Selected Resources for:
Communications

ComAbstracts  

http://0-www.cios.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/www/opnab.htm

1970- .

Bibliographic database that provides abstracts to articles located in over 50 primary communication journals. Coverage includes communication studies, rhetoric, mass communication (advertising, journalism, public relations) and speech from approximately 1970 to the present. Updated continuously.

Communication & Mass Media Complete   

http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=ufh

Communication & Mass Media Complete was formed by the merging of the databases CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index. It offers full text for over 200 titles and contains citation coverage for additional sources.

Communication Abstracts   

http://0-www.csa.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=hoya&access=hoya202&db=commabs-set-c&adv=1

1977 - present

A comprehensive index to communication-related publications, including literature in other disciplines that is relevant to communication researchers. Also covers the international literature in film studies, the role of technology in human communications, risk communication, crisis communication and public opinions.

Sage Communication Studies   

http://0-online.sagepub.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/browsejournals.dtl?coll=COMM&journaltitle=Browse+by+Journal+Title

Includes the full text of 19 journals published by SAGE and participating societies in the areas of journalism, public opinion, political communication, mass communication, interpersonal communication, cultural studies/intercultural communication, television/film studies, media studies, business communication, organizational/management communication, written communication, rhetoric, and literacy studies.

Adforum  

http://www.adforum.com/adfolio/search.asp

Provides access to over 35,000 advertisements in all media: TV, radio, cinema, Internet, print and outdoor ad campaigns. Also includes over 18,000 advertising agency sources, news and other information related to the advertising industry. Users can search for ads by keyword, media type, product, brand name, business sector, agency, country, celebrity or award. Note: There is a limit of three concurrent users. Ask at reference desk for login and password information.

Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media  

An annual guide to publications and broadcasting stations, including newspapers, magazines, journals, radio stations, television stations, and cable systems.

Location: PRINT ONLY. LAU Ref. Z6951.A97

SRDS Media Solutions  

http://0-www.srds.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/library

SRDS Media Solutions provide access to publications with information about advertising rates and deadlines, editorial or programming content, circulation, links to online media kits, Web sites, audit statements, and other basic information for a variety of advertising media: radio, business magazines, consumer magazines, direct mailings, out-of-home (billboards, airports, etc.) and interactive (Internet). This source is designed for the media buyer, but also is helpful for identifying target audiences or choosing publications for submitting articles.

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Vanderbilt Television News Archive  

http://0-tvnews.vanderbilt.edu.library.lausys.georgetown.edu

1968-

The core collection includes evening news broadcasts from ABC, CBS and NBC (since 1968), an hour per day of CNN (since 1995) and Fox News (since 2004). Special news broadcasts include political conventions, presidential speeches and press conferences, Watergate hearings, coverage of the Persian Gulf War, the events of September 11, 2001, the War in Afghanistan, and the War in Iraq. Tapes of all broadcasts are available for loan for a fee.