MDIA 2500 - COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATIONS (FREEMAN)

Table of Contents

• Research Basics
• Newspaper, Magazine, Video, and Audio Electronic Resources
• Evaluating and Presenting Information
• Finding Books, Magazines, and Audiovisual Resources / Citation Help

Research Basics

Library Website Help

• Getting Started (video)
  • This video presents an introduction to the Odum Library webpage.
• Anywhere Access
  • Log in to Anywhere Access to use library resources while off-campus.
• Live Chat
  • The Live Chat page brings together every possible way to contact a Reference Librarian.  Contact methods include online chat, text message, email, phone, or visiting us in person during normal reference desk hours.

Search Techniques and Strategy

• Boolean, Truncation & Wildcard (guide)
  • This guide will help you learn advanced searching techniques.
• Constructing a Search Strategy (guide)
  • This guide takes the techniques described in the previous guide and helps you search more effectively with them.
• Getting Your Hands on the Articles (guide)
  • This guide helps you find full text articles, even if they are not included in your specific database.

Using Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

Interlibrary Loan allows you to request articles, books, and other materials from other libraries.  You can use ILLiad, our online interlibrary loan system, to get articles in 2-5 days, or books in 2 weeks. 

• ILL FAQs
• ILLiad FAQs

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Newspaper, Magazine, Video, and Audio Resources

Newspapers and Magazines

• LexisNexis Academic
  • LexisNexis is a gigantic newspaper and magazine resource, containing full-text articles from most of the world's major print publications.
    
    
• ProQuest Newspapers
  • Christian Science Monitor (1988 - )
  • Los Angeles Times (1985 - )
  • New York Times (1980 - )
  • Wall Street Journal (1984 - )
  • Washington Post (1987 - )
    
    
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers
  • Atlanta Constitution (1868-1939)
  • Christian Science Monitor (1908-1995)
  • The New York Times (1851-2005)
  • The Wall Street Journal (1889-1991)
  • The Washington Post (1877-1992)
  
  
• Newspaper Source (1995 - )

Video Resources

• Films on Demand
• Theater in Video
• Georgia Stories
• C-SPAN Video Library
• Encyclopedia Brittanica Extended Play
• Consumer Health Complete
  • Select only "Videos and Animations" when you search in Consumer Health Complete to access only video material.
    

Audio Resources

VSU and the GALILEO initiative do not provide access to any audio databases at this time.  Here are a few freely-available audio resources that may help you in your research:

• The Internet Archive: Old Time Radio
  • Contains full-audio recording collections of old radio programs, including Sherlock Holmes, Gunsmoke, Dimension X, and
    CBS Radio Mystery Theater.
• Allmusic (formerly All Music Guide)
  • Extensive database of recorded music and musicians.  Contains many audio samples along with reviews, discographies, and biographies.  Contains advertisements.
• Library of Congress American Memory: Sound Recordings
  • Digital collections from the Library of Congress of American sound recordings, including narratives from former slaves, regional folk music, Civil War era band music, and Native American traditional music.

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Evaluating and Presenting Information

These guides will help you distinguish between the different types of information sources, evaluate the sources you find, and present your information in a professional manner.

Types of Sources

• Auburn University: Types of Sources Guide
• VSU Periodical Differences Guide

Evaluating Sources

• Evaluating Journal Articles Guide
• Peer Review Guide

Presenting Information

• Paraphrase: Write it in your own words (OWL at Purdue)
• Evaluating Sources of Information (OWL at Purdue)
• Annotated Bibliographies (OWL at Purdue)

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Finding Books, Magazines, and Audiovisual Resources / Citation Help

Our Library Catalog

• GIL-FIND@VSU Library Catalog
  • Click on "Advanced Search" in order to limit your search by type, including audio and video.

Using the Catalog

• GIL-Find Tutorial (video)
• GIL Universal Catalog / GIL Express (guide)
  • The GIL Universal Catalog allows you to search for library books across the University System of Georgia.  GIL Express allows you to have those books delivered to any USG library within 2-5 days.
• WorldCat
  • WorldCat is a catalog for library holdings throughout the world.  You can search for a particular book, video, or audio recording here and find detailed information about it, which you can then use for Interlibrary Loan (ILL) forms.  While using this FirstSearch version of WorldCat, you can click on the "Find It" button within a record to send WorldCat information to our ILL system automatically. 

Citation Style Help

• Odum Library Citation Guides
• Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
• Research & Documentation Online (from dianahacker.com)
• VSU Student Success Center
  • The VSU Student Success Center can provide in-person assistance and tutoring for citation help.

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