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AlterNet - Established in 1998 by the Independent Media Institute, a nonprofit organization that supports independent and alternative journalism. The site includes news, opinions, and investigative journalism.
American Journalism Review - National magazine that covers print, television, radio, and online media. Published by the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.
Asian American Journalists Association
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN) - The alternative newspaper trade organization that includes 118 non-daily free-circulation papers from throughout North America. Presents alternative takes on what is presented in mainstream newspapers.
Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) - A Watchdog organization of newspaper, magazine, radio, television, cable, wire service presses. CJR is published six times a year.
Democracy Now! - A national listener-sponsored public radio and TV show that "goes beyond the rhetoric and party politics offered by the mainstream media."
Editor & Publisher - Website for the magazine that covers the North American newspaper industry.
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting - The national watch group that critically examines media bias and censorship. As a whole, the organization advocates for greater diversity in the press and media. Publishes the bi-monthly magazine, Extra!
Florida Atlantic University Department of Communication - Multimedia Journalism track
Journalism.org - Site jointly run by the Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) whose goal it is to "use research rather than merely criticism to clarify and raise the standards of American journalism," and the Committee of Concerned Journalists, a consortium of reporters, editors, producers, and academics.
Media History Monographs - Online journal devoted to the historical aspects of scholarship and mass communication. Affiliated with the American Journalism Historians Association.
The Nation - Website for the magazine by the same name.
National Association of Black Journalists
National Association of Hispanic Journalists
NPR - Main page of National Public Radio. Includes links to the latest news, audio archives, transcripts, and more.
Pacifica Radio - Non-profit listener-sponsored radio network that comprises five stations through the U.S. Part of its mission is to promote cultural diversity and freedom of the press.
Public Radio International (PRI) - Site for the nation's leading developer of non-commercial audio content. PRI is an independent, non-profit corporation.
Current Online News about Public Broadcasting - Biweekly newspaper about public broadcasting. Founded in 1980, the paper is published 23 times a year. Many of the paper's articles are posted on this site.
International Center for Journalists - An independent, nonprofit organization whose goal it is to improve the quality of journalism worldwide. It is especially interested in countries with little or no tradition of independent presses.
International Federation of Journalists - World-wide organization of journalists established in 1926 that represents 450,000 members in 100 countries. Part of its mission is to promote action to defend freedom of the press and social justice internationally. The organization is based in Brussels, Belgium.
Union for Democratic Communications - An organization of communication researchers, journalists, media producers, policy analysts, academics and activists who critically examine the communication and media establishments.
ZNet - A site for people committed to social change. From the people who bring you Z Magazine. Warning: Loads slowly.

BROADCAST JOURNALISM (used for news broadcasting)	NEWS AUDIENCES
COMMUNICATION	NEWSPAPERS
CORPORATE POWER	PERIODICALS
JOURNALISM--EDITING (used for news editing)	PHOTOJOURNALISM
JOURNALISM--UNITED STATES (For journalism in other countries, type the name of the country in place of "United States.")	PRESS (used for news media)
MASS MEDIA (used for mass communication)	SOCIAL CLASSES
NEWS AGENCIES	TELECOMMUNICATION

HE7601 - HE8700.9	Telecommunication industry
P87 - P97	Communication. Mass media, Interpersonal communication, Oral communication, Speech
PN4699 - PN5650	Journalism. The periodical press, etc. Relation to the state. Government and the press. Liberty of the press.
PN4775 - PN4784	Technique. Practical journalism
PN4825 - PN4830	Amateur journalism
PN4832 - PN4836	Magazines and other periodicals
PN4840 - PN5648	By region or country
PN5650	The Jewish press
(Books beginning with HE are located on the 2nd floor, east wing of the library. P and PN books are on the 3rd floor, west wing.)

