Class Handouts ~ COMS 200 /Prof. Ford

 

Goals of Library Instruction

• To provide an introduction to steps in locating research-based knowledge 
• To make the student aware of research-based resources available via the library and the library web site
• To be skilled in efficient search strategies

Research Articles and Academic Databases

Communication and Mass Media Complete
First place to start for peer reviewed journals in communication studies. Covers research journals in communications and mass media, including communication studies

PsycINFO 
Contains nearly two million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations, all in the field of psychology.

Current News Databases

Lexis Nexis
Truly international in scope, LexisNexis Academic provides access to full-text news, business, and legal publications,

Ethnic News Watch
An interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.

ProQuest Newspapers
Includes full text of leading US newspapers

Current Magazine and Trade Journal Databases

          Academic Search Premier

          Business Source Complete

Full text Electronic Journals in Communications

          The library subscribes to the electronic version of many journals in communication studies.   

          Examples of top notch peer reviewed journals in human communication:

          Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies

          Communication Monographs         
          Communication Reports

          Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

          Southern Communication Journal

          Sex Roles

Finding academic journals  
            To access a journal from on or off campus, type the journal's title in our catalog  and choose "journal title"   

Finding Books
              
            Library Catalog provides information on books and journals we own 

           WorldCat links to books, journals and archival material in academic libraries worldwide

Suggested Library of Congress Subject Headings for Books in Communication Communication Communication Methodology Interpersonal communication Nonverbal communication Gesture Listening Interpersonal relations Communication in medicine Communicative Disorders

 

Background Sources

  Encyclopedia of Communication and Information
  Ref. P 87.5 .E53 2002

  Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

Web Resources CIOS: Communication Institute for Online Scholarship Association for Women in Communication Public Policy and Issues and Groups American Rhetoric National Communication Association

 

Library Services

    Services provided by the library include face-to-face reference assistance at the Ask Here desk, help via e-mail or phone and Interlibrary Loan.

    Librarians are available at the library over 60 hours a week. For e-mail assistance, contact Kathleen Lowe lowek@montevallo.edu or 665-6109

    Interlibrary Loan forms may be filled out directly on our web site or obtained at the Ask Here desk. Please search the library catalog before submitting your form to ensure that the library does not already have access to the material. Allow seven to 10 days for your request to be filled. When submitting your form, please provide as much detail as possible so that staff may locate your article.

Revised 9/08/09