The purpose of this guide, created for Dr. Flamiano's SMAD 373 in Fall 2009, is to list the resources explored in the library research session. If you have difficulty finding enough information on your topic, be sure to ask Jennifer Keach or another reference librarian for help.
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| Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media |
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| Description: This encyclopedia presents state-of-the-art research and ready-to-use facts on the media's interaction with children and adolescents, from Internet censorship to sex and violence on television and in video games to debates over rock lyrics. Key features include: cross-disciplinary coverage from the fields of psychology, education, media studies and communication, sociology, and public policy; a cross-cultural perspective with contributing authors from around the globe and entries on the media in Europe and Asia; entries covering television, film, video games, the Internet and World Wide Web, magazines, music, etc.; complex and difficult topics such as violence, sex, rating systems and warning labels, attention deficit disorder, body image and eating disorders, popular music lyrics, advertising, digital music downloading, parental involvement, policymaking, child development, and much more. |
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| CheckCite |
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| Description: This handy tool allows you to choose whether you are working on a paper or speech, choose a scholarly style, and then explains how to cite your sources! Developed by JMU Libraries in collaboration with General Education faculty. |
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| Communication & Mass Media Complete |
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Description: Communication and Mass Media Complete originated with the merging of two popular databases -- CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association (NCA)), and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Pennsylvania State University). Communication and Mass Media Complete covers 460 journals, and offers full text for over 200 titles.
SPONSORED BY: VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia. |
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| eBrary Academic Complete |
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Description: Over 30,000 full text books from scholarly publishers in academic disciplines. A small web browser plug-in, the eBrary reader, allows users to store books on a personal bookshelf, highlight text, and more! [help with eBrary]
Note: Please use Internet Explorer or FireFox 2.0 with eBrary. Currently FireFox 3.0 and Google Chrome do not work with eBrary's book reader. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. The vendor is working to remedy the problem. Thank you.
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| IIMP Full-Text (International Index to Music Periodicals) |
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| Description: An index with full-text and abstracts of articles on music. Includes indexing for music articles and obituaries from the New York Times and The Washington Post. Covers nearly all aspects of music, including scholarly studies and popular trends. |
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| International Index of Performing Arts |
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| Description: Full text and indexing for the performing arts, including film, theatre, dance, stagecraft, and television. IIPA also provides abstracts for every citation from 1998 forward. |
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| LEO Library Catalog |
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| Description: LEO Library Catalog is the online catalog of materials in the following James Madison University libraries: Carrier Library, Media Resources, Music Library, East Campus Library, Educational Technology & Media Center (ETMC), and Center for Instructional Technology. |
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| PAIS International |
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| Description: Indexes publications on all subjects that relate to contemporary public issues and the making and evaluation of public policy. SPONSORED BY: VIVA, The Virtual Library of Virginia. |
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| Scopus |
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Description: Indexing, abstracts, and citation searching for science and social science scholarly literature. Scopus covers 16,000 titles across 4,000 publishers, providing access to over 36 million records going back to 1966 and cited reference searching back to 1996.
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