Communication & Media

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Key databases
Worth a look
Encyclopaedias and dictionaries
Assignment help
High impact journals
Web sites and Internet resources

Key databases

JSTOR Full Text
JSTOR contains the full-text of hundreds of journals across the disciplines from archaeology to zoology. Many journal backsets begin in the nineteenth or early twentieth century, however most publishers included in JSTOR have negotiated 3-5 year embargoes, so the latest issues are not included.

Media Scan
Media Scan indexes articles from Australian daily newspapers relating to public affairs. The index is specifically designed for secondary school students, TAFE students and undergraduates. Media Scan has been indexing newspapers since September 1991.

Gale Databases Full Text
These cover the arts and humanities, social sciences, science and technology. Includes peer-reviewed articles, ebooks and online encyclopedias.

ProQuest Full Text
ProQuest has 8,000 magazines and newspapers, 30,000 theses and 4,500 market reports in full text. Other content includes Hoover’s Company Records and 25,000 working papers from the Social Science Research Network (SSRN).

Newsbank Full Text
Newsbank has the full-text of more than 100 newspapers from Australia and overseas.

TVNews Australian television news, current affairs and selected documentaries from the free-to-air networks.

Worth a look

APA-FT: Australian Public Affairs Full-Text Full Text
Provides online access to full-text articles from nearly 400 journals in the social sciences and humanities from 1995.
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AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource Selected Full Text
Authoritative information on Australian literature.

Literature Resource Center Full Text
The Center includes bibliographies, information, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers.

MLA Bibliography
MLA is the standard guide to literary criticism of world authors. It also includes coverage of folklore and linguistics.
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Web of Science
Access scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Includes cited reference searching.
Quick Reference Card (pdf)

Encyclopaedias and dictionaries

Oxford Reference Online
Search Oxford dictionaries and encyclopedias listed by subject.

There are various dictionaries and thesaurii, companions to literature and items about the performing arts and social sciences.

Assignment help

ECT 303-403 Research in writing

High impact journals

The following Communication and Media journals are held at UNE and have a high ranking in Journal Citation Reports and ERA's listings for Communication and Media Studies:

Asian Journal of Communication 2004-
Australian Journalism Review 1994-
Communication Monographs 2001-
Digital Creativity 1997-
Human Communication Research 1996-2006
Journal of Communication is in print at Call Number P001.505/JOU
Journal of Health Communication 1997-
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 1996- (1 year delay for most current issue)
Journalism Studies 2000-
Media History 2000-
Newspaper Research Journal 1994- (1 year delay for most current issue)
Political Communication 1997-
Public Opinion Quarterly 1937-2002, 1995-
Public Understanding of Science is in print at Call Number P501.4/P976
Science Communication 1999-

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.
Classic Australian Television
Communication, Cultural and Media Studies Infobase Mick Underwood's introduction to communication studies.
Culture and Recreation Portal collated by the Australian Government.
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 Philosophy A journal and discussion salon promoting a philosophical review of cinema. Contains articles, responces, 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.
ScreenSite contains articles, links and forums for film, TV and the news media.
Theory.org.uk explores the connection between media and social theory.
University of Sydney's Media & Communication Theory Subject Guide