Media, Television, Communications, and Publishing Databases
(see also
Film, Theater & Performing Arts and
General)
[Indexes]
[Online Books]
[Also of Interest]
- Indexes to Journals and Books:
- Communication
Abstracts (Ebsco)
 
- Covers over 330 major journals in communication, mass media, and other
closely-related fields of study to create a research and reference resource that encompasses
the breadth of the communication discipline on a world-wide scale.
Includes searchable references for over 230 titles.
- Communication
and Mass Media Complete (Ebsco)
- Encompasses the breadth of the communication discipline through coverage
of communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study. Provides
cover-to-cover indexing of over 570 major journals and selected coverage of nearly
200 more, along with the full text of over 450, some dating as far back as 1915.
Includes biographical and bibliographic information for over 3,000 of the most prolific
authors in the database. Incorporates the content of CommSearch and
Mass Media Articles Index.
- Film
& Television Literature Index (Ebsco)
- Comprehensive database covering the entire spectrum of
television & film in popular, scholarly, trade, technical,
and international publications. Subject coverage includes theory
& criticism, writing, production, cinematography, technical
aspects, preservation & restoration, news, and reviews.
Includes over 32,500 full text movie reviews from Variety dating back to
1914 and over 24,000 classic color and black & white images of celebrity and
entertainment photography, provided by the Motion Picture & Television Archives.
- LIUCat
on the Web:
- The online public access catalog of Long Island University's
six campuses. This can be searched from any computer. No password is needed.
- Online Encyclopedias and Books:
Mass Media -
Publishing & Journalism -
Communications & Information
- Mass Media:
(see also: Film, Theater & Performing Arts )
- SRDS:
Standard Rate and Data Service (SRDS)
- SRDS provides valuable market information and advertising rates for more than
100,000 U.S. and international print, broadcast, and leading-edge digital and tablet media
properties to enable media planners, buyers, and brand marketers to identify where they
want to advertise and to find outlets that will reach their target audiences. Each entry contains:
editorial profile, publisher's positioning statement, representatives, commission, cash discount,
advertising rates, general requirements, closing dates, circulation, featured marketing opportunities,
and more. Subscription includes: Business Media Advertising Source -
Consumer Media Advertising Source - Direct Marketing List Source - Newspaper Advertising Source -
TV and Cable Source - Local Market Audience Analyst - Radio Advertising Source -
Out-of-Home Advertising Source - Interactive Advertising Source - Print Media Production Source -
International Media Guide: Business: The Americas -
International Media Guide: Business: Asia-Pacific/Middle East/Africa - International Media Guide: Business: Europe -
International Media Guide: Consumer Worldwide - International Media Guide: Newspapers Worldwide -
and SRDS Tablet Media Library.
- ebrary (ebrary)
- Currently
offers over 25,000 full-text books, sheet music titles, maps, reports, and other authoritative documents from more
than 180 leading academic, trade, and professional publishers. The collections are particularly strong in
business, economics, education, computers, technology, science, medicine, history,
language, literature, humanities, politics, and social sciences. Publishers include The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Random House, Penguin Classics, Taylor
& Francis, Yale University Press, John Wiley & Sons, Greenwood, and more
(more information).
- St.
James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Covers the culture of mass appeal - all the experiences in life shared by a
people in common as well as those things created for the majority to be easily understandable
and accessible (often disseminated by the mass media) to them. Includes: social life, music,
print, film, television, radio, sports, art, performance, food, fashion, holidays, hairstyles, and
more, emphasizing American popular culture in the second half of the 20th century. Each entry
analyzes the topic and its significance within the broader cultural context.
- Who's
Buying Entertainment (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Examines how much Americans spend on amusing themselves
by the following demographics: age, income, high-income households, household
type, race and Hispanic origin, region of residence, and education. Examines products
and services such as sports and photographic equipment, sound components and TVs,
videogames, movie and theater tickets, and much more.
- Who's
Buying Information and Consumer Electronics (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Examines how much Americans spend on information and consumer
electronics by the demographics that count: age, income, high-income households,
household type, race and Hispanic origin, region of residence, and education.
- Publishing and Journalism:
- Communicating
Knowledge: Publishing in the 21st Century
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- World
Press Encyclopedia (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Describes the press and electronic media systems of over 200 countries,
including the overview & background, economic framework, general characteristics,
number & type of media, press laws, censorship issues, state-press relations,
education & training in journalism, and more.
- Communications and Information:
(see also:
Computer Science and
Library & Information Science)
- Communicating
Knowledge: Publishing in the 21st Century
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Dealing
with an International Clientele: Communications, Diplomacy and Etiquette
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Encyclopedia
of Communication and Information (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Explores the full spectrum of communication, from careers to information
technologies, in an interdisciplinary fashion. Emphasis is on both historical and
current issues, topics, and people.
- Handbook
of Research on Computer Mediated Communication (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Provides academics and practitioners with an authoritative collection of
research on the implications and social effects computers have had on communication.
- Who's
Buying Information and Consumer Electronics (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Examines how much Americans spend on information and consumer
electronics by the demographics that count: age, income, high-income households,
household type, race and Hispanic origin, region of residence, and education.
- Also of Interest:
- MLA
International Bibliography (Ebsco)
- Produced by the Modern Language Association, this detailed index of journal articles, books,
book articles, and dissertations dates back to the 1920s and contains over 2.2 million citations from more
than 4,400 periodicals and 1,000 book publishers. Provides international coverage of the theory and
criticism of world literatures from the Middle Ages to the present. Also covers the dramatic arts, film,
theatre, folklore, languages, linguistics, the history of publishing, and more, along with the teaching of
these subjects on the college level.
Database descriptions are adapted from each database's website.
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