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Communication Studies

CST Graduate Courses


General Information for Graduate Students

Borrowing and obtaining materials

Graduate students may check out stack materials for an entire semester (they are subject to recall after 3 weeks).  Items may be renewed online twice. Also, if an item is checked out by someone else you may either place a recall on it or request an interlibrary loan.

If we don’t own a book or journal article that you need you may request it on interlibrary loan. Books will be sent to Jackson Library; articles will be sent to your desktop. 

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If we own a journal article in print format only we will deliver it to your desktop.  Go to interlibrary loan requests and click on “document delivery” on the left navigation bar. Listen to a podcast about the document delivery services here:

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You may also borrow materials directly from area universities and other UNC system schools

Other services

Kathy Crowe is your library liaison for Communication Studies.  Please get in touch when you need any kind of assistance with research or using the library. I’ll be glad to meet with you! 

You may reserve study carrels and lockers in Jackson Library for one semester and they’re renewable.


Background Information

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

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

Encyclopedia of Philosophy.  2d ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2006

Encyclopedia of Communication and Information. 3 vols. New York: MacMillan Reference, 2002.

Encyclopedia of Rhetoric. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2001.

The Corsini encyclopedia of psychology and behavioral science. Wiley, 2001.

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Encyclopedia of Psychology. 8 vols. Washington: American Psychological Association; New York: Oxford UP, 2000.

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

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

Oxford Reference
Full text dictionaries from a wide range of disciplines.

Annuals and Yearbooks

The following titles provide insight into the type of communication research being conducted during the various years the titles cover.

STACKS P87.M380
Index to Journals in Communication Studies, 1917-1995.

STACKS P87.C5974
Communication Yearbook, 1977 to date

STACKS PN4071.S67
Free Speech Yearbook, 1970 to date.

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


Finding Books

Libraries catalog 
            Find books and other materials in the UNCG Libraries

Worldcat
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Finding Articles (and more!)

Boolean Searching

Databases for Communication Studies

Serials Directory

Ulrich's Periodicals Directory

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Dissertations

Dissertations and Theses: Full Text
A comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses
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Dissertations & Theses@UNCG
Provides the full text of UNCG dissertations and theses published after 1996. Provides abstracts for earlier years.
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Biography Sources

Biography guides
Biography Resource Center
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Biography Index Past and Present

 


Bibliographical Sources

Annotated Bibliography guides
Annotated Bibliography
How to write an annotated bibliography

STACKS Z1001 .H33 2000
On Compiling an Annotated Bibliography. 2000

Endnote can assist users with managing references and creating bibliographies.


Web Sites

Search the Web: Jackson Library's Guide to Locating, Evaluating and Citing Web Sites
National Communication Association
American Communication Association
University of Iowa Department of Communication
Studies Links

Rhetoric
The Forest of Rhetoric
American Rhetoric (Great American Speeches)


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