Ethics and Critical Issues in Communications (Com 420)

• Background Information  
• Finding Facts and Statistics 
• Finding Articles
• Finding Books

• Internet Resources 
• Evaluating Internet Resources 
• Citing Sources

• CQ Researcher (available on campus only)

An excellent source for information on current issues.

• Stat-USA ~ A service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, provides information of interest to the U.S. business, economic, and trade community.
• Statistical Universe ~ Provides access to the Statistical Abstract of the United States as well as an index to more than 100,000 statistical publications.
• World Almanacs ~ Provides access to the he World Almanac and Book of Facts 1998, World Almanac of the U.S.A., World Almanac of U.S. Politics, and the  World Almanac for Kids.

• ComAbs ~ An index, with abstracts, of articles in the communications field.(Communication Abstracts)
• Electronic Newspaper subscriptions ~ Search the full texts of the Chicago Tribune, New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal.

• ABI_Inform ~ Indexing, abstracting, and selected full text of articles related to such topics as business, business communication, and management.
• Academic Search Elite ~ Selected full text periodicals in a variety of discipines.
• Business Source Elite ~ Selected full text of articles related to business.
• Periodical Abstracts ~ Includes indexing, abstracting, and some full text for magazine and journal articles.
• WilsonSelect ~ Includes indexing, abstracting, and full text for a variety of magazines and journals.

• Use Illinet Online to find books held in the Elmhurst College library as well as books owned by 44 other Illinois academic libraries.

• Keyword searching offers a good way to start looking for books in Illinet Online. Use the main words describing your topic. To find books on the effects on self-esteem on girls who participate in sports, try the keywords:

journalism ethics
• A more precise way of searching is to use controlled vocabulary. Illinet Online's controlled vocabulary is known as Library of Congress Subject Headings (or LC subject headings). Unlike keywords, you can't simply make these up: you have to find out what the exact terms are and enter them in Illinet as a subject search.
 
Journalistic Ethics
Liberty
Communication and Technology
Freedom of Information
Privacy, Right of
Computer Security
Censorship
Freedom of the Press
• Ordering books from other libraries ~ Illinet Online allows you to request books held by 44 academic libraries in Illinois. 

Communications Sites

• Argus Clearinghouse: Communication
• ComWeb MegaSearch
• Ethics Connection
• Gallup Organization ~ poll results
• Society of Professional Journalists: Ethics in Journalism
• Society of Professional Journalists: More Ethics Sites
• Yahoo/Communications  
• Yahoo/Media Ethics

• Dissing the King
• Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages
• How to Evaluate the Sources You Find
• Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools

• Citing Sources
• Documenting Electronic Resources

• Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 4th edition. 1995. 

A.C. Buehler Library, Reference R808.042 M685 1995.
 
• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 4th edition. 1994.

A.C. Buehler Library, Reference R808.06615 P976 1994.
 
• Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 6th edition. 1996.
A.C. Buehler Library, Reference R808.042 T929 m6 1997.