, men and advertising, advertising and violence.
“Media Ownership
Fairness & Accuracy in ReportingIntercultural Communication
Intercultural Communication Institute
The Intercultural Communication Institute (ICI) offers resources for intercultural, cross-cultural, multicultural, international, diversity training, and education.
Public Speaking
Public Speaking: The Virtual Text
A free online public speaking textbook.
Stand up, Speak out: The Practice and Ethics of Public Speaking
A user-friendly guide to creating, researching, and presenting public speeches.
News & Blogs
Media Matters
What’s happening in broadcast media? How are pundits and journalists behaving? Media Matters analyzes what’s going on with the Fourth Estate.
Adrants
This blog offers “Marketing and advertising news with attitude.” Get an inside look at ads, marketing and campaigns.
Six Minutes
Great blog on public speaking and developing presentation skills.
Communication Nation
This blog looks at the way that we engage each other and communicate as individuals and in societies.
The Communication Blog
(by Joseph A. DeVito, Hunter College of the City University of New York)