Bibliographies
Biographical Information
Blogs
Colleges & Universities
Dictionaries
Directories
Dissertations
E-books
Government Information
Handbooks & Guides
Images
Journals/Magazines
Newspapers
Newspapers--International
Newswires
Organizations
Communication and Mass Media Complete (CMMC) 
Communication and media indexes, abstracts and full-text.
Communication Studies: a SAGE Full-Text Collection
Communications journals from Sage Publishing covering Journalism, Public Opinion, Political Communication, Mass Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Cultural Studies / Intercultural Communication, Television / Film Studies, Media Studies, Business Communication, Organizational / Management Communication, Written Communication, Rhetoric, and Literacy Studies.
PsycINFO
Bibliographic citations and some full-text for journal articles, books, and book chapters. Subjects include psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law. 1872-present.
SocINDEX with Full Text
Comprehensive coverage of sociology and related areas of study: criminology & criminal justice, demography,ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, political sociology, religion, rural & urban sociology, social development, social psychology, social structure, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, sociological history, sociological research, sociological theory, substance abuse & other addictions and violence.
ERIC (Ebsco interface)
Bibliographic citations, abstracts, and some full-text for journal articles, research and technical reports, conference papers and proceedings, program descriptions, teaching guides, and lesson plans covering all areas and levels of education.
Psychology: a SAGE Full-Text Collection
Psychology journals from Sage Publishing covering Applied Psychology, Assessment, Child Development, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Cross-Cultural Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Educational Psychology, Family Studies, Group Work, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Language Acquisition, Learning Disabilities, Neuropsychology, Personality, Psychiatry, School Psychology, Social Psychology, and Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.
PsycARTICLES
Full-Text of articles from American Psychological Association journals and selected Educational Publishing Foundation journals. Most 1988-present. These same articles are also included in PsycINFO, which is more comprehensive.
Social Science Research Network (SSRN) 
Indexes & abstracts research papers in the social sciences (legal, management, marketing, political, etc.). Contains working / forthcoming papers (not yet available in print). Some are fulltext.
LexisNexis Academic
Full-text access to continuously updated news, law, and business information. Highlights: News: newswires, transcripts, regional, national/international news, & Gallup Polls; Legal: law review articles, federal case law, and federal/state codes; Business: company profiles, country profiles, and SEC filings; People: directories from the entertainment industry, elected officials, executives, politicians, and obituaries. Also has a section that includes full-text of several health newsletters and abstracts of articles in major medical journals.
Alternative Press Index
Index to articles in alternative news sources. Use to research topics that may not be well covered in the mainstream press; 1991 to current.
Ethnic Newswatch
Full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Contents include African American, Arab and Middle Eastern, Asian American, European, Jewish, and Native American publications, including the Spanish-language press.
GenderWatch
Full-text database containing 140 international publications plus reports, pamphlets, papers and conference proceedings devoted to women's and gender issues. A repository of materials on gender issues worldwide, the evolution of the women's movement, and the changes in gender roles over the last twenty years.
The Compendium: Cultural policies and trends in Europe
From the website: The Compendium is a joint venture between the Council of Europe and the ERICarts Institute, realised with a community of practice of independent cultural policy researchers, NGOs, national governments and information partners.
MIP World
MIP connects the global entertainment content industry through conferences, exhibits, and online communities.
Yahoo! Finance - Telecom Services - Domestic
Information, news and statistical links about the Telecom industry.
Cineuropa
This European cinema portal contains news, trailers, interviews, and reports about the European film industry.
Eurovision Song Contest
European television show founded in in May,1956. The History tab includes an overview year-by-year or by country.
Independent Media Center (imc)
Collective site for independent media organizations.
Peabody Awards
Presented annually since 1941 by the Grady College of J&MC at the University of Georgia the Peabody distributes awards to electronic media.
Communication Yearbook
Call Number: P87 .C629
Published by the International Communication Association. Approximately 25 state of the art review essays on research and theory from each of the ICA's divisions and research groups.
Institutional Repository Bibliography (IRB)
Bibliography of articles written specifically about Institutional Repositories by Charles W. Baily, Jr.
Communication Abstracts v. 3 (1980) - v. 27 (2004)
Call Number: PER P87 .C59733
A bibliography of communication-related articles and books, arranged by subject category in each bimonthly issue. Lacks volume 4. No longer received.
Biography Resource Center + Complete Marquis Who's Who
Biographical information on people worldwide throughout history across all disciplines.
