Research by Subject: Visual Communication
Books: Use the Library Catalog
Art Full Text 
Full text articles on all aspects of art.
Art index retrospective 1929-1984.
Art journal index; incl. periodicals, yearbooks and museum bulletins in English, French, Italian, German and Dutch. 55+ years.
Bibliography of the history of art
International scholarly reference in art history covers visual arts in all media including the visual arts aspects of performing arts. 1973-current Use to research exhibitions, artists, and rnart in a specific century or historical period.
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.
ERIC (Ebsco interface)
Educational information produced by the Educational Resource Information Center; annotated references to published and unpublished materials. 1966-present.
Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media 
Begun in 1974 as a film publication in print, JUMP CUT is now an online publication with material on film, television, video and related media and cultural analysis.
Life Magazine Cover Search 
Search LIFE Magazine covers by date or subject, from 1936 to the present.
Time Magazine Cover Archive
Images of Time Magazine covers from 1923-current.
Access Newspaper Archive
Searchable newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700s.
Note: Available only on campus, excluding residence halls.
Newseum
Front pages from newspapers US and international newspapers are posted daily. Geographic and alphabetical by title searching is available.
ProQuest historical newspapers: New York Times
Complete archive covering 1851-2004, fully searchable cover to cover; full text and full image, including advertising.
ProQuest historical newspapers: Wall Street Journal
Complete archive covering 1889-1987, fully searchable cover to cover; full text and full image, including advertising.
BBTV 
Blinkx television distribution site that fuses TV with the internet. Requires a download. Currently (4/08) for Windows only.
Cineuropa
This European cinema portal contains news, trailers, interviews, and reports about the European film industry.
Clio Awards
Site of the advertising award Festival. The Archive Search page indexes the best in global advertising back to 1960. Search the library's catalog for "Clio Awards" as a subject to access fulltext of award winners.
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT)
Peer reviewed online materials for teaching and learning. Indexes, defines, and links to online materials on the web.
Editorials on File
Call Number: REF AP2 .E2
Loose-leaf volumes that compile editorials of the day. Also a source to find political cartoons. Library has from 1995-2004. Continued by Facts.com
Worldmapper
"A collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the rnsubject of interest. The maps presented on this website are equal area cartograms, which re-rnsize each territory according to the variable being mapped."
Tellytunes.com
British site that contains TV tile videos, lyrics, radio jingles, and advertisements. Content is not limited to Great Britain; many of the programs are from the U.S.
All Graphic Design (AG Design)
Contains posts related to graphic design, including hints about graphic design software, typography, and more.
Bag News Notes
Progressive blog by Michael Shaw, clinical psychologist, that analyzes news images.
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.
No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy
Blog by Hariman, Northwestern University and Lucaites, Indiana University.
Teaching Online Journalism
Mindy McAdams, professor of online journalism, discusses issues of online journalism practice from an educator\'s perspective.
TV By the Numbers
Blog by Bill Gorman and Robert Seidman that collects and explores TV ratings data.
Media Education Lab
Temple University program that focuses on media education through curriculum materials, publications, workshops, seminars, etc.
Visual Dictionary Online from Merriam Webster
Over 6,000 images which visually illustrate objects. Individual parts of the objects are labeled. Topics include animals, architecture, astronomy, art, clothing, communications, food, Earth, energy, games, gardening, household items, humans, kitchen items, machinery, plants, science, society, sports, and transportation
Developing Media Literacy in Cyberspace
by Julie Frechette. Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 2002.
Handbook on research on teaching literacy through the communicative and visual arts
by James Flood. LEA, Inc. 2004. Notice: only one user may access this document at a time.
Regulation, Awareness, Empowerment. Young People and Harmful Media Content in the Digital Age
Nordicom, 2006, 286 p. E-book from the International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth & Media. PDF format.
Visual Methodologies: An introduction to the Interpretation of visual materials
by Gillian Rose. Sage Publications, Inc., 2001.
What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy
by James Paul Gee. Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
Grove art online
Visual arts and images from prehistoric times to the present. Search by styles and cultures, time period, and geographic region. Some links to color images and supplemented by searchable color images from the Bridgeman Art Library.
Television cartoon shows: an illustrated encyclopedia, 1949 through 2003
Call Number: REF PN1992.8 .A59 E74 2005
2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2005.
Television variety shows : histories and episode guides to 57 programs
Call Number: REF PN1992.8 .V3 I56 2006
McFarland, 2006.
Teachingmedialiteracy.com: A web-linked guide to resources and activities
by Richard Beach. Companion to the book by the same title.
Visual Literacy Toolbox: Learning to Read Images
College of Arts &Humanities, University of Maryland College Park. Resource for faculty who plan to incorporate visual literacy skills into their curricula. Includes: online activities, activity plans, questions to explore, and learning objectives.
