Communication Studies

This is a general research guide for the undergraduate and graduate courses in OSU's Speech Communication/Communication Studies programs. If further assistance is needed, please contact the subject librarian for Speech Communication to arrange an appointment: Loretta Rielly, ph# 737-2642, Loretta.Rielly@oregonstate.edu


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Finding Books in Online Catalogs

OSU Libraries Online Catalog

Summit (Orbis Cascades) Alliance: A collective catalog of academic libraries in Oregon and Washington.

WorldCat: The WorldCat database indexes over 30 million records of any type of material cataloged by the Library of Congress and OCLC member libraries. This includes most academic and many public libraries in the U. S.

Occasionally, browsing through the stacks can yield useful material. Here are the primary call numbers for communication studies. Check the Oasis catalog to find materials that may appear in other classifications (e.g., psychology)

P87-96	Communication. Mass media.	P94.7	Interpersonal communication
P95-95.6	Oral communication. Speech	P99.5-99.6	Non-verbal communication
P301-301.51	Style, composition, rhetoric	P302-302.87	Discourse analysis
HM 1041-1101	Social perception. Social cognition.	HM1106-1171	Interpersonal relations
HM1176-1281	Social influences, pressure.	HE8689	Broadcast industries.
PN1990-1992.92	Broadcasting	PN1992.93-1992.99	Video recordings

Finding Articles in Journals

Basic searching

Academic Search Premier, 1975-present.

Index to nearly 4,600 publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. All subjects. Includes full text for many journals.

LexisNexis Academic -

Comprehensive index to newspaper and magazine articles, radio and TV news program transcripts, legal material and other reference sources. Primarily focused on news, business and legal topics. Includes full-text.

Comprehensive searching--Communication Studies

ComAbstracts. 1982-present.

Abstracts of articles published in communication journal.

ComIndex. 1970-present.

Citations to articles in communication. Search by author, title, or journal. Available in the Valley Library Reference Center only: select Reference Software on the Desktop. This is DOS-based index, so if you're not familiar with searching this type of resource, ask for help at the Reference Desk.

Communication Abstracts, 1978-1995. Ref P87 .C59733

Print only. Selective indexing of articles on communication, not limited to communication journals.

Comprehensive searching -- Other disciplines

Research in communication studies is often interdisciplinary and relelvant research is published in journals in disciplines other than communication studies. For recommendations of databases in other disciplines, see the Subject Research Guides at http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/research/srg/

Some examples of databases for other disciplines:

ERIC (Education), 1996 - present.

Index to articles in education journals and to research reports published as ERIC documents. ERIC documents published after 1996 are available in full text.

MLA International Bibliography, 1963-prsent.

An index to articles, books, dissertations in literature and related fields, including theater and film. Some media, some rhetoric, linguistics and non-verbal communication. Citations from over 3,000 journals and series, as well as conference papers and books. Print 1921-1988, Ref Z7006.M64

PsycInfo (Psychological Abstracts) , 1887-present.

Index to journal articles, series and books for all areas of psychology,including interpersonal relations, nonverbal communication, etc.

Sociological Abstracts, 1963-present.

Index to articles from journals in sociology, social work and other social sciences. Will cover articles related to social commmunication, interaction.

Reference Sources

Communication and the mass media: a guide to the reference literature. / Ref P90.B561 1991
Dictionary of communications technology: terms, definitions, and abbreviations / Ref TK5102.H453 1995
Encyclopedia of new media : an essential reference to communication and technology / Ref QA 76.575 E368 2003
Encyclopedia of rhetoric and composition / 4th floor PN 172.E53 1996
The encyclopedia of television, cable and video / Ref P87.5.R44 1992
Encyclopedic dictionary of semiotics, media, and communications / Ref P87.5.D36 2000
Handbook of organizational behavior (NetLibrary e-book. Use library catalog to access: http://oasis.oregonstate.edu)
International encyclopedia of communications. / Ref P87.5.I5 1989
Merriam-Webster's guide to international business communications. / Ref HF54.5.A86 1994
Passport to the World. Series of handbooks on doing business in other countries: negotiaion, intercultural communication. / Ref HD58.7
Scott Foresman's Robert's rules of order newly revised / Ref JF515.R692 1990
Webster's new world dictionary of media and communications / Ref P87.5.W45 1990