Communication & Legal Studies: Keep me Posted @ IC Library
Blog of legal, communication, and library news in service to the programs in the Park School of Communications and Division of Interdisciplinary and International Studies.
In Media Res
A MediaCommons Project. This academic blog by the Institute for the Future of the Book (Annenberg Center for Communication at USC) and the MacArthur Foundation promotes discourse by posting 30 second clips by media scholars.
Annenberg Public Policy Center
University of Pennsylvania public policy center that provides expert analysis on political communication, information & society, media & children, health communication, and adolescent risk.
Memidex
Dictionary and thesaurus. Builds on Princeton's WordNet (dictionary of relational semantics) by adding inflections and alternate spellings.
Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English
The 25,000 entries are accompanied by citations that authenticate the words as well as offer lively examples of usage from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, television shows, musical lyrics, and Internet user groups. Etymology, cultural context, country of origin and the date the word was first used are also provided. c2009.
Dictionary of mass communication & media research : a guide for students, scholars and professionals
Call Number: REF P87.5 .D449 2005
Covers over 1,400 terms in United States mass media history. Includes legal terms, companies, theories, new media topics, etc.
Dictionary of the Social Sciences
The over 1,800 entries in this dictionary contains definitions and biographies of major figures. Entries span from classic to modern theories and include major issues and methodologies.
Business and Company Resource Center 
Includes company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information. Coverage is from 1980 to the present.
Dickman Directory: Ithaca and Tompkins County
Call Number: REF DESK F 129 .I8 D53
A criss-cross directory searchable by local street address or by phone number. Includes persons residing at that address and estimated median income levels.
Editor & Publisher International Year Book
Call Number: REF DESK PN4700 .E42
"Encyclopedia of the newspaper industry with listings for all dailies worldwide and all community and special interest U.S. and Canadian weeklies. Tables profile newspaper ad trends, circulation size by population groups, rankings by circulation size and more."
Union of International Organizations : databases
The following UIA databases are searchable for free: World Problems-Issues, Global Strategies-Solutions, Human Development, Bibliography (issues), Human Values, Integrative Concepts, Patterns &Metaphors. Users can create an account for added features.
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) Contains full-text theses and dissertations from colleges and universities around the world. NDLTD is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination and preservation of electronic analogues to the traditional paper-based theses and dissertations. 1998 - present.
Finding the Right Place on the Map: Central and Eastern European Media Change in a Global Perspective
Intellect Books, 2008. Edited by Karol Jakubowicz and Miklos Sukosd. Online book compares media systems in post-Communist Countries. Search Intellect Books by the title to find it. Chapters can be accessed in pdf format.
Sribd
Scribd is the largest social publishing company in the world, the Website where tens of millions of people each month publish and discover original writings and documents. On Scribd, you can quickly and easily turn nearly any file—including PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel—into a Web document and share it with the world.[description from the About Us page]
Children, Young People and Media Globalisation. Yearbook 2002
Nordicom, 2002, 262 p. Editors: Cecilia von Feilitzen, Ulla Carlsoon. From the International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth & Media. This yearbook is available in PDF format.
ebrary 
Over 45,000 full-text ebooks on business & economics, education, technology, humanities, life & physical sciences, law & politics, medicine, social & behavioral sciences, language & literature, and career guidance. Approximately 175 ebooks are single-user access titles; all other ebooks support multiple-user simultaneous use.
OECD Communications Outlook 2009
OECD, Sept. 2009. Communications Outlook reports on the communications industry of member countries. Available free in PDF format.
Television across Europe: Regulation, Policy and Independence
Eumap.org, 2005. There are updates to this survey by the EU Monitoring and Advocacy program at mediapolicy.org. Available in PDF format. EUMAP is a programme of the Open Society Institute, a Soros Foundations network.
Towards a New Model: Media and Communication in Post-conflict and Fragile States
World Bank, Sept. 2008. Shanthi Kalathil with John Langlois and Adam Kaplan. To download the pdf, you must put in your name, organization, and field of work.
Encyclopedia of communication theory
Call Number: REF P87.5 .E496 2009
SAGE, 2009. View the library's catalog record. Click here for the publisher's description.
Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications
Scholarly overview of international media topics. Covers all media types (advertising, books, Internet, etc.) & media outlets (radio, television, etc.). Provides history, theory, and topical issues such as ethics, reporting of disasters, and copyright.