	All databases and e-journals are accessible from the library's homepage (http://www.fau.edu/library).
	NEWSPAPERS / NEWS SOURCES
	AccessUN - Provides access to current and past (1991-2002) United Nations documents and publications.
	AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive - Contains photos from the Associated Press's image gallery. Also includes access to AP graphs, charts, and maps.
	Alternative Press Index (1991-present) and Alternative Press Index Archive (1969-1990) - Indexes 300 alternative, radical, and left magazines, periodicals, and newspapers. Articles cover cultural, economic, political, and social change.
	America's Newspapers - Search for articles from newspapers from around the country.
	CountryWatch - Provides up-to-date information and news such as political, economic, and environmental data on countries of the world.
	Ethnic NewsWatch and Ethnic NewsWatch: A History (1960-present) - Allows access to news, culture, and history from over 200 ethnic, native, and minority news presses that can be searched in English or Spanish.
	FACTS.com (1974-present) - A database that provides access to information on events, people, statistics, and issues of the last 20 years. Made available through Facts on File.
	LexisNexis Academic - Provides access to over a billion full-text news, magazine, legal, and business articles and information from newspapers, magazines, government documents, newsletters, business industries and companies, and state and federal laws.
	Newspaper Abstracts (1989-present) - Includes abstracts of news articles, reviews, editorials, commentaries, and more from over 50 U.S. newspapers from 1989 to the present.
	OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition (Use this in place of WilsonSelectPlus) - Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition is a multi-disciplinary database providing the complete content - indexing, abstracts, and full text - from six of Wilson's full-text databases: Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Wilson Business Full Text.
	Proquest Newspapers - Access articles from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and Christian Science Monitor.

	SOCIAL SCIENCE / HUMANITIES DATABASES
	America: History and Life (1964-present) - A bibliographical reference tool that covers United States and Canadian history from prehistory to the present, and includes topics within culture, gender studies, psychology, literature, and politics.
	Communication Abstracts (1977-present) - Covers the recent literature in communication studies including mass, interpersonal, and new communication technologies.
	Communication Studies: A SAGE Full-Text Collection (1982-present) - Provides full-text access to 16 communication journals published by SAGE and participating societies. Covers journalism, public opinion, mass communication, intercultural communication, media studies, rhetoric, and more.
	Expanded Academic ASAP (1980-present) - A comprehensive database that covers a wide range of academic subjects. Includes some full-text articles along with charts and graphs where applicable.
	Humanities Full Text (Use this in place of Humanities Abstracts) (1984-present) - Subject areas include archaeology, area studies, art, classical studies, communications, dance, film, folklore, gender studies, history, journalism, linguistics, literary and social criticism literature, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion and theology. Full-text coverage begins in January 1995.
	JSTOR - Online journal storage for more than 320 academic journals in the arts and sciences, business, ecology, botany, general science, and language and literature.
	ProQuest Digital Dissertations (1861-present)- Access citations and abstracts for all titles in the Dissertation Abstracts databases. Titles published since 1997 are available in 24 page PDF previews.
	Social Sciences Full Text (Use this in place of Social Science Abstracts) (1983-present) - Subject areas include addiction studies, anthropology, area studies, community health and medical care, corrections, criminal justice, criminology, economics, environmental studies, ethics, family studies, gender studies, geography, gerontology, international relations, law, minority studies, planning and public administration, policy sciences, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public welfare, social work, sociology, and urban studies. Full text coverage begins in January 1995.
	Web of Science (1945-present) - Includes the Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Science Citation Index Expanded. Allows users to search for cited references.

	POLITICS / POLICY / GOVERNMENT
	Almanac of American Politics (Full Text) - Features information from the 107th Congress, election results, congressional committees, and more. Published by the National Journal Group Inc.
	Edgar Database of Corporate Information (Full Text) - Look up SEC filings for publicly-traded companies. Put out by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
	FAU Libraries Government Resources - Links directly to the Government Resources homepage. FAU Library is the only federal depository in Palm Beach County.
	Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (Some Full Text) - Archive of computer-based research and instructional data for the social sciences.
	National Journal (Full Text) - Weekly magazine on politics and government. Site features selected stories and columns.
	Political Risk Yearbook Online - Provides political and economic risk analyses on over 100 countries. Reports open in PDF and require Acrobat Reader.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Z6944 .N39 A37 1998 (Reference)	Danky, James P., ed. African-American Newspapers and Periodicals: A National Bibliography. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998. Lists more than 6,500 newspaper and periodical titles by and about African Americans that the editors identified and located between 1989 and 1998. Covers general newspaper and feature magazines as well as literary, historical, and political journals. Some are still in publication as of 1998.

