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American History & Life

Consider searching the database American History & Life. This resource will allow you to limit by era of interest.

Access American History & Life HERE.

 

Journalism History journal

Recent Articles from the journal Journalism History.
"Studies, bibliographies and topical essays on topics related to the full scope of mass communication history; discussions of individuals, institutions and events."

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Print Titles of Interest

Biographical dictionary of American Journalism
Call Number: ref PN4871; .B56 1989
Contains brief entries on prominent journalists in American history


Geo. P. Rowell and Co.'s American newspaper directory 1879
Call Number: ref PN4889; .G4 1879
1879 edition in print

ONLINE: Geo. P. Rowell and Co.'s American newspaper directory.
Call Number: online
Digitized editions 1869-1877

Poole's index to periodical literature - William Fredrick Poole
Call Number: ref AI3; .P7 v.1
V. 1, pt. 1. A-J, 1802-1881.--v. 1, pt. 2. K-Z, 1802-1881.--v. 2. First supplement, January 1, 1882-January 1, 1887.--v. 3. Second Supplement, January 1, 1887-January 1, 1892.--v. 4. Third supplement, January 1, 1892-December 31, 1896.--v. 5. Fourth supplement, January 1, 1897-January 1, 1902.--v. 6. Fifth supplement, January 1, 1902-January 1, 1907

A history and bibliography of American magazines, 1810-1820 - Neal Edgar
Call Number: ref PN4877; .E3
Contains a nice little history in the first chapters

Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media
Call Number: ref desk PN4841.A1; I4 146th:v.1 (2010)
Identifies specific print and broadcast sources of news and advertising for trade, business, labor, and professionals. Arrangement is geographic with a thumbnail description of each local market. Indexes are classified (by format and subject matter) and alphabetical (by name and keyword). - Tells when a newspaper was 1st published

Newspapers in the Idaho Historical Society Microfilm Collection
Call Number: ref desk PN4897.I23; I37 1999b
a listing of the years and newspaper titles available at the Idaho Historical Society

History of the Mass Media in the United State: An Encyclopedia (1998)
Call Number: ref P92.U5; H55 1998
Available Online through EBSCO via the link above as well as in our reference collection.

Historical Newspapers

Full page and article images from every available issue.

Communication Databases

Below are the databases available to Boise State University students related to Communication. These will allow you find and access articles from journals on Communication.

Look for the  button to link out to possible full-text access to the articles you find.

  • Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO)
    A great mix of full-text and indexing coverage. The recommended starting point for most Communication research.
  • Communication Abstracts
    A comprehensive source of information about communication-related publications on a world-wide scale, Communication Abstracts covers major communication-related articles, reports, chapters, and books from a variety of publishers, research institutions, and information sources.
  • ComAbstracts
    The premier finding aid for Communications research. Use this tool to find articles and chapters on your topic. Be sure to click on the FIND IT button in the item record to link to library resources.
  • SAGE PREMIER
    Links to Sage journals - contains many full-text communication journals including those formally found uner Communication Studies-SAGE full-text
  • ProQuest Telecommunications database
    Search the full text of top telecommunications industry publications. Includes magazines, journals, and newsletters for the latest in this fast changing industry. Coverage starts 1995
  • Lexis Nexis Academic
    Looking for Radio or TV news transcripts? This is the place to go. Ask if you need help.
  • Web of Science / Web of Knowledge
    A great interdisciplinary database that also tracks citations. Be sure to use the FIND IT button to locate the full-text article.
  • America History and Life
    Use this resource to locate historical articles, books, or chapters on your topic. You can limit by specific ERA
  • American Film Scripts Online
    American Film Scripts Online contains 1,009 scripts by 1,062 writers together with detailed, fielded information on the scenes, characters and people related to the scripts. In addition, the database includes facsimilie images for more than 500 of these screenplays. Most of the scripts have never been published before, and nowhere else are they available online.
  • Alternative Press Index
    articles from over 300 international alternative, radical, and left periodicals. Covering theories and practices of socialism and revolution alongside ecology, democracy and anarchism, feminism and organized labor, indigenous peoples and gays/lesbians, API coverage is both international and interdisciplinary. Coverage begins in 1991.
 

Try JSTOR

JSTOR has historical coverage of the journals listed below. Select the FILM STUDIES journals from the list below the search box.
Get to JSTOR by CLICKING HERE

    • The Journal of the Society of Cinematologists 1961-1964
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    • The Quarterly of Film Radio and Television 1951-1957
    • Hollywood Quarterly 1945-1951
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    • Performing Arts Journal 1976-1997

Also consider JSTOR's Data for Research (DfR) which allows you parse out data and articles from this resources in different ways.

Get to JSTOR's Data for Research by clicking HERE

Find Books

Typically Communication books in the library will be found under call number H (social sciences) or P (language), but since Communication is a broad subject area, you might find related books in other areas of the library. Film & Film Criticism will generally be under PN

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