SP
311 / Communication Inquiry
Research
for Communication Inquiry
Research
in Communication Studies: An Introduction
Communications
is an interdisciplinary area with overlap in several areas beyond communication
studies, including sociology, business, psychology--even engineering.
Researching topics concerning this issue entails quite a variety of
resources. Think about using other social science resources and beyond.
Library
Basics
- Need
to find a book or journal in the library? Try Vikat,
the PSU Library online catalog. Need some help in deciphering the
catalog? Visit the Research
Suvival Guide. Rules of Thumb:
- Good for
locating books and journal/magazine subscriptions
- Not so good
for locating magazine articles
- Do keyword
searches, not subject searches
- PSU Library
doesn't have the book you're looking for? Give Summit
a try!
- Search UO,
OSU, University of Washington, etc. libraries in one search
- Online ordering--you'll
receive the book in three business days
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But
What About Articles?
Searching
the PSU Library databases are the way to locate articles relevant to
your topic. Some databases even provide a link to the full-text articles,
if available. Visit the Research
Survival Guide for help in searching and locating journal articles.
Suggested
Databases
The databases listed
below are linked via the Databases
and Full-Text Resources page.
- Communication Abstracts: covering a broad scope
of communication topics.
- CQ Researcher: provides 25-40 page backgrounds
and overview reports of social and political issues before the United
States Congress. Includes summary, overview, background, pro and con
arguments and bibliographies of popular and news sources.
- Business Source Premier: Full text and citations
to articles on all aspects of business.
- Political Science Abstracts: citations, indexing
and abstracts for journal articles in political science and its complementary
fields.
- PAIS International:chronicling global public policy
and social issues, including human rights, government, culture and
religion
- Sociological Abstracts: covers the academic and
professional literature in sociology and related disciplines in the
social and behavioral sciences
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- The SAGE handbook of gender and communication / editors, Bonnie
J. Dow, Julia T. Wood. -- P96.S48 S34 2006
- International and multicultural organizational communication / Cheorge
Cheney, editor, George A. Barnett, editor.
- International encyclopedia of communications -- P87.5 .I5 1989 (Reference)
- Communication Research: Strategies and Sources -- P91.3 .R83 2000
(Reference)
- The international handbook of organizational culture and climate
/ editors Cary L. Cooper, Sue Cartwright and P. Christopher Earley
-- HD58.7 .I568 2001
- Communication yearbook -- P87 .C5974
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Selected
World Wide Web Resources
US
Marketing Guide: databases, reference books and free Web sites that
provide marketing resources (company profile, industry information,
demographic statistics, etc.).
There
are many many other sites/blogs that contain useful/interesting information,
many of them created/maintained by experts in their fields. Evaluate
the information critically, and if possible, double check the information
(esp. claims, statistics, facts, etc.). The following is a list of them:
Navigating
Library Resources
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Questions?
Contact
Linda Absher, Communication Studies Librarian at absherl@pdx.edu. |
