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    Journalism Guide     

    Text in BROWN indicates that the item is located in Hoover Library.
    Dewey call numbers for books on journalism and news media: 071.

    Databases with Full-text Articles on Journalism

    • Academic Search Premier (Ebsco) Provided by the Maryland Digital Library.
      • Multidisciplinary database indexing over 3000 journals and magazines and full text for 1360 titles (i.e. only some articles are available full text).
      • 1990 to present, but dates vary widely with the journal.
    • Academic Universe (LexisNexis)
      • Full text of U.S. and international newspapers, magazines, newsletters and journals; wire service reports; transcripts of television & radio news broadcasts; reviews, entertainment & sports news; Chronicle of Higher Education and student newspapers; foreign language news; and more.
      • Includes full text of the New York Times (June 1980 through current; abstract from 1969 to May 1980); Baltimore Sun (Jan. 1994 through current); and Washington Post (1997 through current).
      • Note: This database provides text only, i.e. no images, charts, tables, etc.
    • Expanded Academic Index ASAP (InfoTrac)
      • Multidisciplinary database indexing about 2000 journals and magazines with about 1000 titles in full text (i.e. only some articles are available full text).
      • 1980 to present, but dates vary widely with the journal.
    • FindArticles.com
      • Search for articles dating back to 1998 from more than 300 magazines and journals.
      • Note: Text only, i.e. no images, charts, tables, etc. Nor does it provide volume, issue, or page numbers.
    • JSTOR
      • Full text of 254 journals in 19 academic disciplines.
      • Consists of first issue of journal up to the most current 2 to 5 years, i.e. 1995 to 1999.
    • Project Muse Provided by the Maryland Digital Library.
      • Search from over 100 journals in the humanities and the social sciences.
      • Only journals from the 45 Johns Hopkins Press are full text.
      • Dates vary widely, mostly 1996 to present.

    Individual Journalism Periodicals with Full-text Articles

    • American Journalism Review or AJR
      • Full-text articles (June 1996 to present).
      • Prior to March 1993, American Journalism Review was known as the Washington Journalism Review.
      • Hoover Library carries vol.12: no.9 (Nov. 1990) to present.
    • Columbia Journalism Review
      • Full-text articles (May/June 2002 to present)
      • Hoover Library carries v. 12 (Mar./Apr. 1983) to present.
    • Extra!
      • Selected full-text articles (1987 to present) from the Best of Extra! Also organized by topics. Site is searchable.
      • Hoover Library carries v.4 (1991) to present.
    • Media Studies Journal --formerly Gannett Center Journal (Freedom Forum)
      • Only a few articles are available full text.
      • Hoover Library has vol. 5, no.3 (Summer 1993) to present.
    • Newslink
      • Links to newspapers, roadcasters and magazines and JobLink advertising
    • Other journalism journals
      • Links to journals, some of which have full-text articles available.
    • For more news stories from newspapers, magazines, broadcasters, see News Sources.

    Journalism Indexes with Citations

    • FirstSearch (OCLC) - includes the following databases:
      • ArticleFirst - index to items from table of contents of journals, 1990 to present;
      • ECO - index to scholarly journals, 1995 to present;
      • UnionList - list of periodicals held by OCLC member libraries;
      • WorldCat - catalog of all items cataloged by OCLC member libraries
    • Humanities Index (H.W. Wilson)
      • Indexes about 500 journals and magazines in archaeology, area studies, art, classical studies, communications, dance, film, folklore, gender studies, history, journalism, linguistics, literary & social criticism literature, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion and theology.
      • 2/1984 to present.
      • Note: this database allows only 4 users at one time. You could get a message saying the database is busy. In that case, try again later.
      • Paper format:  4/1974 to 12/1991; (Call number: Index 001.3 H918)
    • Social Sciences Index (H.W. Wilson)
      • Indexes 521 journals in anthropology, criminal justice, criminology, economics, environmental studies, ethics, gender studies, geography, international relations, law, minority studies, public policy areas, psychiatry, psychology, social work, sociology, and urban studies.
      • 2/1983 to present.
      • Note: this database allows only 4 users at one time. You could get a message saying the database is busy. In that case, try again later.
      • Paper format: 4/1974 to 12/1991; (Call number: Index 300 S678).

    General Information

    Journal Awards

    • Pulitzer Prizes
      • Official site with winners from 1917 to present. Full texts of winning journalism entries for 1995-2000 are available including photographs and cartoons. Searchable.
    • Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Elizabeth A. Brennan and Elizabeth C. Clarage. Phoeniz: Oryx Press, 1999.
      • (Call number: R 071.3 8838)

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