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* Use books to find older, historical or encyclopedia information.
* Browse the Reference Stacks and General Book Collection using call numbers starting with P 87- P 96.
* Use journal articles to find information on current research in communications.
* The ERIC database includes many communications journals.
Resources for Research Help
 
Communication and Mass Media Complete
* Merger of  CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index
* offers full text for over 200 titles
* coverage of over 40,000 articles related to mass media and published in over 60 research journals
*access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID
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Academic Search Premier
* contains indexing for 8,200 publications
* contains full text for more than 4,650 titles
* PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for over 100 journals
* access from campus or off-campus with APSU ID
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Newspaper Source
* full text for nearly 30 national (U.S.) and international newspapers
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contains selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers
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full text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, FOX News, NPR, etc
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Television & Cable Factbook: Online
Notice: this resource is currently unavailable (10-23-2008)
*The Television and Cable Factbook contains the most comprehensive, accurate and reliable business information available for the TV, cable and related industries.  The Online version will provide you with access to more than 930,000 detailed records. This database is continuously updated.
*access from campus or off-campus requires a password.  See the links at right for log-in instructions
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Television News Archive
HELP:includes descriptions of and some online video of TV news broadcasts
HELP:covers current events, history, political science
HELP:includes broadcasts from 1968 to present
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ERIC 
*provides full text for thousands of digests
* lists citations and short summaries of education journal articles and documents, many which contain links to full-text
* covers education topics
* covers items published from 1966 to the present
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Project MUSE
HELP:includes full-text of articles from scholarly journals
HELP:covers social sciences, arts, and humanities
HELP:covers items published from 1993 to present
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CQ Researcher
HELP:contains articles reviewing the history, statistics, and pro/con viewpoints of current-interest topics
HELP:covers a wide variety of topics
HELP:articles published 1991 to present
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Points of View Reference Center
*provides a balanced series of articles representing multiple viewpoints
*use this resource as a guide to debate, developing arguments, writing position papers, and critical thinking skills
*includes essays, leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books
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SIRS Researcher
HELP:indexes articles exploring social, scientific, historic, economic, political, and global issues
HELP:sources include international newspapers, magazines, journals, and government publications
HELP: covers 1988 to present with abstracts since 1994
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Dissertations and Theses
* Dissertations and Theses is the definitive guide to more than 2 million doctoral dissertations and master’s theses
* Overall dates of coverage: 1861 - present
* Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts.

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Alternative Press Index
HELP:subject index to  alternative, radical, and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines
HELP:covers anarchism, democracy, labor, ecology,  feminism, socialism - theory and practice, gay and lesbian issues  
HELP:covers items published 1991 to present
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Alternative Press Index Archive
HELP:subject index to  alternative, radical, and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines
HELP:covers anarchism, democracy, labor, ecology,  feminism, socialism - theory and practice, gay and lesbian issues  
HELP:covers items published 1969 to 1990
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Internet resources
* authoritative, credible, and reliable Web sites
* selected for accuracy and relevance to the subjects taught at APSU
* updated regularly
* access from anywhere
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Additional books may be identified through:  
*Other Libraries' Catalogs: local and national
*Books in Print: books available from publishers
*WorldCat: catalog of libraries worldwide
*Online Books Page: Books freely available on the web
* These books are not usually in the APSU Library, but you may request them.
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