Journalism
Librarian | Collection Development Policy | Edward R. Murrow College of Communication
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Use these links to navigate this page and learn more about Journalism in the WSU Libraries:
Questions or book requests for Journalism? Please contact Erica Carlson Nicol.
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Catalogs
- WSU Libraries' Catalog (aka Griffin): The library catalog includes books, journals (not journal articles), and media materials for all the WSU Library sites, in Pullman and across the state.
- Summit (Regional Libraries' Catalog): A system that allows users to borrow books owned by all publicly supported colleges and universities in Washington State and Oregon. Summit, unlike Griffin, also indexes some articles.
Recommended Databases
- Academic Search Complete: Provides access to many full-text articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers related to almost any topic. Coverage varies.
- America History and Life Contains citations to interdisciplinary journal articles, books, reviews, and dissertations from the colonization of America to the present.
- ComAbstracts Contains abstracts of articles from 40+ professional journals, primarily in broadcasting, journalism, general communication, mass media, and public relations. Dates of coverage vary. Available to those affiliated with the Pullman campus.
- Communication Abstracts: Provides abstracts of articles from 100+ professional journals in all areas of communication studies, as well as books. Covers from 1978-present. On a Holland and Terrell Reference Table.
- ECO (Electronic Collections Online): provides full-text articles or abstracts to over 3,000 sources. It covers 1995-present.
- ERIC: Includes access to educational journal articles, books, theses, conference papers, documents, standards, guidelines, etc. from 1966-present.
- GPO Access: Provides the full text of many U.S. government publications including legislative, judicial, executive, and regulatory information.
- Humanities Index. Contains journal articles, book reviews, and other resources from 1984-present. See librarian for earlier years.
- Lexis-Nexis (Academic Universe): Contains a wide variety of business and legal information, including articles from major national and international newspapers, articles from business periodicals, and company financial information. Dates of coverage vary.
- PAIS International: Contains citations with summaries for all types of publications in the area of world public affairs. It covers from 1972-present. The print version is also available on a Holland and Terrell Reference Table.
- Press Display: Provides access to current issues of 250 newspapers from 55 countries. The papers in Press Display appear on your screen as images of the actual newspapers, so the visual impact of color, photographs, and headlines can be studied as well as the stories.
- PsycInfo: Citations with abstracts to articles in over 2,100 psychology research journals as well as dissertations and research reports; contains full text of 50 APA journals from 1894 on. Covers 1800s - present.
- Sociological Abstracts: Contains citations with abstracts to journal articles, books, conference papers, and dissertations. It covers from 1963-present.
- Statistical Universe. Includes indexes and abstracts of printed federal, state, and international statistical publications, as well as selected business and professional publications containing statistics. It does not cover statistics issued by foreign governments.
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts. Contains citations with abstracts and/or full-text links, indexing international literature in political science and communication disciplines from 1975 to present.
Reference Books
The Holland and Terrell Libraries' reference section is on the 1st floor behind the reference desk.- American Journalism History: an Annotated Bibliography PN4731.S56x 1989
- American Newspaper Journalists, 1690-1925 PN451 .D52x (vols. 23,25,43)
- Biographical Dictionary of American Journalism PN4871 .B56 1989
- oncise Encyclopedia of Ethics in Politics and the Media PN4756 .C66 2001
- Edward R. Murrow Papers, 1927-1965 : a Guide to the Microfilm Edition (50 reels of film) PN4874.M89 E32x guide
- Encyclopedia of American Journalism PN4855 .P26 1983
- Encyclopedia of Television News PN4888 .T4 E53 1999
- Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media. RefDesk Z6951 .A97
- Guide to Sources in American Journalism History PN4731 .G85x 1989
- Journalism & Mass Communication Abstracts (dissertations & masters theses) Z6940 .J55
- Journalism: A Guide to the Reference Literature PN4731 .C374x 1997
- Journalist's Guide to the Internet PN4784 .E5 C35 1999
- Press and Speech Freedoms in America, 1619-1995 PN4738 .P74 1997
- Television News Anchors PN4871 .T45 1993
Electronic Journals
WSU Lists its electronic journal holdings in two locations. First, electronic journals can be found by searching by title in the library's catalog. References to electronic journals in the Griffin catalog have hypertext links to the electronic journal themselves or the database that contains that electronic journal. The second place to look to check to see if the library has a subscription to an electronic journal is on the WSU Electronic Journals list. If you cannot find a journal that you have reason to believe should be available at WSU, or you would like to have electronic access to, please contact Erica Carlson Nicol.
- AJR NewsLink: links to 5000+ newpapers and magazines.
- Journalism Magazines Online:
- Lewiston Morning Tribune: see a Librarian for assistance in searching older issues in Lexis-Nexis (database).
- Online Journals for Communication Studies
- Poynter Resource Center (click on Publications)
- Kidon Media Link
- newspaperindex.com: links to online newspapers around the world.
Internet Links
Organizations and Opinion Polls