Library

Mass Communication Resources

Animation	Communication	Ethics
Film & Television	Journalism	Law
Newspapers	Photography	Public Relations
Radio	Web Site Design

Printable Handout

Print Indexes

New York Times Index: 1961- Present
This index to the New York Times is arranged by subject. Many of the entries provide brief abstracts. Updated monthly.

Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature: 1900-Present
Indexes articles published in popular U.S. and Canadian periodicals. Includes current events and news, fine arts, fashion, education, business, sports, health and nutrition, consumer affairs, and others. Updated monthly.

Animation

Computer Graphics World
This is an online magazine for digital content professionals. Requires free registration to view the archives.

ACM SIGGRAPH Web Resources
ACM has provided a list of online resources related to computer graphics and interactive techniques.

3D Animation Workshop
3D modeling tutorials, lessons and product reviews.

CGMatrix-3D
Computer graphics industry news and resources, including tutorials, links, product information, conferences and more.

Communication

Small Group Communication
This is a series of units on small group communication, supplemented by interactive activities and quizzes.

American Communication Journal
Free access to the archives of this scholarly, refereed journal dedicated to the study of communication.

Google Directory: Communication
Annotated directory to web resources in many areas of communication.

FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
This is the web site of the US government agency for telecommunications regulation.

Ethics

Media Ethics Bibliography
From Poynter Online comes an annotated bibliography of web resources in media ethics.

ASNE Codes of Ethics
View the codes of ethics for regional and national newspapers, news organizations and associations.

Ethics Cases Online
From the Indiana University School of Journalism, this is a set of cases created for "teachers, researchers, professional journalists and consumers of news to help them explore ethical issues in journalism."

Media Watch
News, essays and special reports on media ethics.

Film & Television

American Film Institute

British Film Institute

Internet Movie Database
This is an excellent source of information about movies, actors/actresses, writers, directors, etc. for new and older films.

Cyber Film School
Monthly features and columns plus an extensive annotated directory of links to other film resources are available on this site.

ScreenSite
Designed for students and educators, ScreenSite stresses the teaching and research of film and television; includes an online library of full text articles as well as bibliographies and research guides. From the University of Alabama.

Nielsen Media Research
Television and other media ratings.

Journalism

Beginning Reporting
Practical tips and information for the beginning journalist on interviewing, pre-writing, writing and more.

Journalist's Toolbox
This web site points writers to sources of background information about common themes and current news.

CyberJournalist.net
Offering tips, tools and articles for the journalist writing for the web or using the web as a research tool, this site comes from the American Press Institute.

Poynter Online
From the Poynter Institute, this web site is billed as "everything you need to be a better journalist".

Law

Thomas
Federal legislative information. Search for the text of bills and public laws.

Journalism Resources - Media Law
Karla Tonella at the University of Iowa, presents an annotated list of media law resources.

JURIST
Legal news, research (including cases), and scholarship provided by the University of Pittsburgh.

Media Center at New York Law School
In the library section of the web site, find text from U.S. cases and laws related to media and mass communication.

Newspapers

Newspapers on the Net
Links to newspapers around the world.

Internet Public Library: Newspapers
Links to newspapers around the world.

Newspaper Association of America
Offers information for and about the newspaper industry.

American Society of Newspaper Editors
Includes a variety of papers and articles addressing issues in the newspaper industry.

Photography

Digital Photography Now
A UK-based online magazine with information, short reviews and advice dealing with digital photography and printing.

Top Ten Digital Photography Tips
Tips with examples and explanations.

American Museum of Photography
Site contains online photo exhibits, information on early photographic processes, and more.

UCR/California Museum of Photography
Features contemporary exhibitions, digital and web art online and a vast historical photograph collection.

New York Institute of Photography
Offers articles and tips to help students take better photographs.

Public Relations

Institute for Public Relations
Research articles, best practices and lectures on public relations topics.

Online Public Relations
This is an extensive collection of links to information for PR.

Internet PR Guide
Find PR articles, tips and links.

PR Place
Includes addresses and hot links to PR organizations and publications, on-line news services and databases and journalism interest groups.

PR Newswire
Access breaking news from thousands of companies around the globe.

Radio

BUBL Link: Radio Broadcasting
An annotated catalog of Internet resources for the radio industry.

Radio & Records
Information for the radio and record industries.

Billboard
Daily music news, charts, music downloads, and artist features.

NPR

BBC Radio

Web-Radio
Search for radio stations by call letters, format, state or country. Links to listen live are provided when available.

Radio Locator
Search for radio stations by call letter, zip code or city. Find FCC database information on stations including station classification, wattage, area of coverae, license information, etc.

Web Site Design

Web Style Guide
This is the online version of the 2nd edition of the book Web Style Design.

WebMonkey
Includes a how-to library and many quick reference guides.

W3Schools
Free online web tutorials for html, cgi, xml, javascript and much more.

Alertbox
Current issues in web usability from Jakob Nielsen.