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Reference Desk  ext. 4160         

ASK A LIBRARIAN (BWL homepage→Services)

COMMUNICATION THEORY

CHOOSING A SCHOLAR

Either:

1. choose a name from your text (check the bibliographies at the ends of chapters/book)

OR

2. browse for a subject that interests you

a. Index to Journals in Communication Studies through 1990

Ref./ 302.2/In2  1990  (warning: this would NOT include scholars/material after 1990)

  Look in vol. 2 for authors, subjects, keywords

b. search the database Communication & Mass Media Complete

BWL homepage→Communications→Communication & Mass Media Complete

                                OR

                                c.     COM Abstracts→subject search→well-known communication theorists

3. browse books

a. iLink (the BWL catalog) under the subject communication

SOME THEORISTS WRITE BOOKS; SOME WRITE ARTICLES; SOME WRITE BOTH.  DON’T BE FRUSTRATED IF YOU CANNOT FIND YOUR THEORIST IN ALL SOURCES LISTED!!!!

BOOKS BY AND ABOUT YOUR SCHOLAR

                Remember to search by author  (last name, first name) if you are searching for books by your theorist or search by subject  (last name, first name) if you are looking for material about your theorist.

      BWL homepage→Library Catalogs

1. BWL catalog  (iLink)

2. WorldCat (worldwide)

ARTICLES BY AND ABOUT YOUR SCHOLAR

      BWL homepage→Communications→

                1.             Communication and Mass Media Complete

2.             COM Abstracts

3. PsycINFO   (Via FirstSearch)

4.         three of the “good general databases”  Academic OneFile, Academic Search Premier,

OmniFile Full Text Mega

To determine whether or not the BWL has a periodical, go to the BWL homepage→Resources→A to Z Periodicals List .  Holdings in the print collection are available in alphabetical order along the back of the main floor of the BWL; microfilm and microfiche are in the Microforms Room.  Other holdings may be available online through the database.   The  button will provide links between databases.

N.B.  Use interlibrary loan (access via the  button) for material the BWL does not own.

          Use bibliographies at the ends of books and articles for leads to other sources.

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

               1.    BWL homepage→All Databases→Biography Resource Center and The Complete Marquis

Who’s Who

2. BWL homepage→All Databases→Biography & Genealogy Master Index

3. If your scholar is affiliated with a university, check the university’s Web site (often faculty resumes/cvs are at the department’s Web site)

There are numerous sources in the Reference Room that have biographical information.  Ask a librarian for assistance.

 DON’T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE:     ASK FOR HELP!