Books and other Monographs

LCSC Library Catalog - provides information about the materials owned by the LCSC Library and other North Idaho Academic Libraries, including North Idaho College and the University of Idaho.  Also has a link to WIN Libraries, so you can search Gonzaga, Whitworth, and VALNet Libraries.

Encyclopedia of children, adolescents, and the media

Encyclopedia of communication and information

COMM 204:

Encyclopedia of genocide and crimes against humanity

Gale encyclopedia of the unusual and unexplained

Virtual Reference Library - Search a collection on online reference books from Gale, a respected publisher of subject-focused encyclopedias and dictionaries.

 

WorldCat - A catalog of items held at libraries throughout the world.  Many of these materials can be borrowed through inter-library loan.

Google Books - Info from their Website:  "Just do a search on Google Book Search or on Google.com. When we find a book whose content contains a match for your search terms, we'll link to it in your search results. Click a book title and you'll see, like a card catalog entry, some basic information about the book. You may also see a few snippets of text from the book showing your search term in context. If the publisher or author has given us permission through our Partner Program then you'll see a few full pages from the book and if the book is out of copyright, you'll be able to page through the entire book."  Click on the "About This Book" link and look for a link called "Find This Book in a Library" to locate the nearest library holdings.

Journal articles     

              

Communications:

Communication & Mass Media Complete  - our best online coverage of communication journals.

 

Paper Index at University of Idaho:  Communication Abstracts - a Paper Index, 1978-Present.  UI Library Reference Collection, Call Number Index P87.C6.

 

 

Business :

Business and Company ASAP - contains full-text articles from business journals. 

 

Also use Academic OneFile under "General Coverage" below.

 

 

Children and Education:

ERIC - Contains citations and abstracts from almost 1000 education-related journals.  Also contains citations to ERIC Documents, including conference papers and curriculum suggestions.  The LCSC Library has many ERIC Documents, full-text, on microfiche.  Many recent articles are being provided full-text.

 

 

Psychology and Social Sciences:

InfoTrac Psychology Collection - A subset of Academic OneFile, this database provides full-text articles related to psychology.

 

PsycINFO  - Contains more than 1.8 million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and technical reports, all in the field of psychology. Journal coverage, which dates back to the 1800s, includes international material selected from more than 1,700 periodicals in over 30 languages.

 

SocINDEX with Full Text  - contains full text for 253 "core" coverage sociology journals dating back to 1895, and 72 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for 547 books and monographs, and full text for 6,711 conference papers.

 

 

Science:

PNAS Online - Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA Online.  Includes the full text plus the figures, tables, equations, and references of articles in PNAS dating back through 1996.
Online access available through LCSC campus network only.

 

 

General Coverage:

Academic OneFile  - a general journal index covering many disciplines, not just communications.  Contains full-text of some articles. 

 

Newstand (ProQuest) - Includes full-text coverage of 27 newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. 

Web Sites

Communications Websites:

American Rhetoric - A gateway to famous and important speeches, maintained by Michael E. Eidenmuller, University of Texas, Tyler.

Library Resources for Communication Studies - Detailed lists of print and electronic resources for Communications.  Developed and maintained by librarians who are members of the Education and Behavioral Sciences Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.

Native Networks - Online information about film, video, and radio produced by indigenous people of the Americas and Hawaii.

The Center for Public Integrity : Investigative Journalism in the Public Interest - "Billing its work as 'watchdog journalism in the public interest,' this organization and its site are the antithesis of sound-bite broadcast news .... Projects that other news organizations cannot -- or will not -- undertake are investigated with ferocity by staff and a network of journalists.... Another link (Journalist Ethics, on the dropdown menu at About Us) details the mandatory steps staff must follow to ensure ethical and accurate reporting; this will be particularly valuable for journalism students. " -- S. B. DeMasi, CHOICE.

 

Government Information:

USA.gov - A search engine for government Web pages, with an emphasis on the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.

 

 

GPO Access - Searchable database of Web pages, with an emphasis on the Legislative Branch of the Federal Government.  Provided by the Government Printing Office. 

Thomas - An easy-to-search source for legislative information, provided by the Library of Congress.

 

I-Docs - An online collection of paper and digital resources selectively chosen from published Idaho Government Documents.

 

How to Cite Sources:

Knight Cite -- An automatic generator of citations in either MLA, APA, or Chicago style.  Registering for the service allows you to save citations to generate a bibliography.  A free service provided by the Hekman Library at Calvin College.

Bibliographies : MLA Format - Guidance provided by the University of Illinois Writers' Workshop.

Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format - Guidance provided by Purdue University Online Writing Lab.

APA Citation Style - examples of citations in APA Format for your list of References.

 

Standardized Tests:

Test Prep Review -- Free access to sample questions from many standardized tests, such as graduate school entrance exams and certification exams.

 

For more websites, see the complete list.