Kreitzberg Library: Communications: Videos, Reference Books and Key Journals

Streaming Video

The library's Films on Demand subscription includes hundreds of documentaries on human communication and media studies.

Films on Demand Communication Video Collection This link opens in a new window
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A streaming video collection including educational films and documentaries covering human communication and media studies.

Reference Books

Dictionary of Media Studies
A dictionary providing a basic vocabulary of terms used in the media and entertainment industries.

Any book with a call number starting with REF can be found on the first floor of the library and cannot be checked out.

International Encyclopedia of Communications
Call Number: REF. 791.4375 M194ma
Encyclopedia containing in-depth entries by top scholars on a wide variety of topics related to communications, including systems and organizations, modes, media and codes, and behavior and effects.
Encyclopedia of international media and communications
Explores the ways that editorial content--from journalism and scholarship to films and infomercials--is developed, presented, stored, analyzed, and regulated around the world.

Key Journals

Broadcast Engineering
Broadcast Engineering is aimed at the market that includes corporate management, engineers/technicians and other management personnel at commercial and public TV stations, post-production and recording studios, broadcast networks, cable, telephone and satellite production centers and networks. Available in ProQuest databases with an embargo on recent issues.
Columbia Journalism Review
Respected media-monitoring journal published by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Available through ProQuest and Gale databases with an embargo on recent issues.
Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
Articles cover a broad range of issues concerning electronic media, including the historical, technological, economic, legal, policy, cultural, and social dimensions. Current issues available in Taylor & Francis Online
Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
Contains research on and the latest developments in communication, international communication, journalism history, and social and legal problems. Current issues available from SAGE.
Western Journal of Communication
Articles on rhetorical and communication theory, interpersonal and intercultural communication, media studies, cultural and critical theory, language behavior, performance studies, small group communication, freedom of speech, gender studies, and applied communication in health, family relationships, and organizations among other contexts. Available in ProQuest databases with an embargo on full text of recent issues.

Communictions Databases

Communication and Mass Media (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
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Full-text academic journals and magazines focusing on all aspects of the communications field. Subjects covered in the database include advertising and public relations, literature and writing, linguistics, and more.

General Article Databases

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
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Articles from scholarly and professional journals, magazines, and newspapers on a wide range of subjects, many full text.
ProQuest Central Essentials This link opens in a new window
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12 complete, full-text ProQuest databases in major subject areas such as Science, Technology, Business, Health, Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, as well as US national and regional newspapers.
General OneFile This link opens in a new window
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A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics and academic disciplines.