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Background Sources
Multidisciplinary encyclopedias:
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Credo Reference Academic Core This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive collection of subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Also included are short reference videos and high-resolution images. Useful background information source.
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Oxford Reference Online: Premium This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive collection of scholarly encyclopedias and dictionaries published by Oxford University Press. A useful background information source for starting your research. Simultaneous user limit: 5.
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Britannica Academic This link opens in a new windowProvides access to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, an interactive world atlas, a world data analyst tool, images, timelines, videos, and primary sources.
Discipline specific sources:
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Digital Transformation in Journalism and News MediaCall Number: OnlineISBN: 9783319277868Publication Date: 2016 -
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Journalism, Online Comments, and the Future of Public DiscourseCall Number: Online and Stacks Upper Level PN4784.O62 S53 2018ISBN: 9781138630239Publication Date: 2018 -
Journalism Ethics for the Digital AgeCall Number: Stacks Upper Level PN4756 .M85 2014ISBN: 9781922070951Publication Date: 2015 -
Sports Journalism: A Practical IntroductionCall Number: OnlineISBN: 9781526401939 (ebook)Publication Date: 2017
Newspapers
Databases with full text access to newspapers from around the world:
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Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new windowContains full-text access to major international and national newspapers. Also includes television and radio news transcripts.
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US Newsstream This link opens in a new windowEnables users to search current U.S. news content, as well as archives that stretch back into the 1980s. It features top newspapers, wires, broadcast transcripts, blogs, and news sites in full-text format.
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Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) This link opens in a new windowFunded in part by the generosity of the Flora and Jeremiah Buckley Library Fund. Contains local, regional, national, and international news with deep archives. Provides extensive legal sources for federal and state cases and statutes as well as law reviews. Also includes business information on U.S. and international companies.
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New York Times - Historical This link opens in a new windowProvides every issue in PDF format from 1851 (with a three year embargo). Includes news articles, editorials, obituaries, birth and marriage announcements, photos, advertisements, and more.
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Google News ArchiveAn extension of Google News that provides access to digital archives of global newspapers.
Professional Associations
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American Press InstituteAPI is is an educational non-advocacy 501(c)3 nonprofit organization affiliated with the Newspaper Association of America dedicated to the analysis of media and its effect on the world around us. Here you can browse through key topics they cover, read through the latest research on digital media, and fact checking strategies.
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The Journalist's ToolboxThis is a go-to-site for journalists who need to do research as well as view news websites by subject to find the latest information.
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Pew Research CenterA "fact tank" with information concerning the issues, attitudes, and trends in both domestic and international society.
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AMA Manual of Style, 11th ed.Call Number: Online and Reference Main Level R119 .A533 2020ISBN: 9780190246556Click the title above to view the manual. For help with this style, check out our AMA Citation Guide. -
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 7th ed.Call Number: Reference Main Level BF76.7 .P83 2020ISBN: 9781433832161Click the title above to view the manual. For help with this style, check out our APA Citation Guide. -
MLA Handbook, 9th ed.Call Number: Reference Main Level LB2369 .G53 2021ISBN: 9781603293518Click the title above to view the handbook. For help with this style, check out our MLA Citation Guide. -
The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed.Call Number: Online and Reference Main Level Z253 .U69 2017ISBN: 9780226287058Click the title above to view the manual. Our Citation Guides can help with Chicago Notes-Bibliography style or Chicago Author-Date style. -
IEEE Editorial Style Manual for Authors by Call Number: OnlineClick the title above to view the manual. For help with this style, check out our IEEE Citation Guide.
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