ENCYCLOPEDIAS
P87.5 .I5 1989 (Reference)	Barnouw, Erik et al., eds. International Encyclopedia of Communications. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. 4 volumes. Illustrations. Entries include some of the more notable keywords, time periods, and people in the history of communication.
PN4700 .E42 (Ready-Reference)	Editor & Publisher International Year Book: The Encyclopedia of the Newspaper Industry. New York: Editor & Publisher Co, 1959- . Part 1 - Dailies. Detailed listings of daily newspapers in the United States and Canada. Includes contact information of key personnel, circulation, advertising rates, etc. Part 2 - Weeklies. Extensive information on non-daily news publications in the U.S. and Canada including community weekly papers, niche publications, and shopper publications. Part 3 - Who's Where. Directory of contact personnel from the newspaper industry. Listings include persons from newspapers (dailies and weeklies) in Canada and the U.S. as well as news services and syndicates.
PN4888 .T4 E53 1999 (Reference)	Murray, Michael D., ed. Encyclopedia of Television News. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1999. 315p. Entries include the individuals, associations, programs, and topics that have played significant roles in television journalism. Written by scholars from various academic backgrounds. Serves as a beginning tool for students of broadcasting, television, and journalism.
PN4855 .P26 (Reference)	Paneth, Donald. The Encyclopedia of American Journalism. New York: Facts on File, 1983. 548p. A to Z listing of notable individuals who were or are involved in journalism. The entries also include technical terms used by journalists (e.g. angle, think piece, etc.) and many current and past names in the world of newspapers and periodicals.
PN4871 .T34 1986 (Reference)	Taft, William H. Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Journalists. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1986. 408p. Includes short biographical sketches of editors, publishers, cartoonists, and others who have somehow contributed to American journalism. Primary emphasis is placed on those of the post-World War II era.

DIRECTORIES
Z6956 .E5 M6 Z6956 .E5 M63 Z6956 .E5 M64 (Reference)	Benn's Media Directory. Tonbridge, Kent: Benn Business Information Services, Ltd., 1992. Volume 1 - Media directory for the United Kingdom. Includes listings of publishing houses, national and regional newspapers, consumer and business and professional periodicals, TV, radio, and cinema services, and other media organizations. Volume 2 - Lists media outlets throughout Europe. Volume 3 - Includes the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia, and a master index.
Z6952 .F5 D34 (Reference)	Florida News Media Directory. Mount Dora, FL: G.E. West, 1978/1979- . Published annually in August. Lists media outlets throughout Florida. Includes daily and weekly newspapers, news services, state house news corps, magazines, special publications, and television and radio stations. Entries provide addresses and personnel names and contact information.
Z6951 .A97 (Reference)	Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1990. Five volume set that lists media outlets throughout the world. Includes listings of newspapers, magazines, journals, radio, television, and cable stations and systems. Many entries include information on ad rates, circulation, and, if applicable, key personnel. Arranged geographically: Volume 1 - Alabama to New Hampshire; Volume 2- New Jersey to Wyoming and Canada; Volume 3 - Indexes and tables; Volume 4 - Regional market index and maps; Volume 5 - Albania to Zimbabwe.
PN4899 .W3 N49 (Ready - Reference)	News Media Yellow Book: Who's Who Among Reporters, Writers, Editors and Producers in the Leading National News Media. New York, NY: Monitor Leadership Directories, Inc., 1993- . Covers over 2,300 media organizations in the United States and includes news services, newspapers, networks, television and radio stations, programs, periodicals, publishers, independent journalists and columnists, and more. Contact information for key personnel is included in most entries.

GUIDES
Z5630 .B54 1991 (Reference)	Block, Eleanor S. Communication and the Mass Media: A Guide to the Reference Literature. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1991. 198p. Annotated guide to the English-language reference sources in communication (communication theory, interpersonal and small group communication, organizational communication, mass communication, rhetoric, speech, applied linguistics, international and intercultural communication, and others.) Listings include entries on dictionaries, encyclopedias, indexes, etc. Suitable for the upper division undergraduate or beginning graduate communication student.
Z6940 .C38 1990 (Reference)	Cates, Jo A. Journalism: A Guide to the Reference Literature. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1990. 214p. Annotated bibliography and reference guide to English-language reference literature of print and broadcast journalism. Entries include author(s), title, publisher, etc. Suitable for librarians, educators, students, and others interested in starting journalism research.