Contemporary youth culture: an international encyclopedia
Call Number: REF HQ796 .C8454 2006
Greenwood Press, 2006. Covers popular culture, subculture and youth culture worldwide.
Encyclopedia of children, adolescents and the media
Call Number: REF HQ784 .M3 E53 2007
Sage Publications, 2007. Entries on children and the internet, video games, television, etc.
Encyclopedia of media and politics
Call Number: REF P95.82 .U6 E47 2007
CQ Press, 2007.
Encyclopedia of political communication
Call Number: REF JA85 .E65 2008
Sage Publication, 2008.
Encyclopedia of Television
Published by the Museum of Broadcast Communications, this resource includes nearly 1,000 entries covering all aspects of television. Articles are signed and contain photos as well as bibliographic references.
Greenwood encyclopedia of world popular culture
Call Number: REF HM621 .G74 2007
Greenwood Press, 2007.
History of the Mass Media in the United States: An Encyclopedia
Taylor & Francis, 1998 via Communication & Mass Media Complete.
Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Radio
Taylor & Francis, 2004 via Communication & Mass Media Complete.
St. James encyclopedia of popular culture
Call Number: REF E169.1 .S764 2000
Substantive essays and brief entries on all aspects of popular culture in the United States during the 20th century. Most include bibliographies.
United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
News, statistics, reports and cases. Covers a wide variety of media such as radio, television, cable, broadband, wireless, etc.
GPO Access
Government Printing Office site. Links to official U.S.government documents such as the U.S. Code (USC) and the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Search the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications in the middle of the homepage to find Congressional hearings, reports, etc.
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
Executive department rules codified from the Federal Register.
Europa : European Union On-Line
Gateway to European Union. It provides up-to-date coverage of European Union affairs and essential information on European integration. Go to the Documents tab to connect to EUR-LEX (E.U. Law), the Bulletin of the E.U., and other agency materials.
European Audiovisual Observatory
Based in France, this Council of Europe (COE) organization collects information on European Audiovisual data, trends, and policy.
Europe\'s Information Society
European Union thematic portal on information society and media and policies (audiovisual, copyright, digital libraries, internet, etc.).
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
The GAO investigates and reports on the use of government funds for Congress. Full text copies of the reports are available by searching the site.
International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
UN agency on communication technology.
National Conference of State Legislatures
This website offers research and policy information on multi-state legislation. Particularly helpful is the Issue Areas tab.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
Bureau of the US Dept. of Commerce that advises the president on telecommunications policies.
Ofcom : Office of Communications
Ofcom reports to the UK Parliament but is independent of the UK Government. They are charged to follow the legal duties defined by the UK Communications Act of 2003.
Open CRS: Congressional Research Report for the People
Congressional Research Service (CRS) provides background reports to Congress yet they were not distributed to government document collections. Citizens had to write their Congressional representatives to obtain copies. The Open CRS site has indexed and posted copies of these valuable documents.
Supreme Court of the United States
The official website of the Supreme Court provides recent and pending case opinions, the current calendar, oral argument transcripts and a docket database. Go to Oral Arguments > Argument Transcripts for transcripts. Go to Opinions > Bound Volumes to browse the U.S. Reports. Slip opinions are also available.
Thomas - Legislative Information
Database of United States legislative information including: bills, resolutions, the Congressional Record, treaties, Committee Reports, Public Laws, Roll Call Votes, etc.
UNESCO Communications and Information Sector
UNESCO's CI sector provides resources and information to communication issues worldwide. Programs include: International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) and Information for All Program (IFAP). Issues include: access to information, capacity building, content development, freedom of expression, media development, and memory of the world. Users can sign up for the CI Weekly News for updates.
European Media Governance: National and Regional Dimensions
Call Number: REF KJC3946 .E97 2007
Intellect Books, 2007. Ed. by Georgios Terzis. Country guide to European media ownership structures and policies.
Columbia Journalism Review (CJR): Who Owns What
An online guide to major media companies and what stations or papers they own. For a more comprehensive directory, see: LexisNexis Corporate Affiliations in the library REF HG4057 .A2899.
Communication Theories: Perspectives, Processes, and Contexts
by Katherine Miler. McGraw Hill, 2nd ed., 2005. Primer on communication theory.
Call Number: REFP90 .M479 2005
Freedom of the Press
This survey by Freedom House rates countries on the level of their press freedom.
Handbook of International and Intercultural Communication
Call Number: REF P94.6 .H36 2002
Essays on theory and research in cross-cultural and international communication.
