Communication and media studies
Legend
- McGill users only
- Open access resource
- Free resource
- In-library-use only
- Catalogue record
Sources for Background Information
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias
- Dictionary of Media Studies (Credo Reference)
- Encyclopedia of Communication and Information
(Gale Virtual Reference Library) - International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
(ScienceDirect) - New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy (Credo Reference)
- St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
(Gale Virtual Reference Library) - Toonopedia
Encyclopedia of American comic books, newspaper strips, magazine cartoons - Concise Encyclopedia of Ethics in Politics and the Media
- Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications
- Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Radio
- Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Television
Find Journal Articles and more: Databases
Communications Databases
- Communication Abstracts, 1972- (EBSCO)
- Communication & Mass Media Complete, 1915- (EBSCO)
- Journalism and Mass Communication Abstracts, 1996 -Use this search tool to locate abstracts of dissertations and theses accepted for graduate degrees in journalism and mass communication studies. For full-text access, search the thesis title in Proquest.
- See also General Academic Databases
Advertising & Communication Industry
- Management Subject Guide (McGill Library)
- Finding advertising images (McGill Library)
Alternative Press
- Ethnic News Watch, 1959+ (Proquest)
- Alt-Press Watch, 1970+ (Proquest)
- Alternative Press Index, 1970+ (EBSCO)
- Media outlets outside of mainstream press
Canadian Media
- Broadcasting and Digital Media (Canadian Heritage)
- Canadian Association of Broadcasters
- Canadian Broadcast Standards
- CBC Directory of Television Series 1952-1982
Complete listing of television programs produced in Canada and broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. - CRTC - Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunications Commission
- Culture and Leisure (Statistics Canada)
Communications Technology
- Applied Science and Technology Full Text, 1983 - (Wilson)
- Inspec (Ei Village 2)
- See also: Engineering Subject Guide (McGill Library)
Discourse Studies
- Communication Abstracts, 1972- (EBSCO)
- Communication & Mass Media Complete, 1915- (EBSCO)
- International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, 1950 - (Proquest)
- Sociological Abstracts, 1982 - (Proquest)
- List of Journals from 'Discourse in Society', Pompeu Fabra University
- List of Journals provided by Centre for Discourse Studies, Aalborg University
Entertainment & Culture
- America: History and Life (ABC-CLIO)
- Art Index Full Text, 1984 - (EBSCO)
- Art Retrospective, 1929-1984 (EBSCO)
- Film Subject Guide (McGill Library)
- Film & Television Literature Index (EBSCO)
- Popular Music Subject Guide (McGill Library)
- Proquest Research Library
- Reader's Guide Full-Text, 1982+ and Reader's Guide Retrospective, 1890-1982 (EBSCO)
Media Law & Policy
- Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, 1982 - (Wilson)
- International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, 1950 - (Proquest)
- International Political Science Abstracts, 1989 - (EBSCO)
- LegalTrac, 1980 - (Gale)
- PAIS International, 1972 - (OCLC)
- See also the McGill Subject Guides for area studies such as African Studies, International Development, etc.
Society & Media
- Alternative Press Index, 1991 - (EBSCO)
- Contemporary Women's Issues, 1992 - (OCLC)
- ERIC, 1966- (Proquest)
- Essay and General Literature Index, 1985 - (Wilson)
- Gender Studies Database, 1972 - (Biblioline)
- Historical Abstracts (ABC-CLIO)
- MLA International Bibliography, 1926 - (Chadwyck-Healey)
- Newspaper Databases (McGill Library)
- SocINDEX with Full Text, 1895 - (EBSCO)
- Sociological Abstracts, 1982 - (Proquest)
Selected Internet Sites
- McGill University Department of Art History & Communications
- Media@McGill
- Film and Media related sites in Canada
Via Queen's University Films Studies. - Media and Communications Studies (MCS) Site
One of the most comprehensive sites, developed and maintained by Daniel Chandler, Dept. of Education, University of Wales, Aberystwyth. - Voice of the Shuttle: Media Studies
- Communication Studies (Studies of the Mass Mediums)
Other Resources
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