Communication and media studies

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

Library Guides

• Communication and Media Studies: a selective list of reference sources