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Library Resources for COMS300 & COMS500

For assistance contact:
Dr. Michel Nguessan
m-nguessan@govst.edu
708-235-2143

Visit the library web site at http://www.govst.edu/library for general information about the library. Also visit the Communications Program.

Your Library ID Number and Registration P.I.N are essential to accessing databases & full text from home and renewing library books online. Your Library ID Number contains 14 digits starting with 21611000 + your 6-digit GSU Student ID Number. Go to http://www.govst.edu/library/ID/ for details.

Types of Communication Materials 

  • Scholarly Journals
  • Professional or Trade Journals
  • Popular Magazines
  • Free Web Articles

Differences in Print Journals
Evaluating  Information found on the Free Web

Finding Journal Articles 

These titles are subscriptions maintained by the library. To determine which database might contain an article full-text, go to the Full-text Journals List. Access the databases below at http://www.govst.edu/library/acs/.

  • Academic Lexis-Nexis - Legal, business, and reference information. 
  • ProQuest – General interest index with full text to several journals.
  • Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) General interest index with full text to several journals.
  • Business Source Premier - Business topics, including human performance and training.
  • Communication & Mass Media Complete - Communication & Mass Media Complete provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. 
  • ERIC (FirstSearch) Indexes education journal articles and non-journal documents.
  • Medline (FirstSearch)  Abstracted and full text articles from the medical literature.
  • ProQuestPsychology Journals -Provides access to full-text retrieval of articles in almost 300 journals.
  • PsycArticles- Find full text articles on current issues in psychology and related fields from respected sources, spanning from 1988 to present. Includes more that 25,000 full text articles from 42 journals published by the American Psychological Association and allied organizations.

Web Sites suggested by Professor Mike Purdy – click here  

Other helpful sites

Finding Books 

Access the GSU Catalog from the library’s home page at http://www.govst.edu/library. Scroll down the page and click on the GSU Library Catalog link. Search the catalog to find books & other materials in the GSU library and other academic libraries in Illinois. The titles of journals owned by GSU are identified with a title search.  

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

  • A Dictionary of Communication and Media Studies. REF.P87.5 .W382000
  • International Encyclopedia of Communications. REF.P87.5 .I51989
  • Key Concepts in Communication and Cultural Studies. REF.P90 .K4571994
  • Dictionary of Communications and Media Studies. REF.P87.5 .W382000

Directories

  • Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook. REF.HF6146.R3 B734X
  • Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media. REF.Z6951 .A978X
  • Encyclopedia of Associations. (behind reference desk)
  • Plunkett's Entertainment & Media Industry Almanac REF.P88.8.P57

Careers

  • Careers in Communications and Entertainment. REF.P 91.5 .M7 2000
  • Creating Your Career in Communications and Entertainment   .P91.6.M63x 1998
  • Great Jobs for Communications Majors.  P91.6 .C363
  • Occupational Outlook Handbook. (behind reference desk)
 

Resources for Writing Research Papers 

APA Style - links to citing a journal article or a web site. Writing a Research Paper provides links to the GSU Online Writing Center, as well as numerous online writing tools.

Further Assistance 

For further assistance with your research for COM300 & 500, contact me at 534-4137 or  m-nguessan@govst.edu.

 updated 6/25/08