Media in Europe: the Euromedia Research Group
A-Z country guide to European media.
The New Handbook of Organizational Communication: Advances in Theory, Research, And Methods
Call Number: REF HD 30.3 .N48 2001
Coverage of theoretical and methodological issues, context of internal and external environments, patterns of organizational interdependence and communication behavior in organizations.
SAGE Handbook of Media Studies
Call Number: REF P90 .S18 2004
Covers articles on theory and evidence in the field of media studies. Pt I. Prolegomena; Pt. II. Audiences, Users, and Effects; Pt. III. Economy and Power; Pt. IV. Specific Areas of Media Research
AP Images 
Provides 24/7 access to over 4.9 million primary source photos from 1825 to the present. Additionally, provides audio, video, graphics and interactives. Constantly updated, AP Images is an important resource for virtually every discipline. This database may be used for educational purposes only. Images may not be posted on the Web or otherwise made available electronically to anyone outside the Ithaca College community. These images may not be republished or distributed in newspapers, newsletters, magazines, brochures, catalogs, yearbooks, calendars, posters, or similar materials.
NYPL Digital Library
Images digitized from the collections of the New York Public Library, includes illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, and illustrated books. Images may be downloaded 'for a wide range of educational, creative, and research purposes'. High resolution images may be obtained for personal or commercial if permission is obtained from the NYPL Photographic Services and Permissions division.
New America Media (NAM)
Founded by Pacific News Service in 1996, NAM collaborates with over 2000 ethnic news organizations to disseminate stories. Readers can chose stories by ethnicities or by special beats.
Associated Press (AP)
Daily news. Also in LexisNexis: News
United Press International (UPI)
Daily news. Also in LexisNexis: News.
China Media Observatory (CMO)
Created in 2006 by the Faculty of Communication Sciences at the University of Lugano in Switzerland, the CMO studies Chinese media. It generates research, newsletters, and other documents that are available through its website.
Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)
Description from the website: The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) explores the Middle East through the region's media. MEMRI bridges the language gap which exists between the West and the Middle East, providing timely translations of Arabic, Persian,Turkish, Urdu-Pashtu media, as well as original analysis of political, ideological, intellectual, social, cultural, and religious trends in the Middle East.
Project Syndicate
An association of newspapers around the world that brings "distinguished voices from around the world to local audiences everywhere," and "strengthening the independence of printed media in transition and developing companies."
Thomson Reuters Foundation (Trust.org)
Charitable organization "dedicated to empowering people and communities in need with the knowledge to act."
World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA)
International organization located in France that supports the ideals of newspaper reporters and publishers worldwide.
American Communication Association (ACA)
Founded in 1993, the ACA fosters research and scholarship in all areas of communication research, addresses political and legal issues, and provides certification services for academic programs. Membership is free.
Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC)
Non-profit NGO located in Singapore that promotes media and communications in Asia. This membership organization offers research, publication and events.
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)
AEJMC sets standards for excellence in journalism and mass communication education and research.
Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
Promotes scholarship and best practices in the study and application of educational technology.
Center for Social Media (CSM)
School of Communication, American University. Organization that uses media for social action. The Resources and Fair Use tabs include many free documents including the Documentary Filmmakers' Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use.
Citizen Media Law Project
Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University. Assists citizen media creators navigate legal issues & risks.
COM+ (complus)
Alliance of communicators for sustainable development including: BBC World Service Trust, Conservation International, CGIAR, GEF, GlobeScan, IFEJ, IPS, IUCN, One Planet, Reuters Foundation, Southern Caucus, TVE, UNEP, World Bank, & WBCSD.
Communication for Governance & Accountability Program (CommGAP)
Part of The World Bank, CommGAP, \"promotes the use of communication to help governance reform programs work under real-world conditions, as well as promote the building of democratic public spheres.\"
Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)
Created by Congress in 1967 to ensure public aceess to non-commercial educational programming.
COST-A20 : Impact of the Internet on the Mass Media in Europe
European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research's page concerning the Impact of the Internet on the Mass Media in Europe.
European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
Membership organization of European communication scholars that holds conferences and seminars.
The First Amendment Center
Clearinghouse for information concerning the five freedoms (speech, press, assembly, petition and religion) guaranteed by the First Amendment to our Constitution
Inter Press Service (IPS)
Global news agency that commits itself to underreported stories. Global themes include: Poverty, Civil Society, Sustainable Development, Globalisation and the South, Dialogue among civilisations, and Human Rights &Gender issues. Member of the COM+ Alliance of communicators for sustainable development.
