SUBJECT: JOURNALISM RESOURCES

Keywords to use when searching WebCat, databases and print indexes:

Journalism
Newspapers
Electronic Journalism
Broadcast Journalism
Photojournalism
(Any subject you are researching)

HOW TO FIND:

Internet Resources

• Individual Web Sites
  
  http://www.refdesk.com - A reference site with links to newspapers from all over the world, news sources from network television to newswire services, and much more.
  
  http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/ A huge academic site with links to journalism resources, such as Working Journalism Resources, Media Resources, and many other subjects of interest.
  
  http://journalism.indiana.edu/faculty-and-research/scholastic-resources/ Another academic site from Indiana University, it has links to scholastic journalism sites and more.
  
  http://www.journalism.org/ Another portal site with links to resources of interest to journalism students.
  
  http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/ This State Dept. page has Background Notes on countries of the world.
  
  http://www.fedstats.gov/ A gateway site to statistics from more than 100 Federal agencies.
  
  http://www.usa.gov/ U.S. Government portal site.
  
  http://www.ca.gov/ California Government portal site.



• Search Engines
  
  Go to a search engine (Google: http://www.google.com, Ask: http://www.ask.com etc.) and type in Journalism directory (or other keyword + directory), for a list of sites with many links to this subject. Most search engines also have directories by subject. For links to some search engines go to Additional Links and Resources under English 201A Workbook.



• Subject Directories
  
  Choose an academic subject directory, such as Librarians’ Internet Index (LII) http://lii.org , or Infomine http://infomine.ucr.edu. Type in your keyword. For links to other subject directories go to Additional Links and Resources under English 201A Workbook.

Books from the Cuesta College Library

• From the Library's home page http://library.cuesta.edu under Find a Book, select WebCat and type a keyword in the Search field. Books are arranged by the Library of Congress Classification System and are found in the bookstacks by this number. For a good introduction on using LC call numbers go to York University’s LC page http://www.info.library.yorku.ca/yorkline/lc/lc.html



• Your teacher may have placed books on Reserve at the Circulation Desk. Check there, or look under your instructor's name in WebCat by selecting the icon at the top of the screen.



• Online books (eBooks) are also accessed from WebCat. The eBook call number is ONLINE and says Internet (for location) in the right hand column. Access eBooks by selecting the icon to the left of the title in your list of books in WebCat. Scroll down to Electronic Access and select the underlined link.



To access eBooks from home you must first create a free account. Go to eBooks (under Find a Book). The eBook page comes up. Choose the correct login entry from Cuesta or home, and find Create an Account at the right top of the NetLibrary page.



• Subject encyclopedias, found in the Reference book stacks, have good background articles. Use the Index at the end of the set and look under your term.

Books from other libraries

• On the Cuesta Library's home page http://library.cuesta.edu, look under Find a Book and choose Other Library Catalogs.



• Request books from other libraries by using the online link to the Interlibrary Loan Request form, found at the left side of the Library home page http://library.cuesta.edu. Allow 7-10 working days to receive your materials.

Periodicals (Journals, Magazines, Newspapers) in online databases

• Cuesta subscribes to the following online databases: EBSCOhost, SIRS, National Newspaper Index, and NewsBank. They can be accessed from the Library's home page at Cuesta or from home. To access from home use your current Cuesta student ID and PIN number. From the Library home page http://library.cuesta.edu, under Find an Article select the periodical type you want, or choose to look at the entire list of databases.

Periodicals in print indexes

• Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (ref AI 3 R48) is a general periodical print index that can be searched by author or subject. Use Readers' Guide to get a list of citations for articles. Then go to the Cuesta College Periodical Holdings List (PHL) to see if Cuesta carries the journal title for the articles you want.


Readers' Guide is especially useful for historical topics, since it goes back to 1900. It also indexes periodicals not indexed in online databases. Link to a Readers' Guide tutorial: http://lib.northern.edu/infolit/tablesversion/lessons/ lesson5/readersguide.htm.


• Social Sciences Index (ref AI 3 S62) is a subject-specific index to scholarly journals that is especially useful for journalism topics. Here is a link to a tutorial: http://lib.northern.edu/infolit/tablesversion/lessons/ lesson5/socialscience.htm



• Request periodical articles from other libraries by using the online link to the Interlibrary Loan Request form, found at the left side of the Library home page http://library.cuesta.edu. Allow 7-10 working days to receive your materials.

• Other Cuesta Library Resources
  
  Go to Additional Links and Resources under English 201A Workbook to find links to many research aids.

If you need help the Reference Librarian will be happy to assist you! Library Hours, Reference/Information Desk: 546-3157.