Ad*Access
From Duke University Library's J.W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History, this database contains 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. & Canadian newspapers and magazines from 1911-1955. Main subject areas include: Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II. Ads can be searched or browsed.
Advertising Icon Museum
Search the toy icons of the online version of the museum to find out some of the history of the images including: Mr. Peanut, Tony the Tiger, and the Energizer Bunny.
All-American Ads
Call Number: NC988.5 .A1
Book series that compiles ads across decades.
American Memory: Advertising
From the Library of Congress's American Memory project, this site includes 6 collections: Duke University's Emergence of Advertising in America (E.A.A.) (1850-1920); Broadsides and Printed Ephemera (1600-2000); Coca-Cola Advertising (1951-1999); Coolidge Era (1924-1929); Edison Companies; and Posters, WPA (1936-1943). Collections contain images and streaming video.
American Memory: Nineteenth Century in Print: Periodicals
Twenty three 19th century periodicals have been scanned in fulltext. Includes the Atlantic Monthly, The Century, Scientific American, and Harper's. The collection can be browsed or searched.
American Memory: Photos and Prints
An historical collection of images reflecting the life in the United States
AP Images 
Over 3.5 million news photographs from 1840 to the present. Users can search through over 100,000 graphics, including maps, timelines, logos and graphs. Images may be downloaded and used for educational purposes.
ARTstor
Database of more than 600,000 digital images representing visual and material culture across cultures and time periods. Documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as many other forms of visual culture. Images can be downloaded and combined with personal image collections.
Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC)
Search or browse editorial cartoons from 1997 to current by searching the Cartoon Research Library Database.
Cartoon Research Library
Index to cartoons archived in the Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library.
Collect Britain
Links to over 100,000 images and sounds selected from the British Library collections. Resources included: maps, books, topographical drawings, stamps, photographs,newspapers, music and sound clips which illustrate regional accents and dialects, as well as wildlife recordings. Includes the Penny Illustrated Paper (1861-1913).
Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index
Find numerous political cartoons by current topics or major events. Cartoons can be sent as e-mails or licensed for use through this site.
Digital Collections: a Gateway to Materials held by the NY State Archives, Musuem, and Library
Primary source material collections include: Native American Collection, Environmental History Collection, Harlem Hellfighters Collection, Factory Investigating Commission, NY Chamber of Commerce Portraits, NY Lantern Slides Collection, Fairchild Aerial Surveys, NY State Conservation Department Photographic Prints and Negatives, Erie Canal.
Early Visual Media
by Thomas Weynants, independent scholar. A Pictorial Media Archeology covering pre-cinema, photography, early film, and television.
Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920
Duke University archival collection of over 9,000 advertisements from 1850-1920
Facts.com: Editorial Cartoons
Browse editorial cartoons by subject: Arts, Entertainment &the Media; Business, Labor &the Economy; Crime & Terrorism; Education; Environment; Families and Family Life; Human & Civil Rights; International Affairs; Judiciary; Medicine & Health Care; Minorities & Race Relations; Politics & Political Reform; Religion; Science and Technology; Sports; Wars, Weaponry & Military Forces; & Women
Harvard University - Social Museum Image Collection
Images from Harvard's Social Museum that pertain to the voluntary immigration to the US from the signing of the Constitution to the onset of the Great Depression.
Hermitage Museum: Digital Collection
The outstanding collection at the Russian Hermitage Museum can be browsed or even searched by color.
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Works of Art
The NYC Met Museum posts over 6,500 works of art in its permanent collection that can be browsed or searched. Includes learning activities, timelines and special exhibits.
NBII Digital Image Library
The National Biological Information Infrastructure's Digital Image Library includes images related to nature and the environment. Collections contain images associated with plant and animal species, scenic landscapes, environmental issues, wildlife management, and biological study/fieldwork.
NYPL Digital Gallery
Over 275,000 digitized images from the New York Public Library\'s collection. Includes photographs, posters, historical maps and more.
Reanimation Library Image Collection
Images (photos, drawings, illustrations, etc.) collected from outdated instructional books and manuals. Useful for historic look at graphics, or pop culture kitsch.
Visual Dictionary Online from Merriam Webster
Over 6,000 images which visually illustrate objects. Individual parts of the objects are labeled. Topics include animals, architecture, astronomy, art, clothing, communications, food, Earth, energy, games, gardening, household items, humans, kitchen items, machinery, plants, science, society, sports, and transportation
Wellcome Collection
Over 40,000 high quality images in both color & black and white covering "2000 years of human culture". Images on this site are freely available for download for personal, academic teaching or study use, under one of two Creative Commons licences.
C. Hadley Smith photograph collection
Photographs of Ithaca College from 1950 into the 1980s
CRETV, Center for Research on the Effects of Television
Project Look Sharp
Project Look Sharp provides materials, training and support to help teachers prepare students for life in today's media saturated world. Project Look Sharp promotes the effective integration of media literacy and critical thinking into classroom curricula at all educational levels and instructional areas. Project Look Sharp also evaluates the effectiveness of school-based media literacy education.