International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth & Media
Located at NORDICOM, Goteborg University, Sweden, the Clearinghouse collects research on children and the media worldwide. Some books are free online; also check the library's catalog.
International Communication Association (ICA)
Associated with the UN, this organization consists of international scholars in all aspects of communications research.
International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA)
Non-profit association of visual literacy educators and artists. Publishes the Journal of Visual Literacy (available in Periodicals LB1068 .J68 from v.25 2005+; online in CMMC from 2003+).
National Communication Association (NCA)
Information on conferences, communication programs, publications, and current research.
Native Networks
Initiated by the Smithsonian\'s National Museum of the American Indian, this site is a guide to media produced by people in Hawaii and the Americas.
New York State Communication Association (NYSCA)
This organization consists of students, faculty and professionals that study and practice in the field of communications.
Popular Culture Association - American Culture Association (PCA/ACA)
Founded in 1971, and partnered with the ACA in 1979, the PCA/ACA is an organization that supports the study of popular and American culture. Journals produced include the Journal of Popular Culture and the Journal of American Culture.
Society for New Communications Research
Think tank that studies new communications tools and their effect on traditional media, business, culture and society.
Europeana
European collection of cultural materials from museums, archives, libraries, and audio-visual collections such as the Rijksmuseum, the British Library, and the Louvre. Includes images, texts, sounds and videos.
American Presidency Project
A digital archive of the Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States from Hoover to Bush (1929 to present); see also IC Library stacks at: J80 .A283. The site also includes: inaugural addresses, radio addresses, fireside chats, debates, convention speeches, and party platforms.
American Rhetoric
A database of over 5000 full text, audio, and video versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates and interviews.
Court Opinions from the FCC
Chronological list of court filings from the Office of the General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission. Links to fulltext of FCC briefs and recent court opinions.
Documents of American broadcasting
Call Number: REF KF2804 .D6 1984
Key documents including: The Wireless Ship Act of 1910; The Radio Act of 1912; The Radio Act of 1927; The Mayflower Doctrine (1941); The Fairness Doctrine (1949); The Red Lion case (1969); the Communication Act of 1934, etc.
Media Law reporter
Call Number: REF KF2750 .A513
Covers new cases for radio, television, and journalism. Updated weekly. Bound cases from v.1 1977-
Supreme Court of the United States
The official website of the Supreme Court provides recent and pending case opinions, the current calendar, oral argument transcripts and a docket database. Go to Oral Arguments > Argument Transcripts for transcripts. Go to Opinions > Bound Volumes to browse the U.S. Reports. Slip opinions are also available.
U.S. Code from the House of Representatives
Searchable version of the U.S. code either by keyword, boolean or by title and section.
United states code congressional and administrative news (USCCAN)
Call Number: REF KF48 .U58
Contains public laws, legislative histories, executive messages and orders, administrative regulations, lists of committees, indexes & tables, for each session of Congress. Library has 1952+ (lacks 1961, 1963, 1965-66).
Google Scholar
Peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from broad areas of research. Supports cited reference searching. Includes recent or unpublished work that hasn't been indexed in other databases. Each Google search citation will include a link to the full-text resource provided by the IC Library, when available.
Center for Journal Ranking (CJR)
Provides journal rankings by category or journal title. Registered users are provided full access.
Eigenfactor.org
Eigenfactor.org ranks the influence of journals - journals are considered to be influential if they are cited often by other influential journals. Used by the academic community to assess the value of research.
Technorati
Leading search engine for blogs and social media content. Publishes the State of the Blogosphere report that analyzes trends in blogging.
Alexa: the web information company
Alexa provides data such as rankings on websites. Users can insert a URL and click "Lookup Sites" to view data. The "Top Sites" tab has three viewing tabs: Global, By Country, and By Category.
General Social Survey.
The survey "contains a standard 'core' of demographic, behavioral, and attitudinal questions, plus topics of special interest. Many of the core questions have remained unchanged since 1972 to facilitate time-trend studies as well as replication of earlier findings. It has tracked the opinions of Americans over the last four decades."
Media Cloud
Data tool from the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard that visulizes the flow of the media.
Statistical Yearbook (European Audiovisual Observatory)
Call Number: REF HE8700.9 .E8 S72
European Audiovisual Observatory, Council of Europe, 2008. 3 volumes. The library acquires new editions every few years.
Worlds of Journalisms
Data set on "journalistic cultures" worldwide funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).
