JOMC 98 Honors Class
Fall Semester 2005
Professor Jane D. Brown

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Surveying the 
Literature Landscape

Understand your topic; read assigned text(s) and recommended readings. Note key concepts. Prepare thesaurus (keywords, search terms, names of scholars, and the like.)

Become acquainted with major scholarly journals in your field. [Note: the following is a selected list.] 

• American Communication Journal (ACJ) 1997 -
• Communication Abstracts
• Communication Research 
• Communication Theory
• Critical Studies in Mass Communication
• The Iowa Guide
• Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
• Journal of Communication
• Journal of Mass Media Ethics
• Journal of Media Economics
• Journal of Media Psychology
• Journalism & Mass Communication Monographs
• Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
• Mass Comm Review
• Media History
• Media Psychology
• Media, Culture, & Society
• New Media & Society
• Newspaper Research Journal
• others?

How does one find the current issue of these journals? 

• Go to this URL http://www.lib.unc.edu. Select "Advanced Search." On the next screen, highlight "Journal Title," then type in the journal title. Finally,  press the "search" button. 
  Should you discover that neither Davis Library nor our Park Library have the journal you need, your next step is to go to http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid and click on "W" for WorldCat. Search for your journal title in that database.

Which online databases offer access to scholarly journals' archives? 

• E-Journals http://www.lib.unc.edu. Click on the link to "E-Journal Finder." On the next screen, type in journal title, press enter, and note where you can locate archives (citations, abstracts, full-text.)
  
  
• Online Databases (electronic resources for scholarly, popular, and trade publications) http://www.lib.unc.edu. Click on the link to "Article Databases," then click on the letter corresponding to the name of the database. Also, you may click on "Research by Subject" to discover the databases and research guides available for "Journalism and Mass Communication." [Note, other subject categories of interest might include: Women's Studies, Peace War & Defense, Psychology, Sociology, Business, etc.]

WorldCat   12th century - to date
         WorldCat is a union catalog of more than 39 million records representing the electronic holdings of several thousand libraries. This database includes bibliographic records for books, dissertations, journals, audio-visual materials and manuscripts, some written as early as the 12th century. Note: This database does not include individual articles, stories in journals, magazines, newspapers, or book chapters.
             
Infotrac Web: Expanded Academic [Note: limit results to refereed journals] - 1980 - to date
         InfoTrac SearchBank Indexes provides access to three (3) databases. Many citations include the full-text of the article. The databases are: General BusinessFile Internat'l, 1982-; Expanded Academic ASAP, 1980-; LegalTrac, 1980-.

Communication and Mass Media Complete - 1915 - to date
         CMMC completely indexes and abstracts over 300 journals covering the study of communication and mass media, and selectively indexes another 100 journals. Full text of over 200 journals is also available. CMMC combines two earlier indexing tools, CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) and adds additional journals not covered by those two.
          
Sociological Abstracts - 1963 - to date
          A primary resource for accessing the latest research sponsored in sociology and related disciplines (e.g., journalism and mass communication) in the social and behavioral sciences.
          
ERIC via EBSCO Host (NCLive)-1967- to date
          Covers education-related research from conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs. Includes selected AEJMC conference papers. 

Digital Dissertations 1861 - to date
           ProQuest Digital Dissertations, or Dissertations Abstracts, indexes U. S. dissertations from 1861 to as recent as last semester. The full text of dissertations done at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1997 on are available for free downloading in PDF format. Citations for dissertations from 1980 on include 350-word abstracts, while masters' theses from 1988 forward have 150 word abstracts. For both dissertations and theses, from 1997 on, the citations also provide 24 page previews in PDF format. The database covers work done at more than a thousand institutions, primarily in the United States but also in Canada and Great Britain, and at other European universities for recent years

ABI Inform Global via ProQuest (NCLive)   1971 - to date
        ABI/INFORM Global is a business and management database providing extensive coverage of North America and the world. Find research on advertising, marketing, management, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. Also, information on 60,000+ companies.

PsychoINFO - 1887- to date
          Produced by the American Psychological Association, PsycINFO covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines. Includes indexing for over 1,300 journals worldwide in more than 20 languages, as well as book chapters.
         
JSTOR (E-Journals): Social Sciences/Cultural Studies.
         JSTOR provides an image archive of important scholarly journal literature in nearly all the humanities and social sciences disciplines, international and foreign areas studies, and many of the sciences. A retrospective digitization project, it provides a collection of complete backfiles of hundreds scholarly periodicals, starting with the first issues. A moving end-date wall excludes the most recent 2-5 years of currently available journals. Coverage varies. Contains full text articles.

Other Online Resources:

• AEJMC Scholarly conference papers database Searchable conference papers by faculty and grad students since 1994 to date. Select "Search the Archives." Suggested keyword(s): (mass comm theory); (mass communication theory)
   
• Questia Promoted as "The World's Largest Online Library." Now with over 50,000 books and 399,000 journal, magazine, and newspaper articles. All books and articles are available in their entirety - search every page
   
• GOOGLE's News Archives Selected print and broadcast, U.S. and U.K.
   
• "Defining Communication Theories" (web document from McGraw Hill)

Discover the scholarly literature review process

• What is the literature review? 
• Any tips on conducting scholarly lit reviews? 
• How about an example of a lit review?
• How do I cite print and online sources? [Note: beware of errors in published citations; it is wise to verify the accuracy of the citations with the print versions of the journals.]
• The Iowa Guide

Bibliographies

• Annotated Bibliographical Format
• How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography
• The Process of Preparing an Annotated Bibliography
• Tutorial on RefWorks at Davis Library [Note: students must register to use RefWorks and to take a tutorial.]

