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Selected Library Resources for Journalism

The following is a selection of frequently used library resources for journalism research. If you need assistance with these resources, please visit the Central Information Services reference counter. 
 

• Directories 
• Almanacs & Dictionaries
• Encyclopedias & Biographies
• Handbooks & Yearbooks
• Stylebooks
• Indexes & Abstracts
• Research Guides & Bibliographies
• Education & Funding

• Alternative publications : a guide to directories, indexes, bibliographies, and other sources
  Location: Hamilton Reference Call Number: Z1033.L73 A45 1990
• Annotations : a guide to the independent critical press
  Location: Hamilton Reference
  Call Number :PN4784.U53 A565 1999
• Editor & Publisher International Year Book

Location: Hamilton Reference
Call Number : PN 4709 .E4 
• Editor & Publisher Market Guide

Location: Hamilton Reference
Call Number: HF 5905 .E38
• Field guide to alternative media : a directory to reference and selection tools useful in accessing small and alternative press publications and independently produced media
  Location: Hilo Reference
  Call Number: Z6944.U5 F5 1984
  
• Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media

Location: Hamilton Reference - Reference Desk
Call Number: Z 6951 .A97
Guide to Newspapers of Hawaii: 1834-2000
Location: Hamilton Reference
Call Number: Z 6952 .H3 C43
• Membership Directory, American Society of Journalists and Authors

Location: Hamilton Reference
Call Number: PN 4841 .S62
• The progressive guide to alternative media and activism
  Location: Hamilton Call Number: P88.8.P76 1999
• Working Press of the Nation

Location: Hamilton Reference - Reference Desk
Call Number: Z 6951 .W6

• A Taxonomy of Concepts in Communication

Location: Hamilton
Call Number: P 90 .B52 1975
• Longman Dictionary of Mass Media and Communication

Location: Hamilton
Call Number: P 87.5 .L66 1982

• Biographical Dictionary of American Journalism

Location: Hamilton Reference
Call Number: PN 4871 .B56 1989
• Biographical Dictionary of American Newspaper Columnists

Location: Hamilton Reference
Call Number: PN 4871 .B57 1995
• Censorship

Location: Hamilton Reference
Call Number: Z 658 .U5 C38 1997
• The Encyclopedia of American Journalism

Location: Hamilton Reference
Call Number: PN 4728 .P35 1983
• Encyclopedia of Television News

Location: Hamilton Reference
Call Number: PN 4888 .T4 E53 1999
• Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Journalists

Location: Hamilton Reference
Call Number: PN 4871 .T34 1986
• International Encyclopedia of Communications

Location: Hamilton Reference
Call Number: P 87.5 .I5 1989
• Journalists of the United States: Biographical Sketches of Print and Broadcast News Shapers from the Late 17th Century to the Present

Location: Hamilton Reference
Call Number: PN 4871 .D68 1991

• Annual Newspaper Industry Review & Forecast Issue

Location: Hamilton (January issue of Editor & Publisher)
Call Number: PN 4700 .C4
• Journalism Ethics: A Reference Handbook

Location: Hamilton
Call Number: PN 4756 .J67 1997
• The Media in America

Location: Hamilton Reference
Call Number: P 92 .U5 H58 1995
• The Reporter's Handbook: An Investigator's Guide to Documents and Techniques

Location: Hamilton Reference
Call Number: PN4781 .R38 1991

• The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual

Location: Hamilton Reference
Call Number: PN 4783 .A83 1996
• UPI stylebook

Location: Hamilton Reference
Call Number: PN 4783 .M47 1992
• U.S. News & World Report Stylebook for Writers and Editors

Location: Hamilton Reference
Call Number: PN 4783 .R6 1990
• The Washington Post Deskbook on Style

Location: Hamilton Reference
Call Number: PN 4783 .W35 1989

• Communication Abstracts

Location: Hamilton Reference
Call Number: P 87 .C598733
• Global Newsbank

Location: Hamilton Reference - CIS Desk)
Call Number: CD ROM 151
• Newspaper Abstracts

 

• Journalism: A Guide to the Reference Literature 

Location: Hamilton Reference
Call Number: PN 4731 .C38 1997
• Communication Research: Strategies and Sources

Location: Hamilton Reference
Call Number: P 91.3 .R83 1996
• Mass Communications Research Resources

Location: Hamilton Reference
Call Number: HE 7631 .M37 1998
• Press Freedom and Development: A Research Guide and Selected Bibliography

Location: Hamilton
Call Number: P 95.8 .P74 1997
• Search Strategies in Mass Communication

Location: Hamilton
Call Number: P 91.3 .W37 1997

• Financial Aid for Minorities in Journalism/Mass Communications

Location: Hamilton Reference - Financial Aid
Call Number: P LB 2337.2 .F53 1998
• Quick Guide to Financial Aid for Journalism and Mass Communications

Location: Hamilton Reference  - Financial Aid
Call Number: P PN 4788 .Z85 1997