JRMC 201 Mass Media Writing – Janet Key
1. Introduction to JRMC Subject Guide: http://library.aucegypt.edu/guides/jrmc.htm
- Quick way to find reliable information for your field. It is your information “road map”
- Combination of library resources and free content
- Categories = table of contents
- See: Reference Tools – explain navigation system (green box, and back to categories, back to Reference Tools)
Question: If you wanted to find dictionaries that would explain basic terminology in your field, where would you click? (answer: reference tools - dictionaries)
2. Reference Tools
- See: Handbooks
- Handbooks = “how to” books
- See: Reporting and Writing (ex. Associated Press handbook)
- See: More handbooks for Mass Media
Question: How many handbooks does the library have about Broadcast Journalism? (answer: 19)
3. Finding Books
- See KEYWORD and explain Boolean AND
- Click KEYWORD and show an example: censorship and press
- Show Truncation: censor* and press
Question: How many books does the library have about feature writing? (answer: 25)
4. Databases
Communication and Mass Media Complete
”Communication & Mass Media Complete is a merger of two popular databases: CommSearch, formerly produced by the National Communication Association (NCA), and Mass Media Articles Index, formerly produced by Penn State University. CommSearch contains references to 26 journals in communication studies, with some coverage extending as far back as the early 20th century. Mass Media Articles Index provides citation coverage of over 40,000 articles related to mass media and published in over 60 research journals, as well as major journalism reviews, recent encyclopedias, and handbooks. In addition, Communication & Mass Media Complete offers full text of over 160 titles.”
- Reminder of Boolean AND, Truncation*
- Search example: “journalism ethics”
- Explain "quotes" for finding phrases
Question: Try finding articles about broadcasting in Egypt
(answer: broadcast* and egypt*)
Lexis-Nexis
”LEXIS-NEXIS provides access to international news sources, company news, industry & market news, government & political news, legal news, company financial information, country profiles, state profiles, biographical information, reference & directories, general medical & health topics, medical abstracts, radio and television transcripts, accounting/auditing & tax, law reviews, federal case law, U.S. Code & Constitution, U.S. court rules, U.S. state legal research. Newspapers are updated several times daily, and wire services hourly.”
- Quick Search
· Search Example: election mubarak - Guided news Search
· Choose News Wires
· Same example: election mubarak
· Show FOCUS search results – add keywords like constitution / kefaya / “article 76”
Question: Try finding articles about: “fact checking”
5. Subject specific web sites
POYNTER ONLINE – a web site by journalists for journalists
- See Writing/Editing – shows TIP SHEETS
6. Searching the Internet
- Yahoo and Google Shortcuts like: define:blog
- Google domain searching
site:gov
site:org
site:eg
