CSUN's Oviatt Library has
a wealth of online and traditional research tools. Some excellent full-text
databases are at your fingertips online, and you can discuss your particular
project with a living, breathing reference librarian.
Katherine
Dabbour is the designated Communication Studies Librarian and
knows where to find the sources you need. She can be of tremendous help in
your research. Don't hesitate to ask her for assistance. Here is the link to
her Communication
Studies Research resources page for COMS majors.
Below are links toa variety of online resources.
This semester's Research
Project will focus on the USA
Patriot Act so will add to and update these sources
as we move through the semester. As you find
other sources in doing your research, post them on the newsgroup and I'll be
happy
to add
them here.
Cyberspace
and
Critical Theory - This site has 14 different categories of
links
to
topics as wide-ranging as cyborgs, anime, hypertext fiction, politics, gender
... this
is a good place to explore possible topics for your research project.
A
rich,
interesting
site.
Resource
Center for Cyberculture Studies - This not-for-profit organization
has a compendium of materials - book reviews, ongoing projects, courses taught
across the country, and a Featured
Links page of other sites and online journals.
The Institute for
New Media
Studies is a "center for creation, innovation and examination" of
forms of new media as they affect the contemporary mediascape. Check out the
project on Digital Storytelling -
an area where the most ancient & human art form is being reconfigured.
CTheory is
an "international journal of theory, technology, and culture." Some fascinating
articles in these issues, by &/or about some of the leading theorists in the
field.
Crossingsis
an Electronic Journal of Art and Technology. Has a searchable archive.
Those of you using the Web for research may find the following links useful.
Each one takes you to search engines that will greatly aid the process of research.
Enjoy, but remember, internet searching is addictive, and there is no substitute
for a visit to a physical library now and again!
webopedia
A Dictionary/Encyclopedia of Internet Terminology
Pew Internet & American Life
Project
- an ongoing survey research and data analysis project
that
explores
the
impact
of
the Internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education,
health
care,
and civic and political life. An authoritative source
on the evolution of the Internet; site contains searchable database of a wide
range of topics analyzing real-world
developments as they affect the virtual world - and vice versa.
UCLA Center
for Communication Policy - Internet
Reports Project. Ongoing research project on internet usage
and issues.
comabstracts
Communication Abstracts from the Communication Institute for Online Scholarship.
Unfortunately you can't actually view the abstracts without paying through
the nose, but you can at least get citations here which can be useful.
reference desk
A humungous reference library with links to just about everything else.
encarta
An online encyclopedia owned by Microsoft.
These resources include complete scholarly essays and other useful documents.
Tec Soc (Center for the Study of
Technology and Society)
An excellent source of news and information about the relationship between
technology and society.
Media and
Communication
Daniel Chandler has an excellent collection of resources with a technology
bent available here.
english server
The English Server from Carnegie Mellon University is a wonderful resource;
over 27,000 texts online and fully available to students. Online journals
and scholarly essays on any number of topics. Fully searchable, so get
down!
culturalstudies.net
Cultural Studies Central: A promising cultural studies site with links to
lots of information.
popcultures.com
Another Cultural Studies Information clearinghouse.
Activism
These resources all have an activist bent; they are frequently updated with
news and information about liberty and rights in the online world.
EFF: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Legal activist organization with a strong leaning toward the protection of
privacy and free speech on the Internet.
DFC: The Digital
Future Coaltion
Consumer organization for the digital world dealing primarily with intellectual
property issues.
FEN: The Free Expression
Network
Focusing on free expression in cyberspace
GILC: Global Internet Liberty
Campaign
Another advocacy group on the internet, with a global perspective.
EPIC: Electronic Privacy Information
Center
Organization devoted to the privacy of online information.
Some resources for students interested in technology and media studies.
who owns what
Columbia Journalism Review guide to who owns what media outlets. An excellent
resource to trace the ownership of any large media company.
FAIR
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting: A liberal "press watchdog" organization.
e & p Editor and Publisher: Journalist trade magazine.
CJR Columbia Journalism Review: Journalism magazine with strong
track record for press freedom.
ad
age Advertising Age: Advertising Industry trade magazine.
