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Research & Learning Librarian
Kelly Hallisy
Contact:
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25 E. Pearson, Room 616
khallisy@luc.edu
25 E. Pearson, Room 616
khallisy@luc.edu
312-915-6635
Subjects: Business Administration, Communication
Introduction
This research guide was designed to help you locate communication-related resources. Because there are many disciplines within the School of Communication, these resources are numerous and varied. Navigate the tabs to the left to find what will be most applicable to your research. If you have any questions, feel free to email me.
Most Used Communication Resources
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Communication & Mass Media CompleteIncludes indexing and abstracts for over 370 journals related to communication and mass media, and selected coverage of over 230 more, for a combined coverage of over 600 titles. Full text for more than 240 journals.
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Communication Abstracts via CIOSCommunication Abstracts provides coverage of recent literature in all areas of communication studies (mass, interpersonal and new communication technologies).
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Mintel ReportsUnique reports on consumer, media and market research. Create a profile with your @luc.edu email address to get started.
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Vanderbilt Television News ArchiveIndexes evening network news broadcasts from 1968 to the present with streaming video for broadcasts from NBC and CNN (broadcasts from other networks only available with payment)
Library Resources for Background Information
In the Lewis and Cudahy Libraries Reference Collections there are many great print encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference books.
We also have many online reference sources which are easy to access and easy to use. See below for some useful online resources!
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CQ Researcher Covers a wide range of social, economic, political, and environmental issues. Each report is divided into specific sections to guide research. Each report is on a single topic--more than 12,000 words of text and extensive bibliographies.
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AP Newsroom (Associated Press) One of the largest collections of historical and contemporary imagery. AP photographers have captured the greatest moments in history, news, sports and entertainment.
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CQ Almanac The CQ Almanac is arranged in topical chapter format, providing an overview of the year's issues and political action. Navigate through 60 years of congressional coverage, browse by subject, decade or by a particular year's table of contents.
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eHRAF World Cultures Contains more than a quarter of a million pages of full-text descriptive information on the cultures of the world. Indexed by culture and subject.
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Britannica Academic Consists of a fully searchable and browse-able, authoritative references, including Britannica's latest article database, and articles not found in the print Britannica.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
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Oxford Reference Online Over 100 reference titles covering a broad range of subjects: everything from General Reference, Language and Quotations to Science and Medicine, and from Humanities and Social Sciences to Business and Professional.
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Reference Universe Reference Universe not only provides data about reference works but searches deeply into the indexes of more than 20,000 electronic and print reference works.
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Sage Knowledge (Sage Reference Online) This e-book collection contains over 60 of Sage's authoritative and award-winning encyclopedias. Browse by either the Readers Guide, Entries, A to Z listing or by Index.