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Communication

This page is your starting point for finding e-journals, databases, websites and other digital collections for Communication. TV from Paik exhibit in Stuart Collection You'll find key sites especially useful for research or rewarding to browse: core databases for finding articles, news sites, reference tools, streaming video, much more.On the page below, the right-hand menu leads to more than 400 other sites, arranged by type, as well as a single alphabetical list.

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  1. Access World News Key site [UCSD Only]
    Dates vary. More than 1500 sources worldwide, including 650 in the U.S. Largely newspapers,local news video for the U.S.; newspapers for Canada, UK and other English-speaking countries. For the rest of the world mostly wire services, BBC news digests[Full Description]
    http://uclibs.org/PID/98452
  2. AdViews: A digital archive of Vintage Television Commercials Key site
    A digital archive of thousands of television commercials dating from the 1950s to the 1980s. A project of the Duke University Library. Requires iTunes for viewing video.[Full Description]
    http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/adviews/
  3. American History in Video Key site [UCSD Only]
    Coverage of historical events through documentaries, commercial and government newsreels, and archival and public affairs footage. When finished will include 1200 titles, 2000 hours of video.[Full Description]
    http://uclibs.org/PID/137187
    Browse for individual documentaries
    Also try World History in Video
  4. Communication Abstracts Key site [UCSD Only]
    1963-present. Abstracts articles, reports, papers, books from a variety of publishers and research institutions in all areas of communication studies (mass, interpersonal and new communication technologies). [Full Description]
    http://uclibs.org/PID/163586
    Original CSA version of Communication Abstracts
    For more recent articles use Communication Studies: Full Text
    Also use ComAbstracts for additional journals
  5. Encyclopedia of Journalism Key site [UCSD Only]
    All dimensions of journalism, including print, broadcast, Internet; US & international perspectives; history; technology; legal issues & court cases; ownership & economics. Published 2009 under direction of Christopher Sterling. Print version is 6 volumes[Full Description]
    http://sage-ereference.com/journalism/
  6. International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences Key site [UCSD Only]
    Over 3,800 articles spread over broad subject areas from Adolescence and Youth to Urban Studies; 100 separate articles under Media alone.[Full Description]
    http://uclibs.org/PID/23112
    26 vol. print edition in SSHL Reference collection
  7. New America Media Key site
    A nationwide association of over 700 ethnic media organizations. News page contains both current selections from those media and archives.[Full Description]
    http://newamericamedia.org/
  8. UCSD Dissertations in Communication| Key site
    Dissertations by students awarded a Ph.D. by the UCSD Communication Department, since the first one completed in 1992. From 1997 to present also available online.[Full Description]
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  9. Vanderbilt Television news archive Key site [UCSD Only]
    1968-present. Browse or search summaries of evening network news programs for ABC, CBS and NBC from 1968, CNN from 1995, Fox News from 2004. Streaming video for CNN and NBC only. From the videotape archives maintained by Vanderbilt University.[Full Description]
    http://uclibs.org/PID/4291
  10. American Memory
    Library of Congress digital library of primary source and archival material relating to American culture and history: print, manuscripts, photographs, moving pictures and recorded sound. More than 150 collections and growing.[Full Description]
    http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
    Browse list of all collections
    Frequently asked questions
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    Browse by topic
  11. Facts on File World News Digest: U.S. and world news [UCSD Only]
    1940-present. Summary of all major political, social, economic events since November 1940. Includes extensive full-text collection of biographies, historical documents, editorials, background articles. Complete archive of print version of Facts on File[Full Description]
    http://uclibs.org/PID/169158
  12. Internet Archive: Moving Images
    Movies from the Prelinger Archive showing American everyday life, culture, industry, and institutions in the 20thC. Downloadable MPEG-2.[Full Description]
    http://www.archive.org/movies/
  13. Library Resources for Communication Studies
    Lists resources & links for the diverse fields of Communication: news, indexes, organizations, subject guides (advertising, journalism, media diversity, media law, new media, political communication, etc). CHOICE Current Reviews: "Essential Resource"[Full Description]
    http://wikis.ala.org/acrl/index.php/LRCS
  14. Living Room Candidate: A History of Presidential Campaign Commercials, 1952-2008
    See video of presidential campaign commercials from 1952 to 2008. More than 300 digitized commercials are presented, along with analysis, historical background, and results from each election. [Full Description]
    http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/
    Help on viewing the video
  15. World History in Video [UCSD Only]
    Will include streaming video of more than 1750 documentaries covering all eras of human history: Africa and the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania. Complements American History in Video[Full Description]
    http://uclibs.org/PID/175237
    Also try American History in Video
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