Advanced Reporting
Professor Janet Key
I. Introduction to Research at AUC Library
AUC Library Website: http://library.aucegypt.edu
- Use resources from home with your AUC ID Card
II. Discipline-Specific Resources
AUC Library Subject Guide for Journalism & Mass Communication
http://library.aucegypt.edu/guides/jrmc.htm
AUC Library Subject Guide for Statistics
http://library.aucegypt.edu/guides/statistics.htm
- Quick way to find reliable information for your field
- It is your information “road map”
III. Use the Library Catalog to find BOOKS
IV. Selected Electronic Resources for JRMC 502
Communication and Mass Media Complete
(1920-present)
Abstracts, and some full text, of articles from over 300 journals, as
well as handbooks and recent encyclopedias, in communication & mass
media. Also covers monographs, conference proceedings, working papers,
and other "grey literature" in the field.
Search examples:
1. “digital divide”
2. women and ("middle east" or arab)
PAIS International
(1972-present) Indexes articles on public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general. Updated monthly.
Search example: environment* and egypt
Sociological Abstracts
(1974-present)
Provides references for the latest research in sociology and related
disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Updated monthly.
Search example:
satellite and (tv or television) and arab
Lexis-Nexis *On-campus use only
(Updated hourly) 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.
Quick Search
Search Example: "al jazeera international"
Guided News Search:
Search Example:
Step 1: News Transcripts
Step 2: All Transcripts
Step 3: "al jazeera international"
Step 4: All available dates
Click SEARCH
Try FOCUS (search within results)
Add keywords (bbc)
V. Internet Resources
Subject specific web sites POYNTER ONLINE
- A web site by journalists for journalists
- See Writing/Editing – shows TIP SHEETS
Searching the Internet
- Google: define blog
- Yahoo: define veracity
VI. Citing Sources
Citation Machine
An online tool that generates standars citations in both APA and MLA styles.
VIII. HELP
I found an article but it's not full-text. I do not see it in AUC's Library Catalog. Can I get it online?
E-Journal Finder
This tool helps you find out which databases contain which journals. (Example: A search for Journal of International Affairs reveals that both ABI/Inform Global and Academic Search Premier have the journal, full-text online).
The library does not have the articles I need.
AUC Library Document Delivery Service
Fill
out the "Journal Articles Request Form" to order documents not
available at AUC. Normal turnaround time for requests ranges from 2
days to 2 weeks.
Guide created by Nicole Brown, nbrown@aucegypt.edu, 15 February 2006.
