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General Background Sources:
- Credo Reference Academic Core (This link opens in a new window)
A comprehensive collection of subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Also included are short reference videos and high-resolution images. Useful background information source.
- Oxford Reference Online: Premium (This link opens in a new window)
A 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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Provides 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 Background Sources:
O'Dwyer's Directory of Public Relations FirmsCall Number: Reference Stacks Main Level HM263 .O37- O'Dwyer's PR services reportCall Number: Online
A Professional and Practitioner's Guide to Public Relations Research, Measurement, and EvaluationCall Number: OnlineISBN: 9781631577611Publication Date: 2017
Public Relations and the Digital: Professional Discourse and ChangeCall Number: OnlineISBN: 9783031139550Publication Date: 2022
The Associated Press Stylebook by Call Number: Reserves at Library Services Desk Main Level ; PN4783 .A83 2022ISBN: 9781541601659Publication Date: 2022
Use Additional Online Resources
- Council of Public Relations FirmsThe PR Council is, according to their website "a trade association designed to connect the present and next generation of PR professionals, industry innovators and business leaders through education, events and industry resources."
- Institute for Public RelationsA non-profit organization dedicated to developing research on the public relations field.
- PR NewsFrom their website: "The PR News group focuses on honing and growing PR practitioners' skills in social media, crisis management, digital PR, measurement, employee relations, media training, CSR and writing through its flagship newsletter, webinars, conferences, awards programs, workshops and guidebooks."
- Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) is a nonprofit, educational association of journalism and mass communication educators, students and media professionals.
- Ragan's PR Daily"Lawrence ragan communications, inc. PR Daily is a daily news site that delivers news, advice, and opinions on the public relations, marketing, social media, and media worlds."
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Public Relations Course Guides
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