Media History

The Basics

Restricted Access

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IRIS: Find Books

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Getting Books From Other Rutgers Libraries

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Becoming an 'Expert' User

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Citing Your Sources

You will most likely be using Chicago/Turabian style when citing the sources that you use in your research papers. The Chicago Manual of Style and Turabian's Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations are both available at the Dana Library Reference Desk. The Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison also has a nice introduction to Chicago/Turabian Documentation that will give you the basic information you need to create bibliographic citations.

The above site does not, however, cover citing online resources. The Library of Congress has a guide on How to Cite Electronic Sources that show Turabian-style examples; the Bedford/St. Martin's site also offers useful information on Using Chicago Style to Cite and Document Sources

You can also import references from IRIS and many of the electronic databases into RefWorks, a web-based bibliography and database manager. RefWorks will build your bibliography for you based on whatever style sheet you specify (MLA, Chicago, etc.). For information on setting up your (free) RefWorks account see the RefWorks FAQ.

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Media and Media History: Some Basic Sources

The Encyclopedia of American Journalism: Stephen L. Vaughn, editor. New York, Routledge, 2008.; 405 articles ranging from 500 to 5000 words. Entries cover seven major themes: Associations and Organization; HIstorical Overview and Practice; individuals; Journalism in American History; Laws, Acts, and Legislation; Print, Broadcast; Newsgroups, and Corporations; and Technologies.

Communities of Journalism : A History of American Newspapers and Their Readers: David Paul Nord. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2001.; Dana Library Call Number: PN4855.N67 2001

Media History Monographs: An Online Journal of Media History: Author Index

Encyclopedia of Television: "More than 1,000 original essays... [on] specific programs and people, historic moments and trends, major policy disputes and such topics as violence, tabloid television and the quiz show scandal."

History of the Mass Media in the United States: An Encyclopedia: "Covers subjects ranging from key areas of newspaper history to broader topics such as media coverage of wars, major conflicts over press freedom, court cases and legislation, and the concerns and representation of ethnic and special interest groups."

Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Radio

World Press Encyclopedia

2nd edition. Gale, 2003. 2 vols.

"Arranged alphabetically by country, entries begin with an overview of the background, economic framework and general characteristics of each country's press. Entries then cover the number and type of media, press laws, censorship issues, state-press relations, news agencies, electronic news media, education and training in journalism and much more."

Who Was...?

Current Biography: More than 15,000 full text biographies and more than 9,400 obituaries from 1940 to the present.

Encyclopedia of World Biography. 2nd edition. Detroit, Gale, 2004. 23 volumes.: Articles with bibliographies on notable individuals from all parts of the world and all time periods.; Supplements: Vol. 25; Vol. 26; Vol. 27.

Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Thematic Series: The 1960s: William L. O'Neill and Kenneth T. Jackson, eds. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003. 2 vols.

Looking for a full-length biography of someone? Search IRIS using the person's name (last name, first name) as your search term and select "SUBJECT Begins with" from the pull-down menu.

If you're looking for works for which that person is responsible for most of the content (an autobiography; photographs; news reports; etc.) search as above, but now select "AUTHOR Begins with" from the pull-down memu.

What Was...?

American Eras: Detroit, Gale, 1997. 8 vols.

Encyclopedia of the Great Depression

Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History: Spencer C. Tucker, editor. Santa Barbara, Calif., ABC-CLIO, 1998.; More than 900 signed entries, most with brief bibliographies. Considers all aspects of the war in historical context, including Vietnam-related literature and film. Extensive collection of historical documents (1920-1995).; Off-Campus Access Rutgers-restricted Access

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History: New York, Macmillan, 1996. 5 vols plus Supplement (2001).
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History: The Black Experience in the Americas: 2nd edition. Detroit, Macmillan, 2006. 6 vols.; Signed entries covering all aspects of African-American history and life. While the 2d edition expands the scope of the work beyond North America, it has only a little more than half of the number of entries found in the first edition. Many of the U.S.-centered articles (for example, entries on states and major cities) are not available in the 2d edition. About half of the articles that appear in both have been updated in the 2d edition. Bibliographic references. Together, a good starting point for research.; Dana Call Number: Ref. E185 .E54 1996.; Dana Call Number: Ref. E185 .E54 2006. Off-Campus Access Rutgers-restricted Access

Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy: Studies of the Principal Movements and Ideas: Editors, Alexander DeConde et. al. 2d edition. New York, Scribner, 2002. 3 vols.
121 in-depth scholarly essays on the concepts, themes, movements, and distinctive policies found in the history of American foreign relations. List of Articles; Dana Call Number: Ref. E183.7.E52 2002; Off-Campus Access Rutgers-restricted Access

Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997. 4 vols.
1,024 scholarly entries relating to the political, economic, military, and cultural interactions of the U.S. government and the American people with other nations and peoples. Most entries include bibliography.; Dana Call Number: Ref. E183.7.E53 1997

American Foreign Relations Since 1600: A Guide to the Literature: Robert L. Beisner, editor. 2nd edition. Santa Barbara, CA., ABC-CLIO, 2003. 2 vols.
The basic resource for identifying materials (primary documents, books, essays, articles, dissertations, reference sources) on American foreign relations. Chronological arrangement with each chapter preceded by a detailed table of contents. Annotated entries. For example; Dana Call Number: Ref. E183.7 .A44 2003

Dictionary of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Detroit, Macmillian Reference USA, 2005. 2 vols.

Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity

History in Dispute: "Addresses heavily debated questions by offering different critical perspectives on major historical events, drawn from all time periods and from all parts of the globe." Thematic volumes include:; Volume 1: The Cold War: First Series; Volume 2: American Social and Political Movements - 1945-2000: Pursuit of Liberty; Volume 3: American Social and Political Movements - 1900-1945: Pursuit of Progress; Volume 4: World War II - 1939-1943; Volume 5: World War II - 1943-1945; Volume 6: The Cold War: Second Series; Volume 7: Water and the Environment Since 1945: Global Perspectives; Volume 8: World War I: First Series; Volume 9: World War I: Second Series; Volume 10: The Crusades - 1095-1291; Volume 11: The Holocaust - 1933-1945; Volume 12: The American Revolution - 1763-1789; Volume 13: Slavery in the Western Hemisphere - circa 1500-1888; Volume 14: The Middle East Since 1945: First Series; Volume 15: The Middle East Since 1945: Second Series; Volume 16: Twentieth-Century European Social and Political Movements: First Series; Volume 17: Twentieth-Century European Social and Political Movements: Second Series; Volume 18: The Spanish Civil War; Volume 19: The Red Scare After 1945; Volume 20: Classical Antiquity and Classical Studies; Volume 21: Revolutionary Russia - 1890-1930

Finding Books: Library Catalogs

IRIS The online catalog for the Rutgers University Libraries.

Newark Law
Camden Law
Rutgers Law library materials are not listed in IRIS. Use the same subject headings to find relevant publications in the law collections.

Finding Scholarly Articles

Communication Indexes

Communication and Mass Media Complete: Full-text coverage of more than 280 titles plus citation coverage for many more. Many major journals searchable back to early 1900s.

History Indexes

America: History and Life
1964- . The most comprehensive index to American (U.S. and Canada) history. Indexes over 2000 journals worldwide, as well as book reviews and dissertations.
Off-Campus Access Rutgers-restricted Access.

Historical Abstracts
1955- . The most comprehensive index to world history (excluding that of the U.S. and Canada) from 1450 to the present. Indexes over 2,000 history and history-related journals worldwide, as well as book reviews and dissertations.
Off-Campus Access Rutgers-restricted Access.

