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CST 399 - Communication Research Methods

Guides

stacks P91.3 .R83
Rubin, Rebecca B., et. al. Communication Research: Strategies and Sources. 7th ed. Boston: Wadsworth, 2010.


Background Information

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Communication and Information.

The International Encyclopedia of Communication.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Full text encyclopedias from a wide range of disciplines.

ref P87.5 .W38
Watson, James and Anne Hill. A Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies. 7th ed. London: Edward Arnold, 2006.

Annuals

STACKS
P87.C5974
Communication Yearbook, 1977 to date
Annuals will provide an overview of research conducted that year.

STACKS
HM 258.I560
International and Intercultural Communication Annual, 1974 to date.


Finding Books

Boolean Searching using AND, OR, and NOT
Library Catalog


Finding Journal articles

How to find a scholarly journal article

Communication and Mass Media Complete, 1915 to date.
Provides indexing and abstracting of articles in several hundred journals in the fields of human communication and mass media, including the fulltext of articles from over 240 journals, including most years of all the journals from the National Communication Association.
PsycInfo
Social Work Abstracts
Sociological Abstracts
ProQuest Research Library
Academic OneFile (InfoTrac) Plus
Academic Search Premier
Find full text of a journal article (tutorial)
Get a journal article the library doesn't own (tutorial)


Web Sites


How to search the Internet
Evaluating Web Pages
Links to  Communication  Studies University of Iowa, Department of Communication Studies. Resources
American Communication Association
National Communication Association


Citation Guide

UNCG's APA Style Quick Reference

APA's website for citing electronic formats

First Steps


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