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- Articles & law about media & journalism
Journalism, Broadcasting, and Digital Media: Articles & law about media & journalism
Find articles
- Find information in the Databases listed in the box below on the left by using the search tips in the box below on the right.
- There are additional databases and individual journals below that will also be useful.
Journalism, Broadcasting, & Digital Media databases
- Communication SourceFind all communication topics: broadcasting, media, journalism, etc.
Click Choose Databases to include Academic Search Ultimate, Film and Television Literature Index, & Social Sciences Full text
Additional Databases
- Sage Research MethodsUnderstand what a researcher tells you by learning about qualitative research methods!
- Web of ScienceFind GVSU authors' articles
- WestlawIncludes federal and state laws, statutes, and regulations; court cases, law reports, and law reviews.
Search tips
- use "quotation marks" around phrases
- truncate - with an asterisk * - truncat* finds truncate, truncated, truncation
- use AND to combine unlike ideas: dance AND promotion
- use OR to connect synonyms: advertisements OR campaigns
Put it all together:
- "hip hop dance" in one box
- AND (promot* OR advertis* OR campaigns) in the next box
- use parentheses in single-box searching - when you don't have another set of boxes, e.g.,:
- "hip hop dance" AND (promot* OR advertis* OR campaigns)
Use the left or right menus to narrow your results, e.g., by language, date, subject, etc.
- Databases have a citation and sometimes they will also contain an abstract, or summary, of the article.
- Databases also often cite multiple types of resources - books, essays or chapters, government documents, etc.
- Some databases will also have the complete item (called the full text): you should see a link to an HTML or PDF document. Or click on
- this will check other library databases for the full text.
Journals
- Newspaper Research JournalAddresses all aspects of newspapers: content; staffs; management (including circulation & production); technology; design & layout; relationships with communities, democracy, & journalism educators; journalism ethics, etc.
- IRE journalArticles for investigative reporters and editors from the University of Missouri School of Journalism
- JOBEM - Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Mediafrom the Broadcast Education Association
- JRAM – Journal of Radio & Audio Mediafrom the Broadcast Education Association
- Last Updated: Jan 17, 2025 10:52 AM
- URL: https://libguides.gvsu.edu/multimediajournalism