Periodicals Index Online/Archive Online: Multidisciplinary index to over 5000 journals. Scope ranges from 1770 to 1995.; Off-Campus Access Rutgers-restricted Access

Political Science, Public Policy, and International Relations

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
1975- Index to over 1,300 journals in political science, international relations, public policy and related fields.
Off-Campus Link Rutgers-restricted Access

Public Affairs Information Service
1915- Index to books, reports, government documents, and journals dealing with political, social, and public policy issues.
Off-Campus Link Rutgers-restricted Access

International and Regional Affairs

CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
1991- Database of full-text working papers, research reports, conference proceedings, policy briefs, and journal articles relating to international affairs.
Off-Campus Link Rutgers-restricted Access

Asia Studies Full-Text
Index to a database of full-text reports covering 53 countries including all of Asia, Australia/New Zealand, the Americas Pacific Rim, and the Pacific Islands. Reports cover a wide range of topics including business, economics, the environment, politics, education, and women's studies.
Off-Campus Access Rutgers-restricted Access

Handbook of Latin American Studies
1935- . Selective, annotated bibliography of books, book chapters, articles, and conference papers published in the field of Latin American studies. Coverage alternates between social sciences and the humanities on a biennial basis.

Hispanic-American Periodical Index [HAPI]
1970- . The major multidisciplinary periodical index for Latin American Studies. Indexes over 400 scholarly journals published in the U.S. and Latin America.
Off-Campus Access Rutgers-restricted Access

Can't resist the urge to Google?

Google Scholar

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The Press Then and Now

For links to many newspaper sites with online searchable archives, as well as to physical collections of newspapers see the Newspapers Research Guide.

Historical Accounts

American Periodicals Series Online 1740-1900: The full text of articles, advertisements, illustrations etc., from American popular and literary magazines and journals that began publication between 1741 and 1900. Search by author, title, article type, publication title, date, and keywords in the full-text.; Off-Campus Access Rutgers-restricted Access

Historical New York Times: Allows you to search and display the full image of articles published in the New York Times back to 1851. The two+ most recent years are not included, use Access World News.

Historical Washington Post: Search and display the full image of articles published in the Washington Post between 1877 and 1993.; Off-Campus Access Rutgers-restricted Access.

Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers: Full-text database of 500 newspapers published between 1800 and 1900.; Off-Campus Access Rutgers-restricted Access.

Contemporary Accounts

Access World News
Access to the full text of over 600 U.S. and over 700 international newspapers.
Off-Campus Access Rutgers-restricted Access

World News Connection
Translated and English-language news and information from Central Eurasia, China, East Asia, Near East & South Asia, East Europe, West Europe, Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Off-Campus Access Rutgers-restricted Access.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty News, news transcripts, special reports and analyses, and radio broadcasts to and about Russia, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Central and Southwestern Asia, and the Middle East.

Voice of America Regional and international news, editorials, reports, radio broadcasts and webcasts in English and other languages. An international multimedia broadcasting service funded by the U.S. government.

CNN - Middle East Major news network.

Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)

Al Jazeera English

Using Films?

MLA International Bibliography: 1926- . The most comprehensive index to journal articles, books, dissertations, and other materials relating to literature, folkore, and film studes. Indexes more than 4400 journals.
Off-Campus Access Rutgers-restricted Access

Film Literature Index: Index to scholarly and popular film and television periodicals worldwide from 1976 to 2001. Search or browse citations.

Finding Early Film Reviews

Film Review Index. 2 vols: Patricia King Hanson & Stephen L. Hanson, editors. Phoenix, Ariz., Oryx Press, 1986-; Dana Call Number: Ref. PN1995 .F513 1986; One of the best sources for finding early film reviews, the Film Review Index cites reviews to over 7000 feature films released between 1914 and 1985. Vol. 1: 1882-1949; Vol. 2: 1950-1985. In addition to popular magazines, the index also lists reviews in trade publications, newspapers, anthologies, and selected books.; Once you have the list of sources in which a specific film was reviewed, you will need to go to IRIS, the Rutgers Libraries online catalog, to find out if that source is available at Rutgers. Select Periodical Title Begins with when searching with the journal name or Title Begins with when searching for a book.

