Introduction to Communication
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Finding Articles
See a list of all article databases via the Library Homepage -- Databases A to Z (in the Quick Links box).
POPULAR SOURCES
Academic Search Premier
This multi-disciplinary database contains scholarly and popular sources, including many magazines and newspapers. Narrow results by Source Type to Magazines or to Newspapers on the left sidebar of your results list.Google News (http://news.google.com/)
Search across thousands of English-language news sources worldwide.Google Blog Search (http://blogsearch.google.com/)
"Blog Search is Google search technology focused on blogs. [...] Your results include all blogs, not just those published through Blogger; our blog index is continually updated, so you'll always get the most accurate and up-to-date results." Search for blogs from around the world.Indepedent Media Center (http://www.indymedia.org/)
"Indymedia is a collective of independent media organizations and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage."LexisNexis Academic
Indexes and provides full-text of major newspapers, nationally and internationally. Also includes newswires, transcripts of TV and radio broadcasts, and a very limited selection of blogs.Morning Call
Allentown based newspaper, covering news for the cities of Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton, as well as the greater Lehigh Valley.Technorati (http://technorati.com/)
"Technorati was founded to help bloggers to succeed by collecting, highlighting, and distributing the online global conversation. [...] Technorati index[es] more than 1.5 million New blog posts in real time."Yahoo News (http://news.yahoo.com/)
Aggregated portal of news sources.
SCHOLARLY ARTICLES
Interdisciplinary Databases
Academic Search Premier
Full text access to scholarly and non-scholarly publications in a wide variety of disciplines and subject areas.Omnifile (Wilson Web)
A database with some full text articles covering various academic subjects including general sciences, humanities, social sciences, and business.Sage Journals Online
Full-text access to over 500 journals published by Sage, providing wide coverage of scholarly publications in all disciplines, but particularly the social sciences.Subject-Specific Databases
Communication and Mass Media Complete
Scholarly journals, trade journals, and monographs in the areas of communication and mass media.PAIS International (1972 to present)
Citations from 1972 to the present from scholarly journals, gray literature, government publications, and more from 120 countries on political, economic, social and public policy issues.PsycINFO
Premier database of scholarly and professional literature in psychology and related areas.Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Indexes international serials literature in political science and complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy.
GETTING THE ARTICLES
- When searching for articles in library databases, you may find the full-text of an article linked in the database.
- If not, you need to search the Trexler Library Catalog to see if we own the journal in which the article is published.
- Most databases have a Get It! link embedded. Click the link to check our holdings.
- Otherwise, search the catalog by journal title or by ISSN . Verify that we have online, print, or microform access to the year/volume you need.
- If we do not own the journal you need, request the article via Interlibrary Loan.
- Some databases have a Request on Interlibrary Loan link embedded. Click the link to fill out the form. Click Submit.
- Otherwise, use the Interlibrary Loan Journal Article Request Form (Library Homepage -- Interlibrary Loan (in the Quick Links box) -- Article request form). Fill out the form with as much information as possible. Ask for help, if you have questions.
Citing Your Sources
For help using APA Style, consult the following resources:
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed. Washington, DC: APA, 2010.
Location: Trexler Library Reference Desk Reserve 808.06615 P976m 2010 (Level A, at Reference Desk)Concise Rules of APA Style, 6th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2010.
Location: Trexler Library Reference Desk Reserve 808.06615 C744r 2010 (Level A, at Reference Desk)Trexler Library handout on using APA style:
http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/reshelp/apa_example.pdfWriter's Handbook (University of Wisconsin--Madison):
http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/DocAPA.html
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