Media Research Hub
This project of the Social Science Research Council contains links to data, grants, events, people and news in the field of media research (media ownership, radio, television, localism, FCC, etc.). Data sets are free of charge. Users can create an account and receive alerts.
CPANDA (Cultural Policy & the Arts National Data Archive)
Archives data on arts, media, and cultural policy.
NationMaster
A central data source and handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. Use the search form to generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics.
Nielsen TV Ratings from Zap2IT
Ratings for various cable, syndicated, and sports programs on television. Data can be viewed weekly or by season and sorted by total households or total viewers.
Polling the Nations
A compilation of public opinion surveys, containing the full text of questions and responses from 14,000 surveys from 1986 to the present in the United States and more than 80 other countries. Each record includes the polling organization responsible for the poll, the sample size and the date the poll was released.
Note: NOTE: LIMITED TO 4 SIMULTANEOUS USERS.
Statemaster.com
Compilation of data from several sources. Users can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of state statistics and comparisons.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
The authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
TV Dimensions
Call Number: REF HE 8700.8 .T917
Covers a wide variety of topics having to do with television viewership and programming including advertising, revenue, trends in viewing, etc.
Published annually. Library retains 3 years in Reference.
U.S. Census Bureau
Social, demographic and economic information. Includes the American FactFinder resource.
LexisNexis Academic
Full-text access to continuously updated news, law, and business information. Highlights: News: newswires, transcripts, regional, national/international news, & Gallup Polls; Legal: law review articles, federal case law, and federal/state codes; Business: company profiles, country profiles, and SEC filings; People: directories from the entertainment industry, elected officials, executives, politicians, and obituaries. Also has a section that includes full-text of several health newsletters and abstracts of articles in major medical journals.
Supreme Court of the United States
The official website of the Supreme Court provides recent and pending case opinions, the current calendar, oral argument transcripts and a docket database. Go to Oral Arguments > Argument Transcripts for transcripts. Go to Opinions > Bound Volumes to browse the U.S. Reports. Slip opinions are also available.
Al Jazeera: Creative Commons Repository
Footage released by Al Jazeera network under a Creative Commons license. As of October 2009 the repository contains Arabic and English video footage from the war on Gaza.
Current TV
Established in 2005, Current TV is a leading cable and satelite television network. News and information programming is produced and programed by its youth audience. This is the networks interactive web platform. Al Gore is the Chairman. Regular programs include: SuperNews (animated sketch series), infoMania (media analysis), Rotten Tomatoes Show (video criticism), Vanguard Journalism (investigative reports worldwide), Max and Jason: Still Up (trends), & Current Virals.
Television News Archive (Vanderbilt University)
Index to television news broadcasts from ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN as well as special events coverage. Users must register prior to searching. Tapes can be borrowed for a fee paid by the requestor. 1989+
BBC Motion Gallery
BBC programming (over 70 years) and CBS News footage.
C-SPAN
Non-profit corporation funded by cable and satellite affiliates that provides public access to daily political events such as congressional debates.rnrn
FORA.tv
Streaming video of lectures in politics, business, technology, the world, and culture, from academics, think tanks, authors, politicians, etc. Users can sign in to customize the site.
Forum Network
Free video lectures from PBS and NPR.
UNESCO Media Library
UNESCO.Communication & Information sector, Programme for Creative Content provides a Media Library via an audiovisual e-platform. Users must register and have Real One player to stream productions. Registering on the site provides access to: Creative Content, United Nations, CIRTEF Productions, Public Service Broadcasting Trust, Prix Jeunesse International, Itau Cultural, Fundacion Kine, ABU, and Universidad Guadalajar. The following categories are browsable: fiction, documentary, entertainment, animation, children (by age).
Prelinger Archives
Over 48,000 films, over 90 old time radio audio clips, 2,000 game videos, 250 independent news clips and much more (including educational films, advertisements and industry films)
AOL Video
Video search portal. Users can also upload their own video or browse by: category (sports, music, television), channels (MTV, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, etc), & TV Shows A-Z. This is the only portal that offers streaming ABC television programs. NBC and FOX programs stream from Hulu.
Blinkx
Video search engine.
Educational Video on Demand - Annenberg Foundation
Free video-on-demand education resources in the arts, sciences, and social sciences. Sign up is required for first-time users.
Open Vault (WGBH)
Free online streaming video of historically significant videos produced by WGBH. Includes transcripts.