HANDBOOKS
HN90 .M3 T34 1999 (Reference)	Alexander, Alison, and Jarice Hanson, eds. Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Mass Media and Society. Guilford, CT: Dushkin Pub. Group, 1999. 353p. Designed for students in an introductory mass communication college course. The book presents 18 controversial issues, each with a pro and con point of view. Issues fall under media business, regulation, media ethics, and the information society.
P91 .B28 2001 (Reference)	Balnaves, Mark. The Penguin Atlas of Media and Information. New York: Penguin Putnam, 2001. 128p. A splendid reference source that visually details the roles media and information play in globalization. Most of the statistics come from the late 1990s and year 2000. Investigates the world-wide spread of the press and radio, cinema, advertising, media ownership and more.
PN4756 .J67 1997 (Reference)	Cohen, Elliot D. and Deni Elliot, eds. Journalism Ethics :A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 1997. 196p. Discusses ethical issues that are present in journalism such as the free press and democracy, objectivity, and news bias. Also includes biographical sketches of notable journalists, descriptions of various court cases, codes of journalism ethics, and listings of selected print and nonprint resources.
PN4783 .A8 1987 (Reference)	French, Christopher W., ed. The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1987. 341p. Considered to be the "journalists' bible." A resource for writers, scholars, students, and editors that's arranged alphabetically and provides grammar rules, spelling, and usage. Special section provides advice to journalists about how to avoid libel situations. Also includes a short section on how to work with photo captions.
PN4783 .K35 2001 (Reference)	Kalbfeld, Brad. Associated Press Broadcast News Handbook: A Manual of Techniques and Practices. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001. 476p. Part 1 offers steps and guidelines on how to get news stories, tell them, and edit and produce them. Part 2 is an A to Z listing of terms related to broadcast style.
INDICES
P87 .C55 (Reference)	Communication Abstracts. Library has: v.1- (1978- )
Z5630 .S7 M37 1980 (Reference)	Matlon, Ronald J. Index to Journals in Communication Studies Through 1979. Annandale, Va.: Speech Communication Association, 1980. Part I provides table of contents information on communication journals published between 1915 and 1979. Part II lists contributors' names. Part III is a subject index. A necessary source for communication scholars and students who seek articles from older publications whose titles are not indexed electronically.

ELECTRONIC JOURNAL NAME	VENDOR/PUBLISHER	DATES AVAILABLE
American Historical Review	JSTOR	1895-1999
American Historical Review	History Cooperative	June 1999-present
American Quarterly	JSTOR	1949-1995
American Quarterly	Project Muse	1996-present
Communication Booknotes Quarterly	Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc.	2000-present
Communication Theory	Oxford University Press	2001-present
European Journal of Communication	Ingenta	1999-present
Feminist Media Studies	Ingenta Select	2001-present
International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society	Kluwer	2000-present
*Journal of Communication Inquiry*	Ingenta	1999-present
*Journal of Inter-American Studies*	JSTOR	1959-1969
*Journal of Inter-American Studies and World Affairs*	JSTOR	1970-1999
*Journal of Social History*	Project Muse	2000-present
*Labor Studies Journal*	Project Muse	2002-present
*Media, Culture & Society*	Ingenta	1999-present
*Political Communication*	Ingenta Select	1997-present
*Radical History Review*	Project Muse	2001-present
*Social History*	Ingenta Select	2000-present
Theory and Society: Renewal and Critique in Social Theory	JSTOR	1974-1997
*Theory and Society: Renewal and Critique in Social Theory*	Kluwer	1997-present
*Theory, Culture & Society*	Ingenta	1999-present

CALL NUMBER	TITLE
PN4709 .E4	*Editor & Publisher*
PN4700 .J7	*The Journalism Bulletin*
PN4700 .J7	*Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly*
PN4700 .J7	*The Journalism Quarterly*
PN4701 .J68	*Journalism Studies*
PN4700 .Q5	*The Quill*

Because of the interdisciplinary nature of multimedia journalism, many articles appear in journals besides those deemed strictly for "journalism." Thus, what follows is a partial listing of databases and e-journals from a variety of disciplines such as: