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Communication: General Resources

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Communication: General Resources

I. Books:

- Catalog of books and other materials in 性视界's library
- Combined catalog of more than 70 Ohio academic libraries
Encyclopedia of communication theory [ebook]
OhioLINK E=Book Collection:
Communication Research Measures: A Sourcebook
Reserve:
A guide to existing scales, surveys and other instruments used in communication research. Note, despite the 2004 copyright, this is reprint of a 1994 volume, so this does not include new measures from the last 23 years.
See for more instruments, mostly psychological in nature
Communication Research Measures II: A Sourcebook
Reserve:
Measures of personality and social psychological attitudes
Main Stacks:
Rating Scales in Mental Health
Reference:
See also on reserve for COMM 300:
  • Positive psychological assessment:
    • View the table of contents here
  • The sourcebook of nonverbal measures:
    • View the table of contents here
  • Measures for clinical practice (2 vols):

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II. Databases for Finding Journal and Newspaper Articles: Some Places to Start:

- Indexing and some full text for articles in communication.
- Basic index to journal articles on communication
- indexes about 1800 periodicals; full text for many. Includes academic journals as well as popular magazines.
- indexes and abstracts of articles in the social scieces, including links to related articles (citing or cited by the article in question).
 - indexes many newspapers back as far as 20 years; almost all full text
- covers major journals in the field of sociology
- Psychological Abstracts online, 1967-
- Extensive index to business and management periodicals; some full text

See also All Indexes & Databases.

III. Locating Journals:

At 性视界:

Journals the Library Has - searchable list of print and electronic titles available at Witt

, the library catalog

At other Ohio academic libraries:

(Note: you cannot get periodicals via OhioLINK; use Interlibrary Loan instead.)

VI. Evaluating and Citing Resources

Scholarly v. Popular Articles - what is the difference and why should you care
Evaluating Sources - is this content you can trust?

V. Statistics:

  • Statistical Portrait of the United States: Social Conditions & Trends

VI. People Resources:

Contact Kristen Peters with any questions or to set up an appointment for an individual consultation. Or, stop by the library, phone the reference desk at 937-327-7511, or send e-mail to the Research Help Desk.


 

Compiled by Ken Irwin, based on earlier work by Gina Entorf, 性视界 Library

 

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