Pathfinder: Broadcasting and Communication

Databases

  1. Academic Search Elite – (Full text periodicals & journals)
  2. Credo Reference - (Full text reference book collection)
  3. CQ Researcher – http://www.cqel.com/cqresearcher/ - Contains original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news.
  4. Business Source Elite – (Full text periodicals & journals)
  5. A. Dun & Bradstreet
    B. Hoover’s Company Profiles
  6. Connecticut Digital Library Databases – www.iconn.org
    A. Business & Company Resource Center
    B. Expanded Academic ASAP – (All disciplines are represented)
    C. ABI Inform Global full-text with Images – (Answers any business
    questions)
  7. Encyclopedia Americana
  8. Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia

Journals & Periodicals

  1. Sound & Vision
  2. VideoSystems

Internet Resources

  1. 96.5 TIC.FM Radio – www.ticfm.com
  2. Advertising world – http://advertising.utexas.edu/world/index.asp
  3. American Press Institute – www.americanpressinstitute.org
  4. BBC World Service Radio – www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice
  5. Center for nonverbal studies – http://members.aol.com/nonverbal2/
  6. Central Connecticut newspapers – www.ctcentral.com
  7. Freepress – www.freepress.net/
  8. Footnote TV – http://www.newsaic.com/ftvindex.html
  9. The History of televised presidential debates – http://www.museum.tv/debateweb/html/index.htm
  10. Library resources for communication studies – http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/communications/lrcs/
  11. Masters of cinema – http://www.mastersofcinema.org/
  12. Newswise – http://www.newswise.com/
  13. The Pew Research Center for the people & the press – http://people-press.org/
  14. STATS – http://www.stats.org/
  15. WTIC-TV, Fox Network – www.fox61.com

Examples of Reference Works

  • Broadcast Communications Dictionary - REF 384.54 DIAMANT
  • Dictionary of Communications Technology: Terms, Definitions, and Abbreviations - CREDO REFERENCE
  • Encyclopedia of American Broadcast Programming Post World War II to 2000 - REF 791.45 LACKMANN 
  • Focal Dictionary of Telecommunications - CREDO REFERENCE 
  • Hargrave’s Communications Dictionary - CREDO REFERENCE
  • NBC Handbook of Pronunciation - REF 421.52 NBC
  • International Encyclopedia of Communications - REF 001.5 INTERNATIONAL

Examples of Subject Headings & Call Numbers

Broadcasting 001.5, 302.33, 371.3078, 384.54, 791.45
  • Television Broadcasting
  • Radio Announcing
  • Journalism
  • Mass Media
  • Communication


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