Course: |
COMMUNICATION RESEARCH METHODS -- COMM 302 |
Librarian: |
Karen Vaughan, kvaughan@odu.edu, 757-683-4184 |
Off–Campus Access: |
When you select an electronic resource (database,
journal, etc.) from off campus, you will be prompted to enter your
student ID number. Use your 8 digit University ID Number (UIN).
After entering the number, you will see two security screens. Click
"yes" to proceed through them on to your chosen resource.
For fuller instructions, click here
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Key Resources:
* For
Finding Background Information:
- Consult
Reference Materials: Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Manuals,
Handbooks, etc.
- Call
Number Category for Communication and Mass Media: P 87-96 (also, BF=Psychology; HM-HX=Sociology, etc).
- Use electronic
general reference materials from the Library's General
Reference Sources page.
- Try the Visual
Communication Concept Explorer through ComAbstracts for
research ideas.
* For Finding
Books and Primary Sources:
- Use the ODU Library Online Catalog
to find out what books ODU library owns.
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Use WorldCat
or Books
In Print to identify other relevant book materials and who owns
them (Worldcat).
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Use Other
Library Catalogs (Virginia
Tidewater Consortium) to find out what's in the area.
- Use Interlibrary
Loan to obtain materials we don't own.
* FOR FINDING PERIODICAL ARTICLES:
- Consult "Databases"
option by subject. For communications, try:
ComAbstracts
-- Contains abstracts of articles published in the primary professional
literature of the communication(s) field.
PsycINFO -- Covers all behavioral science and related disciplines, with selected full-text.
General
Onefile -- Covers all subjects, with selected full-text.
LexisNexis
Academic -- Provides full-text articles from news, business,
legal, medical and reference publications.
- Click "Check for Full Text" or "Article Linker" for full-text availability.
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If not available through the database, consult Journals,
Magazines, Newspapers by title --
print and electronic.
- Consult Other
Library Catalogs for journals locally.
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Use WorldCat to identify journal availability throughout the world.
- Use Interlibrary
Loan to obtain journal articles we don't own.
--> For more good resources, click
here for “Resources by Subject: Communication" which also includes
many relevant Web sites.
Search Tips:
To refresh your memory and learn more about search
strategy, truncation, wildcards, Boolean searching, phrase searching,
limiters, etc. click here
Other Information:
Citation styles (including MLA, Turabian, APA) are
available on the General Reference Sources page under "Style
Manuals & Writing Guides"
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