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Communication Studies Resources


Online and Print Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, etc.

The International Encyclopedia of Communication. Malden, MA : Wiley/Blackwell, 2008.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
This database contains several dictionaries and encyclopedias that define and discuss communications theories, as well as provide references to other information about the theories.

Encyclopedia of Psychology. 8 vols. Washington: American Psychological Association and New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
location: ref BF31 .E52

International Encyclopedia of Communications. 4 vols.  New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.
location: ref P87.5 I5

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

Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
Indicates whether or not a particular journal is scholarly. (refereed or peer-reviewed)

Encyclopedia of Communication and Information. 3 vols. New York: Macmillan Reference, 2002.
location: ref P87.5 .E53 2002

Encyclopedia of Rhetoric.
New York: Oxford UP, 2001.
location: ref PN172 .E5 2001