CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO THE LIBRARY Communication Studies: Selected Resources Created by Stan Frost

This guide should be used as a starting point.  It is intended to introduce you to some reference books and to point you in the direction of additional research.  Most of the books on this list are located in Reference and these are noted with a "ref" before the call number.  The Reference section is located on 2 North and sits behind the Reference Desk.  Note also that Reference books cannot be checked out.

DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Dictionary of Quotations About Communication Ref PN 6081 D535 2000

Communication Handbook Ref P 875 D46 1986

Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies Ref P 875 W38 2000

Encyclopedic Dictionary of Semiotics, Media, and Communications Ref P 875 D36 2000

Facts On File Dictionary of Telecommunications Ref TK 5102 G73 1991

GATF Glossary of Graphic Communications Ref Z 118 G76 1998

Hispanic Media & Markets Ref HF 5905 H5

Language and Communication: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia Ref P 29 F47 1998

Webster's New World Dictionary of Media and Communications Ref P 875 W45 1996

International Encyclopedia of Communications Ref P 875  I5 1989

HANDBOOKS & GUIDES

Communication Research Measures: A Sourcebook Ref P 913 C62 1994

Barron’s How to Prepare for the TOEIC Ref PE 1128 L644 1999

Handbook of Research Design and Social Measurement Ref H 62 M44 1991

Handbook of Rhetorical and Communication Theory Ref P 90 H296 1984

Violence and the Media: A Reference Handbook P 96 V5 N48 1996

Communication Research: Strategies and Sources P 91.3 R83 2000

ANNUALS

Communication Yearbook 1977-Current; P 87 C5974

International and Intercultural Communication Annual 1976-Current; (Series title; individual volumes cataloged separately)

DIRECTORIES

African American’s Information Directory Ref E 185.5 B52 1998/99

Metro California Media Ref P 88.88 M47 1998

Communication Disciplines in Higher Education  Ref P 88.8 E46 1993

Directory of Women’s Media 1992 Ref HQZ 7962 I52

Peterson’s Media Companies P 88.8 P47

Women in Communication: A Biographical Sourcebook P 94.5 W65 W667 1996

SPECIAL TOPICS

Black Women in Television Ref PN 1992.8 A34 H55 1990

Blacks and the Media: Communications Research Since 1978  PZ 5633 A37 W55 1990

Children's Journeys Through the Information Age  HQ 784 T4 C24 1999

Control of the Media in the United States Ref PZ 5634 U6 B46 1992

Ethnic and Racial Images in American Film and Television Ref PNZ 5784 M9 W65 1987

Human Communication Behavior and Information Processing Ref PZ 5630 P48 1992

Image of Older Adults in the Media Ref PZ 5633 A39 N84 1992

Political Communication: Rhetoric, Government, and Citizens  JA 85 H34 1998

Press and Speech Freedoms in America, 1619-1995: a Chronology Ref PN 4738 P74 1997

Terrorism and the News Media: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography  P 96 T472 A43 1994

Unspeakable Images: Ethnicity and the American Cinema  PN 19959 M56 U57 1991

RHETORIC

American Orators Before 1900 Ref PN 4055 U5 A4 1987

American Orators of the Twentieth Century Ref PN 4193 P6 A44 1987

Black Rhetoric:  A Guide to Afro-American Communication 1976 Ref PNZ 1361 N39 G55

Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition Ref PN 172 E53 1996

Handbook of Modern Rhetorical Terms Ref PN 172 W6

Historical Rhetoric: An Annotated Bibliography 1980 Ref PNZ 7004 R5 H57

Index to American Women Speakers: 1828-1978 1980 Ref PSZ 1231 O7 M36

Representative American Speeches 1939-Current; PS 668 R4

Speech Index 1935-1980; Ref PNZ 6514 S7 S75

Vital Speeches of the Day 1934-Current; 3 South-Periodicals (Also in EBSCOhost Academic Elite)

We Shall be Heard: An Index to Speeches by American Women, 1978 to 1985  Ref PSZ 1231 O7 M37 1988

INTERNET RESOURCES

CIOS: Communication Institute for Online Scholarship  http://wwwciosorg

AJR Newslink (American Journalism Review)  http://ajrnewslinkorg/menuhtml

    Offers journalism professionals articles on current US journalism topics. It also provides links to over 8,000     

    magazines, news services, and newspapers (including small-town weeklies, campus papers, and alternative papers) in 

    the US and around the world.

American Communication Association  http://wwwuarkedu/~aca/acastudiescenterhtml

    Provides an annotated list of communication-related links organized by the sub-fields of Communications Studies. 

    Each of the sub-field categories leads to dozens of further links to web resources in that field.

Douglass: Archives of American Public Address  http://douglassspeechnwuedu/

    Appropriate for general scholarship in rhetorical history. Speeches may be searched by speaker, by title, 

    chronologically, or by topic.

Finding Data on the Internet: A Journalist’s Guide  http://wwwrobertnilescom/data

    Designed by a professional journalist as an electronic resource to general data and statistical sources for other 

    journalists. Crime, demographics, law, and other broad categories are represented.

The Freedom Forum Online  http://wwwfreedomforumorg/

    A nonpartisan, international foundation, dedicated to free press and free speech. Stories and documents are 

    updated daily.

American Communication Journal  http://www.acjournal.org/

    The American Communication Journal is the premier online scholarly, refereed journal dedicated to the study of 

    communication. The ACJ is published by the American Communication Association.

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication  http://ascusc.org/jcmc/

    A publication of the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California. Focuses on the 

    communication research implications of new forms of electronic media.

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FINDING ARTICLES IN THE LIBRARY:    Electronic Databases

The following databases are suggested for articles on this topic.  To access them, go to the Library's Homepage and select "Databases and Periodical Indexes" from the menu.  If you are not on campus, consult the Remote Access Help Page for instructions.

EBSCOhost: Academic Search (1990-current) for magazine and journal articles.

ERIC (1966-current) for articles in education periodicals.

Infotrac: Expanded Academic (1980-current) for magazine and journal articles.

PsycINFO (1887-current) for scholarly articles in psychology journals.

Print Indexes & Bibliographies                

Communication Abstracts 1978-1991 in Lower Level, 1992-current in Index Area P 87 .C59733

    (Also searchable in EBSCOHost Academic Search)