Communication: General Resources
I. Books:
- - Catalog of books and other materials in Ƶ's library
- - Combined catalog of more than 70 Ohio academic libraries
- Encyclopedia of communication theory [ebook]
- OhioLINK E=Book Collection:
- Communication Research Measures: A Sourcebook
- Reserve:
- A guide to existing scales, surveys and other instruments used in communication research. Note, despite the 2004 copyright, this is reprint of a 1994 volume, so this does not include new measures from the last 23 years.
- See for more instruments, mostly psychological in nature
- Communication Research Measures II: A Sourcebook
- Reserve:
- Measures of personality and social psychological attitudes
- Main Stacks:
- Rating Scales in Mental Health
- Reference:
- See also on reserve for COMM 300:
- Positive psychological assessment:
- View the table of contents here
- The sourcebook of nonverbal measures:
- View the table of contents here
- Measures for clinical practice (2 vols):
- View the table of contents for Volume 1 here
- View the table of contents for Volume 2 here
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II. Databases for Finding Journal and Newspaper Articles: Some Places to Start:
- - Indexing and some full text for articles in communication.
- - Basic index to journal articles on communication
- - indexes about 1800 periodicals; full text for many. Includes academic journals as well as popular magazines.
- - indexes and abstracts of articles in the social scieces, including links to related articles (citing or cited by the article in question).
- - indexes many newspapers back as far as 20 years; almost all full text
- - covers major journals in the field of sociology
- - Psychological Abstracts online, 1967-
- - Extensive index to business and management periodicals; some full text
See also All Indexes & Databases.
III. Locating Journals:
At Ƶ:
Journals the Library Has - searchable list of print and electronic titles available at Witt
, the library catalog
At other Ohio academic libraries:
(Note: you cannot get periodicals via OhioLINK; use Interlibrary Loan instead.)
VI. Evaluating and Citing Resources
- Scholarly v. Popular Articles - what is the difference and why should you care
- Evaluating Sources - is this content you can trust?
V. Statistics:
- Statistical Portrait of the United States: Social Conditions & Trends
VI. People Resources:
Contact Kristen Peters with any questions or to set up an appointment for an individual consultation. Or, stop by the library, phone the reference desk at 937-327-7511, or send e-mail to the Research Help Desk.
Compiled by Ken Irwin, based on earlier work by Gina Entorf, Ƶ University Library