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Communication and Journalism

Reference Books on this Topic

For other reference books that treat this subject, see page under the "Reference Works" tab.

  • Encyclopedia of communication and information / edited by Jorge Reina Schement.   

Call Number: P87.5 .E53 2002

  • Encyclopedia of New Media: An Essential Reference to Communication and Technology

Call Number: QA76.575 .E5368 2003

  • Encyclopedia of Radio

Call Number: TK6544 .M84 2004

  • International Encyclopedia of Communications

Call Number: P87.5 I5 1989

Databases That Contain Video, Audio, or Image Content

The following are Library subscription databases in media studies and news that contain significant online video, audio or image content:

Adforum

American History in Video

Includes approximately 1,000 hours of newsreels from the late 1890s to the 1980s.

Factiva

Filmakers Library Online 

This online catalog of films from "American independents as well as filmmakers from all over the world" (for sale on this Web site) can serve as an index to documentaries.  Films are searchable by subject, title, director, or production company.  Check with a librarian to see if any of these films can be borrowed from the Rider libraries or from another library.

LexisNexis Academic

search limits available for:

  • "radio & broadcast transcripts"
  • "web publications"
  • "blogs"

See also freely available video sharing sites like:

  • fora.tv
    (free online access to youtube style programming, but videos have a more scholarly & professional focus)
  • hulu.com
    (free online access to hundreds of hours of NBC & Fox network TV programs and to popular movies, both clip segments and full shows/full movies.  Hulu content providers also include NBC Universal, MGM, Warner Bros. and more)
  • vimeo.com
    (another video sharing alternative to youtube)
  • youtube.com
    (perhaps the most well known video sharing site)

Web Sites on this Topic

Audio Engineering Society

Audio Engineering online course

ProductionHub,Inc.

"...Online resource and industry directory for film, television, video and digital media production. Developed as a tool for people to locate production products, services and professionals."

For other Web sites that may treat this subject, see page under the "Web Sites" tab