|
LITS/Library
Homepage
*You
might also want to look at the general Research Guide for
Sociology*
Reference Resources
The
following reference books may prove useful for providing
some basic information, help with terminology and general
context. These are just some selected items - depending
on your specific issue/publication there may be other sources
that would also help.
- Information
on publications- (Or, on newspapers/journalism
generally.)
These are reference books about various types of publications
or directories of publications, including newspapers.
Note that not all publications will be found in these
sources, but it's worth a look.
- UlrichsWeb
- a directory of periodicals with some brief
descriptive information
- Magazines
for Libraries (includes a few
newspapers)
PN 4832 M34 2006 Ref.
- Gale
Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media (a
guide by location)
PN 4867 A9 Ref (4v) Ref
- Annotations:
a guide to the independent critical press
PN 4784 U53 A565 1999 Ref
- St
James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
also
in print - E 169.1 .S764 2000
- American
Cultural & Intellectual History, vol III
E 169.1 E624 2001 v.3 Ref
- ALSO
-- where this is possible...
check out the information on the publication's own
website and/or the information about the publication
in the database you are searching
- Another
route to information on your publication -
Within
these people-focused reference books, you might look for
articles on things like "journalism", "newspapers",
"press", "media", etc.; or a specific
publication name to find out about publications meant
for these readerships.
(Note there MANY, MANY resources on different
ethnic, cultural, or other groups. These are just a few
examples.
)
- Broad
Sociology & Research Tools-
Finding
Publications & Articles
Searching
in the following databases will provide you with citations
to articles on your topic or issue. In many cases you can
link directly to the full article online, but sometimes
you will need to track down the print publications -- and
sometimes you will find citations to publications that we
don't have access to. In this last case, you can normally
put in an interlibrary loan request for the article you
need. For this assignment, though, it's better to find a
publication for which we do have direct access.
- Lexis-Nexis
- for the New York Times and many other newspapers. A
bit tricky to search.
- National
Newspapers - several dozen U.S. newspapers from different
markets.
- Alternative
Press Index - Indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical
and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines.
- Contemporary
Women's Issues - Indexes books, journals, newsletters,
research reports and fact sheets.
- Ethnic
NewsWatch - A bilingual (English and
Spanish) database of newspapers, magazines and
journals from ethnic, minority and native presses.
- World
News Connection - translated text of "official"
news sources from many countries.
- news.google.com
- a conglomerate of thousands of web-accessible news sources.
Skim the sites they mention and note their origins/source.
Finding
Books
If
you'd like to browse the shelves in our library, you'll
generally find books on...
- Media/Journalism
- will have a call number starting with PN 4700-4800
- Sociology
- will have a call number starting
with HM
This
will work pretty well when browsing in the Reading Room
for reference books (encyclopedias, etc.), but in the
main stacks it will be many, many shelves of books.
For
better efficiency, use the library
catalog to search for books of interest by
subject. Try keyword searching to look for specific topics
(but remember to try synonyms and related terms) or browse
through books under broader subject headings
Remember
that Reference
Librarians are here to help you.
The reference desk is staffed:
9am-9pm (except dinner break) Mon-Thurs,
9am-5pm Fridays, & 1-5pm Sat/Sun.
You can also make an appointment to meet with Janet
Ewing, the LITS Sociology liaison. (This
requires advance notice - usually a few days)
|
