Media & Communications

Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies
P87.5.W38 (REF)

Webster's New Dictionary of Media and Communications
P87.5. W45

History of the Mass Media in the United States: an encyclopedia
P92 .U5 H55

International Encyclopedia of Communications, 4-volume set (vol 2 missing)
P87.5.15

Languages & Linguistics

Cambridge encyclopedia of languages
P29 .C64 (REF)

An encyclopedic dictionary of language and languages
P29 .C68 (REF)

Language and Communication: a cross cultural encyclopedia
P29. F47 (REF)

Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity
P35 .H34 (REF)

International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, 4 volumes
P29 .I58

Linguistics Encyclopedia
P29 .L52 (REF)

Linguisitical cultures of the world: a statistical reference
P35 .P29 (REF)

Library Catalog

Use the WEBNET catalog to locate videos owned by Babson College. Locations of materials are given after the title.

Subject Headings (examples):

Mass Media - Social Aspects
Mass Media - Influence
Violence in mass media
Language and languages
English language - history
Communication
Communication and technology
Communication - moral and ethical aspects
Writing
Speech
Language and culture

Some examples of books in our collection under these subject headings:

Media messages : what film, television, and popular music teach us about race, class, gender, and sexual orientation
Media power in politics Media technology and society : a history : from the telegraph to the Internet
Orality and literacy: the technologizing of the word
Communication ethics and universal values

To search for movies that the Horn Library has in its collection, connect to the WEBnet catalog, the library's online catalog, and try the following:

1. Go into the WEBnet catalog
2. Click on the Video/DVD Search link in the top menu.
3. Enter your search terms. You can search on Title, Cast/Crew, Release Year, or keywords.
4. Before clicking Search, click the at: dropdown and choose Babson Horn Library to limit to only what we have here at Babson. You can only watch videos we own; media cannot be lent between libraries.
5. Click Search.

When searching to see if we own an item, be sure to accurately record the periodical title, volume number, the date, and the page.

InfoTrac Web - Academic OneFile

Search for keywords or use Library of Congress subject listings to find academic articles on topics. Sample strategy:

child* and (media or violence or television or film or cartoon)

EBSCOhost

Select Communications & Mass Media Complete, Academic Search Premier and MLA International Bibliography.

Enter search terms to get scholarly articles on your topic. Take advantage of the Find Full-Text feature to link to the full-text or to order through Interlibrary Loan. Sample search:

indian american and (film or media or portrayal or television)

Media and Communications Studies

Media Literacy Online Project - from the University of Oregon at Eugene's College of Education

Communication Studies, Cultural Studies, and Media Studies Infobase

FAIR: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting

NPR's Media Page