Interlibrary Loan (from Davis Library)
[Note: First-time users of ILL must register, then you may request material by completing an ILL form on the Davis Library web site. Expect a delay of several days to 3-4 weeks.]

Selected Reference Books:

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Handbooks and Guides

Scholarly Integrity and Plagiarism

• American Journalism Review, June/July 2005
• Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions
• Guide to Writing Research Papers: MLS-Style (Statement on Plagiarism)
• LexisNexis CopyGuard press announcement (August 22, 2005) (Product designed with iParadigms to help detect plagiarism and copyright infringement and protect intellectual property.
   

RESEARCH QUERIES
and
SUGGESTED SEARCH STRATEGIES

1. Jarrett Saia: Which aspects of TV cooking shows are most appealing to
   emerging adults?
   Semonche's suggestions: http://parklibrary.jomc.unc.edu/adsequenceguide.html
       Mintel Reports [try "cooking"]
       Key terms: foodies? cooking shows - influence
       
    

2. Brett Bumgarner: How do the FCC regulations put into place after the quiz
   show scandals of the 50s, have a bearing on reality TV shows of today?
   Semonche's suggestions:
        UNC-CH Online Catalog: subject -- Quiz Shows [Note: check subdivisions]

   Author Anderson, Kent. Title Television fraud : the history and implications of the quiz show scandals / Kent Anderson. Imprint Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1978. Call # PN1992.8.Q5 A5

   Davis Library

   InfoTrac Web
        Key terms: quiz shows; reality tv
   Google Scholar (select "advanced search" and use same key words as above)
    

3. Julia Anglin: Is interpersonal communication (buzz marketing) more
   persuasive than mass communication (traditional advertising)?
   Semonche's suggestions:
        UNC-CH Online catalog [Note: buzz marketing or buzzmarketing are search terms retrieving two 2005 books.]
        ABI Inform
        Google Scholar (select "advanced search" and use "buzz marketing")
    

4. India Autry: To what extent did the New York Times independently investigate the assassination of JFK?
   Semonche's suggestions"
        UNC-CH Online catalog [Note: there are 6 books retrieved searching on "JFK assassination;" the LC subject heading is" Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination                 
        Key words: news coverage; JFK assassination
    

   Title	Four days in November : the original coverage of the John F. Kennedy assassination / by the staff of the New York times ; edited by Robert B. Semple, Jr. ; introduction by Tom Wicker.
   Alternate Title	4 days in November
   Edition	1st ed.
   Imprint	New York : St. Martin's Press, 2003.

        Wikipedia (for background information)
        [Note: most of the historical news coverage highlights The Dallas Morning News and The Dallas Times Herald. The Associated Press is well represented. All three TV networks cancelled regular programs scheduled for the next three days in order to provide non-stop news coverage of the assassination. The television coverage of the assassination was the longest uninterrupted news coverage of one event until the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.]
        Google (use key words "newspaper coverage" +"JFK assassination"
        http://www.assassinationresearch.com/v1n2/mediaassassination.html
    

5. Laura Thompson: What are the legal/judicial/constitutional frameworks for journalistic conduct in different democracies and do they have an impact on how journalists do their jobs (press freedoms) in those countries?
   Semonche suggests:
        Communication and Mass Media Complete [Key Words: press freedoms; international press freedoms; Article 19; Press law - International aspects ]
        LegalTrac  
   
    

6. Tony Smith: Are the recruiting campaigns by the military branches in wartime effective in recruiting men and women 18-35 years old?
        InfoTrac
        LexisNexis Academic (select "University News" and then "Chronicle of Higher Education."
        CQ Researcher  (Select "advanced search" then type in "military recruiting." Note the 2005 report "Draft Debates.")
   
    

7. Han Joo Lee: Are cosmetic surgery TV reality shows affecting young people's conceptions of beauty?
   Semonche suggests:
        Contemporary Women's Issues (check folder "Research by Subject)
        PsychoInfo (via InfoTrac)
        Journal of Popular Culture (via InfoTrac)
        Search UNC Online catalog: subject heading = aesthetics
        Search UNC Online catalog: subject heading = body image in adolescence
    

8. Jason Searcy: Do English and Spanish language media use humor differently in print and television advertising?
   Semonche's suggestions:
        Business Source Elite (Select the publication "The Journal of Advertising Research," then use the key word "humor." Nothing specific on Spanish-language media, but still a good place to begin. In the same database, search using "Spanish.")
   
    

9. Anna Hartzog: Have primetime TV shows portraying high school students become more materialistic since the 1980s?
   Semonche suggests:
        Run Prof. Jane D. Brown's name through all the relevant online catalogs and databases.
   
    

10. Lauren Moskowitz: Does the prevalence of sports in the media drive children and parents to be more competitive?
    Semonche suggests:
         Issues & Controversies
         Journal of Sports Sciences (via InGenta)
         PsychInfo (via InfoTrac)
         Sports Business Journal (check with Park Librarian for access)
     

11. Michael Todd: Does advocacy in Que Pasa (or NC Spanish-language newspapers) represent a form of community journalism?
    Semonche suggests:
         Communication & Mass Media Complete
         InfoTrac (Academic Search) [Key word(s): Hispanic media; advocacy journalism; ((Hispanics OR Latinos) AND community journalism)
       

THESAURUS CONSTRUCTION: 
Building a list of relevant search terms