Communication & Media
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Key Databases
APA-FT 
Full Text
Australian Public Affairs Full-Text provides access to articles from nearly 400 journals in the social sciences and humanities.
JSTOR Full Text
JSTOR contains the full-text journals across the disciplines from archaeology to zoology.
SAGE Premier Full Text
SAGE Premier includes 550+ titles in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, Science, Technology and Medicine with full-text back to 1999.
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Media Scan
Media Scan indexes articles from Australian daily newspapers relating to public affairs.
Gale Databases Selected Full Text
The Gale Databases cover the arts and humanities, social sciences, science and technology. They includes peer-reviewed journal articles, ebooks and online encyclopedias.
Newsbank Full Text
Newsbank has the full-text of more than 100 newspapers from Australia and overseas.
ProQuest Full Text
ProQuest includes academic and non-academic content in a wide range of fields, from arts, literature, and social science to business, science, technology, and medicine.
TVNews
Australian television news, current affairs and selected documentaries from the free-to-air networks. Macintosh users will need to download the free Windows Windows Media Components for QuickTime software to view these programs.
Encyclopaedias and dictionaries
Oxford Reference Online
Oxford Reference Online offers a range of dictionaries and encyclopedias listed by subject.
Sage Reference Online: Communication & Media Studies
You can either search across all Sage titles on Communication & Media Studies or across single titles:
- Encyclopedia of Communication Theory
- 21st Century Communication: A Reference Handbook
- Sage handbook of advertising
- Encyclopedia of Journalism
- Sage Handbook of Media Studies
- Sage Handbook of New Media
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Web sites and Internet resources
Australian Media History Database is a directory of researchers and projects
Australian National Film & Sound Archive
Australian Newspaper History Group Newsletter Hosted at UQ this covers issues in Australian journalism and media from October 1999 to May 2008
BUBL Link: Media Studies Strathclyde University's Bulletin Board for Libraries' catalogue of internet resources, providing links to media websites.
Center for Media Literacy An educational organisation providing resources for the teaching and learning of media literacy.
Communication, Cultural and Media Studies Infobase Mick Underwood's introduction to communication studies.
EnhanceTV has free teaching resources and TV guides collated by Screenrights, a not-for-profit organisation.
IMDb The internet movie database, with cast and crew list, plot summaries (and occasionally full scripts), film trailers, images, news articles, links to official and unofficial sites, as well as ranking and comments by film buffs for a very large range of movies and TV series.
Film Australia Includes Film Australia's Newsletter and teaching notes for some Australian films.
Film Literature Index (FLI) provides references to articles, film reviews and book reviews published in 350 international periodicals between 1976 and 2001.
Film Philosophy A journal and discussion salon promoting a philosophical review of cinema. Contains articles, reviews, film news, a list serv, and links.
Historic Australian Newspapers 1803-1954 The National Library of Australia's database for the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program
Introduction to Documentary Studies with suggested readings and linked resources from University at Albany SUNY.
Media & Communications Studies Site Aberystwyth University's directory of media resources arranged by topic.
Media Awareness Network A Canadian non-profit organisation with internet resources for teachers and parents.
Picture Australia Images collected by the National Library of Australia.
Screen Australia's Searchable Film Database and Digital Learning resources.
University of Sydney's Media & Communication Theory Subject Guide