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Credo Reference
Credo Reference is a searchable collection of over 500 reference books across a wide variety of subjects from top publishers such as Cambridge University Press, Wiley and Elsevier.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
The Gale Virtual Reference Library is a searchable online general reference collection. You can search across all the reference books or select a subject area.
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Covers a wide range of subject matter, including Anglo-American, ethical and political, cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, continental and contemporary philosophy, with over 25,000 hot-linked cross-references between articles and links to other editorially reviewed websites.

Databases on Your Topic: Arts & Humanities

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Books: In-depth Information on Your Topic

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Recommended Web Resources

There are a lot of great resources on the web where you can find information about Communications and Media as well as collections of vintage advertising, media watchdog groups, free streaming videos and much more. Hover your mouse over the links to find out what they contain. Have fun exploring!

Ad*Access
Images and information from a Duke University collection of over 7,000 advertisements printed in the U.S. and Canada between 1911 and 1957.
AdViews
From Duke University, the AdViews digital collection provides access to thousands of historic commercials created for clients or acquired by the D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B) advertising agency or its predecessor during the 1950s - 1980s.
American Communication Association
The ACA is a not-for-profit virtual professional association with actual presence in the world of communication scholars and practitioners. The ACA also publishes the peer-reviewed American Communication Journal.
American Journalism Review
Magazine covering all aspects of print, television, radio and online media. AJR analyzes ethical dilemmas in the field and monitors the impact of technology on how journalism is practiced and on the final product.
American Memory
American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity.
Center for Media and Democracy
Investigates and exposes public relations spin and propaganda, and promotes media literacy and citizen journalism.
Center for Media and Public Affairs
From George Mason University, this is a research and educational organization that conducts studies of the news and entertainment media.
Columbia Journalism Review
Founded in 1961 under the auspices of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, CJR examines day-to-day press performance as well as the forces that affect that performance. The magazine is published six times a year, and offers a deliberative mix of reporting, analysis, criticism, and commentary.
Electronic Journal of Communication
The Electronic Journal of Communication / La Revue Electronic de Communication launched in 1990 as one of the first five peer-reviewed electronically distributed scholarly journals. EJC/REC is devoted to the study of communication theory, research, practice, and policy.
Emergence of Advertising in America
From Duke University, a collection of over 2,800 advertising items and publications dating from 1850 to 1920, illustrating the rise of consumer culture and the birth of a professionalized advertising industry in the United States.
FAIR: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
FAIR is a national media watch group that offers well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship. It works to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints.
International Association for Media and Communication Research
IAMCR is the worldwide professional organisation in the field of media and communication research. Its members promote global inclusiveness and excellence within the best traditions of critical research in the field.
Investigative Reporters and Editors
IRE is an educational organization promoting quality in investigative journalism. Their website includes tip sheets, reporting guides, investigative reports, a database of government data, a campaign finance information center, and more.
Journalism Resources
From the University of Iowa, this site includes more than 40 annotated pages of online journalism resources.
Media Education Foundation
Produces video documentaries, study guides and articles about the relationship between media ownership, commercial media content, and the democratic demand for free flows of information.
Media History Digital Library
The Media History Digital Library is a non-profit initiative dedicated to digitizing collections of classic media periodicals that belong in the public domain for full public access.
Moving Image Archive
From the Internet Archive, this library of free movies, films, and videos library contains thousands of digital movies uploaded by Archive users, which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts. Many of these videos are available for free download.
National Communication Association
NCA is the largest national organization dedicated to communication. Researchers, educators, and professionals, work to understand and better all forms of human communication.
Newseum
The Newseum blends five centuries of news history with up-to-the-second technology and hands-on exhibits, providing a forum where the media and the public can gain a better understanding of each other.
Nieman Watchdog
Dedicated to asking the questions that other media outlets don't have the time to develop. The goal is to see that the people in power provide information that the public should have.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
For more than 40 years, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has provided free legal advice, resources, support and advocacy to protect the First Amendment and Freedom of Information rights of journalists working in areas where U.S. law applies, regardless of the medium in which their work appears.
Television History: The First 75 Years
Divides the history of television into five time periods, from pre-1935 through 1960-2000. Inside each time period are photographs of television sets from around the world, year-by-year links to important facts, magazine covers and advertising.
Transparency Now
Collection of media criticism articles trying to reveal the hidden meanings in TV, film, sci-fi, theme parks, virtual realities, politics, advertising and news.
UCLA Library Digital Collections
Digitized materials from the UCLA Library, including art, architecture, design, film, history and more.
Vanderbilt Television News Archive
The Vanderbilt Television News Archive is the world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. Vanderbilt has been recording, preserving and providing access to television news broadcasts of the national networks since August 5, 1968.

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