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature Retrospective. 1900- .: Index to the major general interest and popular periodicals from the late 19th century to 1982.; An excellent source for finding film reviews.

Race at the Movies

Bibliographies

Projecting Ethnicity and Race: An Annotated Bibliography of Studies on Imagery in American Film: Marsha J. Hamilton and Eleanor S. Block. Westport, Conn., Praeger Publishers, 2003.; Dana Call Number: PN1995.9 .M56.H36 2003

African Americans in the Movies: A Bibliography of Materials in the UC Berkeley Library: Partially annotated bibliography of books and articles.

Arabs in Film and Television: A Bibliography of Materials in the UC Berkeley Library: Annotated bibliography.

Chicanos/Latinos in the Movies: A Bibliography of Materials in the UC Berkeley Library: Partially annotated bibliography of books and articles.

Filmographies

The Movies, Race, and Ethnicity: African Americans: Annotated filmography from the Media Resources Center, UC Berkeley. For some films includes selected reviews and articles.

The Movies, Race, and Ethnicity: Images of Arabs and the Middle East: Annotated filmography from the Media Resources Center, UC Berkeley. For some films includes selected reviews and articles.

The Hispanic Image on the Silver Screen: An Interpretive Filmography From Silents into Sound, 1898-1935: Alfred Charles Richard. New York, Greenwood Press, 1992.; Rutgers Call Number: ALEX, ROBESON PN1998 .R54 1992

Censorship and Hollywood's Hispanic Image: An Interpretive Filmography, 1936-1955: Alfred Charles Richard. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 1993.; Rutgers Call Number: ALEX PN1995.9 .L37453 1993

Contemporary Hollywood's Negative Hispanic Image: An Interpretive Filmography, 1956-1993: Alfred Charles Richard. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 1994.; Rutgers Call Number: ALEX, ROBESON, PN1995.9 .L37R54 1994; KILMER REF PN1995.9 .L37R54 1994

Finding Films

Want to know if the Rutgers Libraries own a particular film?

Select Advanced Search in IRIS, the Libraries' online catalog. Enter the title into the "TITLE" search box, and select Visual Materials from the format pull-down menu.

Videos/DVDs owned by the Dana Library are available for viewing in the Media Center on the 4th floor of Dana Library.

Videos that are only available from the Media Center in New Brunswick must be booked BY FACULTY for class viewing. All other users must view materials on-site at the Media Center on the Livingston Campus. Advance reservations for viewing rooms are recommended. Undergraduate students may make reservations no earlier than 24 hours in advance. To make a reservation, call 445-4980 (x155).

Selling It: Marketing and Advertising

Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising: Joh McDonough and Karen Egolf, editors. New York, Fitzroy Dearborn, 2003. 3 vols.; Entries focus on advertising history, including histories of specific advertising agencies. Outstanding reference work; includes information not available elsewhere.; Dana Call Number: REF. HF5803 .A484 2003

19th Century Advertising: A Taste of the Advertisements Found in the Pages of Harper's Weekly

The 19th Century American Trade Card: The Baker Library at Harvard has created digital images for 1,000 trade cards from their collections. Trade cards were one of the most popular means of advertising in the 19th century. Images can be searched in a variety of ways, including by product, industry, or company name.

The Advertising Century: Advertising Age chronicle of the advertising industry in the 20th century. Includes their choice of "Top 100 Campaigns" and "Top 100 People."

Ad*Access: Search or browse over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. Covers five main subject areas: Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II. A project of the Digital Scriptorium, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.

Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920: Over 9,000 images relating to the early history of advertising in the U.S. From collections in the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History at Duke University. Site also includes an advertising history timeline

Fifty Years of Coca-Cola Television Advertisement: Highlights from the Motion Picture Archives at the Library of Congress: "A variety of television advertisements, never-broadcast outtakes, and experimental footage reflecting the historical development of television advertising for a major commercial product."

Corrections?
Natalie Borisovets (natalieb@andromeda.rutgers.edu)
John Cotton Dana Library
October 20, 2009