Visual Resources Collection / Ithaca College Art History Department
General description of the Collection of slides & other audiovisuals available, hours of operation, & administrative information.
Adbusters
From the Adbusters Media Foundation, this is the online companion to the activist magazine that mocks commercial advertising and offers media criticism through edgy articles and images.
Advertising Educational Foundation (AEF)
Educational arm of the advertising industry. the \"On-campus\" page includes case histories, educational materials, speaker presentations, etc.
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)
AEJMC sets standards for excellence in journalism and mass communication education and research.
Center for Media Design (CMD)
Funded by the Lilly Endowment, the CMD of Ball State University conducts research on digital media.
Center for Media Literacy (CML)
Educational organization that helps put research into practice.
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.
International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS)
Founded in 1998 to drive creativity on the Internet. The organization is diverse including industry leaders in online advertising, film, television, games, and mobile. The Webby Awards honor top websites in numerous industry and media categories every year.
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 Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE)
Organization focused on media literacy in the United States.
National Communication Association (NCA)
Information on conferences, communication programs, publications, and current research.
Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS)
Professional organization of college and university educators who study the history and creation of film, television and media. Publisher of the Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use in Teaching for Film & Media Educators.
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.
ABC News
Network site
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
CBS News
Network site
CNN
Network site
NBC
Network site
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+
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)
AdSlogans
AdSlogan.com, a UK company, posted materials for students and educators such as SloganMaker, Sloganalysis, Brand Categories, & the Advertising Slogan Hall of Fame (the best ads of the past 100 years). TV ads can be viewed in full. Note: this page is no longer updated as of 2006 but is still useful
Advertisement Avenue
Access commercials from the Super Bowl, by company, product, category, or celebrity with this portal. Not comprehensive, but a serviceable sampling.
Advertising Age
A.k.a. "Ad Age", this online portal to the magazine contains a DataCenter, blogs, links to TV Spots, video, etc. Current year in paper is available in Pop Periodicals HF5801 .A276; microfiche available from 1966-2003 at the same call number. For fulltext online access to the magazine search "Find Journals by Title" from the library's homepage.
American Memory: Motion Pictures from 1894-1915
150 digitized films from the Library of Congress. Includes agricultural, industrial and recreational activities of Americans from 1894-1915.
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.
CBS Video
An ad-supported video channel from CBS.
Creative Commons
Artistic creators can assign works a CC license that explicitly grants degrees of permission for usage of personal works. The site includes images, audio, video, text and even lesson plans.
Creativity: Adcritic
Online site for Creativity magazine contains Adcritic picks for TV, print & interactive advertising.
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.
Everyzing
Audio and video search engine.
Google Video
Video search engine.
Hobnox
International entertainment media site where artists can submit their projects. Streaming video can be slow at times. [beta 4/08].
Hulu
Video distribution site of News Corp and NBC Universal. Available in beta Oct. 2007. Partner of NBC, AOL, Comcast, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo!
iTunes U (Apple)
Audio and visual lectures, performance, etc. from Apple. Users must download the iTunes software to stream lectures.
Joost
Television show distribution online. Contains over 15,000 that may viewed for free of charge. Users must download software and register.
MIT World
Massachusetts Institute of Technology site that freely distributes lectures offered by the MIT School of Engineering.
Open Vault (WGBH)
Free online streaming video of historically significant videos produced by WGBH. Includes transcripts.
Tellytunes.com
British site that contains TV tile videos, lyrics, radio jingles, and advertisements. Content is not limited to Great Britain; many of the programs are from the U.S.
Theatre in Video
Provides streaming video access to original productions of plays, along with film documentaries on the subject of theater. When complete it will contain more than 250 plays and 100 documentaries. Browsable by productions, documentaries, people, companies, genres, theatres, and dates. Requires Flash version 8 or higher. To obtain your free upgrade visit the Flash Player download page. Access is limited to 5 simultaneous users.
Truveo
Video search engine. Provides tabs for sports, entertainment, music, movies, etc.
TV Guide: Online Video Guide
Video portal that contains current tv clips, search engine, browse by genre, commercials, etc. Search by date, genre, and/or network.
Ubu Web
Contains avant garde films, sound recordings, and papers of modern cinema, music, dance, theater and poetry.
Veoh
TV site that is unique for its inclusion of Disney's ABC TV shows such as Lost, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Jimmy Kimmel Live and Ugly Betty. Additionally: ESPN programs, Anime, and some gaming videos are included. Some videos are from sourced from Hulu.
Washington Post: Political Ads Database
Political ads for U.S. federal or state gubernatorial issues and races. Searchable by year, type of race, candidate or organization, state, party, issue, character, cue, media outlet, music, narrator gender, and by type.
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