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Communication
& Mass Media Complete
Citation coverage of over 40,000
articles related to mass media and communication studies published
in over 60 research journals, as well as major journalism reviews,
recent encyclopedias, and handbooks.
Academic
Search Premier
Extensive multi-disciplinary database
indexing over 8,000 general and peer-reviewed publications. Engineering
and computing topics are included.
Alternative
Press Archive
Indexes alternative/radical periodicals,
magazines and newspapers from 1969-1990.
CQ
Public Affairs Collection
Public policy content organized
by 22 key topics, drawing on CQ's historic documents and primary
source materials, statistical overviews, directory contact information,
and in-depth reporting on current affairs.
CQ
Researcher
Comprehensive essays by journalists
on controversial issues; mainly issues in the United States.
1991 - present.
Journalism
and Mass Communication Abstracts (free Web access)
Access to abstracts of dissertations
and theses accepted for graduate degrees Useful for identifying
research topics.
Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe *On-Campus
Use Only
Extensive collection of articles
from newspapers around the world.
TBS:
Transnational Broadcasting Studies
Online journal covering issues of
media in the Arab world. Published by the Adham
Center, AUC.
ZAD
(Arabic Press Index)
Full text articles from more than
700 Arabic newspapers and magazines. 1998 -
Newspapers:
Al-Ahram
Weekly (searchable, online edition)
Egyptian
newspapers available in AUC Library’s ground floor periodical
collection
Kidon
Media Link (access newspapers
worldwide by country or language)
Newswires & News Networks:
ABC News
AFP:
Agence France Presse
Associated
Press(AP)
BBC News
CBS
News
CNN:
Cable News Network
Fox News
Guardian
Unlimited (Guardian, Observer
and Guardian Weekly newspapers)
Al-Jazeera
MSNBC
Reuters
News Online
Online Publications of Interest to Journalists:
AJR: American
Journalism Review
Columbia
Journalism Review
Communicator (targeted at news directors, reporters,
anchors & producers at radio & television stations)
Digital
Journalist (targeted at photojournalists)
Editor
& Publisher: Information Authority for the Newspaper Industry
Journal
of Computer-Mediated Communication (published
by USC Annenberg)
Journal
of Electronic Publishing (published
by University of Michigan Press)
Nieman
Reports (published by Nieman
Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University)
OJR: Online
Journalism Review
Web
Journal of Mass Communication Research (published
by EW Scripps School for Journalism)
Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies –Main Reference P87.5 .W38 2003
Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications –Main Reference P87.5 .E532 2003
Power Reporting: Resources for Journalists
Webster’s New World Dictionary of Media and Communications –Main Reference BP87.5 .W45 1996
World Press Encyclopedia: a Survey of Press Systems Worldwide –Main Reference PN4728 .Q53 2003
Style Guides:AP Stylebook Online Edition *On-Campus Use Only
Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing
on Media Law –Main Reference PN4783 .A83 2004
Broadcast News Writing Stylebook –Main
Reference PN4784 .B75 P36 2002
The Editor’s Toolbox –Main
Reference PN4778 R92 2001
Editor
& Publisher International Yearbook –Main Reference PN4700
.E42
Annual data on the newspaper industry.
Middle East and Africa Market &
Mediafact –Main Reference P92 .M53 2000
Market surveys and other statistics
for popular culture and mass media.
Access survey data from "An independent opinion research group that studies attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues.”
Association of Young Journalists
Broadcast Education Association
Committee
to Protect Journalists
Independent, non-profit organization
dedicated to defending press freedom worldwide.
Institude for War ans Peace Reporting (IWPR)
International Press Institute
(IPI)
Independent, non-profit organization
dedicated to defending press freedom worldwide.
International
Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
Independent, nonprofit organization
dedicated to improving the quality of journalism worldwide, especially
in countries with little or no tradition of an independent press.
International
Federation of Journalists (IFJ
)Promotes international action to
defend press freedom and social justice through strong, free and
independent trade unions of journalists.
Journalism.org
Online home of the Project for Excellence
in Journalism and the Committee of Concerned Journalists.
Pew
Research Center
Access survey data from "An
independent opinion research group that studies attitudes toward
the press, politics and public policy issues.”
Poynter
Institute
Leading think tank and resource
center for journalists, future journalists, and teachers of journalists
worldwide.
Reporters
Committee for Freedom of the Press
Reporteurs sans Frontieres
Reporters
without Border
Reporters sans Frontieres
AUC Adham Center for Television Journalism
Caravan (AUC Student Newspaper)
Journalism and Mass Communication Department