Butler Library - Subject Guides - Communications

The following is a list of the most useful databases available to do research in this particular subject, some are general databases and others are subject specific databases.

• Academic Search Elite (EBSCOhost)
• America: History and Life (ABC-CLIO)
• American Humanities Index (EBSCOhost)
• Biographical Information (Lexs/Nexis)
• Business News (Lexis/Nexis)
• Communication and Mass Media Complete (EBSCOhost)
• FirstSearch (OCLC)
• Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia (EBSCOhost)
• Guided News Search (Lexis/Nexis)
• Masterfile Elite (EBSCOhost)
• Quick News Search (Lexis/Nexis)
• Quotations (Lexis/Nexis)
• World Almanac (Lexis/Nexis)

The following electronic journals are available to Lindenwood University students (who are currently enrolled), faculty, and staff. Click on the journal title and go directly to each website to access most articles in full-text. In order to see a complete list of journals available, go to the Periodicals search page, type the title of the journal in the search box, and then click the search button to see which online database(s) that journal is indexed in.

Click here for Communications E-Journals

The following reference items may be used in Butler Library. These tools are located on the main floor, east side of the building, once you pass through the Cardy Reading Room. Items are always available for usage and information may be copied as needed.

NOTE: The subsequent items listed are just a few of the valuable resources available.

• P361 .M28 1994 The Macmillan Visual Dictionary Multilingual Edition
• P87.5 1989 International Encyclopedia of Communications
• P87.5 P43 1991 The Facts on File Dictionary of Film and Broadcast Terms
• P92 U5 H77 1987 Mass Media: A Chronological Encyclopedia of Television, Radio, Motion Pictures, Magazines, Newspapers, and Books in the United States
• P92 .U5 H58 1995 The ABC_CLIO companion to The Media in America
• PN1991.3 U6 G74 Radio: A Reference Guide
• PN1991.3 .U6 L32 The Encyclopedia of American Radio: An A-Z Guide to Radio 2000 from Jack Benny to Howard Stern
• PN1991.3 .U6 T47 Radio's Golden Years: The Encyclopedia of Radio Program, 1930-1960

The following periodicals are available for use in Butler Library. Periodicals can not be checked out, but articles are allowed to be copied on one of two photocopiers available for public use. The Periodical room is located on the main floor on the west side of the building, once you pass through the leisure reading lounge. Back issues are located downstairs on the ground floor, in the center of the basement. In order to check the holdings (issues on hand) of a particular title, simply click on the following link http://bridges.missouri.edu/search~S5/s, type in the title of the journal and click the search button. To see if an issue has been received, click on the hypertext, latest received.

To see a complete list of journals available via online databases, go to the Periodicals search page , type the title of the journal in the search box, and then click the search button to see which online database(s) that journal is indexed in.

Librarians at Butler Library have explored cyber world looking for reputable sites that are useful and informative.

• Associated Press Sports Editors
• Cable News Network
• Federal Communications Commission
• National Broadcasting Society
• National Public Radio
• National Sports Marketing Network

Valuable resource guides located in the reference section. and stacks (available to be checked out):

• The Addy's
• AltaVista Translations (Babel Fish)
• Film History

It's always important to associate with a professional organization during your educational experience and joining while a student, not only saves you a great deal, it causes you to stand out above the rest when it's time to enter the workforce.

Contact Career Services for more information.

• American Advertising Federation
• American Copy Editors Society
• American Translators Association
• International Communication Association
• Missouri Press Association
• National Communication Association
• Public Relations Society of America

• Occupational Outlook Handbook

Ref HB2595 .O16 2003 Vol. 1- 4 Dictionary of occupational titles: with O*NET(tm) definitions

Student organizations are available in your field of study at Lindenwood University are listed below! To view all student organizations, click here.

• .ADS
• Alpha Epsilon Rho
• National Broadcasting Society