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Introduction to Broadcasting
Created for Prof. Bittner
Spring 2002

Basics of any Search

• Get Onyen Account!
• UNC Proxy Server
  
• Search Strategy Example
• Well-defined topic
• Clear question(s)
• Good keywords, search terms, subject headings (Library of Congress, ERIC, etc.)
• Sound search strategies
  • Question Authority!
    • Ask a professor
    • Ask a librarian
  • Read recommended books
  • Read scholarly journals
  • Consult biographies
  • Examine bibliographies
    • Poynter Institute for Media Studies: bibliographies
    • Wilson Library Resources in Journalism 
  • Acquire style manuals (print and online)
  • Acquire examples of good writing
  • Build your personal "Reference Library"

Likely Places for Research

• Online catalogs: 

  UNC-CH

  World Cat

  State Library of NC

   

• Indexes and Databases :

  Academic Universe	InfoTrac Web	World Fact Book
  News	Statistical Universe	CQ Researcher
  PubMed	Legal Trac	Country Studies

• Biographies
• Newspaper archives (state, national & international)
• Statistical, demographic sources  (see also: NC statistics and demographics) 
• Polling data sets (IRSS)
• Map collections ( see also: digital NC County maps)
• Image collections 

  Google Image Search

  Corbis Search

  Cartoons Search



• Government records

  Local Gov

  NC Gov

  US Gov

• Businesses' annual reports
• Non-profit reports
• Special collections (see also Documenting the American South)

Web Links: general reference and fact finding

• First Amendment Cyber Tribune
• History Links
• Computer Mediated Studies Center
• JoMC Library "Pathfinders"
• Fact Checkers (Semonche's web site for editorial copy writers)
• Evaluating Web Resources
• Library Sweet Shop
• Internet Oracle Search engines
• Web Search Engine Showdown

Web Links: broadcast/electronic reference links

Web Links: writing/interviewing links

• Writing: Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)
• Writing: Online handouts (OWL)
• Writing: Developing an outline (OWL)
• Writing: Using statistics (OWL)
• Writing: Quoting, paraphrasing, summarizing (OWL)
• Writing: Power Point presentations (OWL)
• Interviewing: Bibliography (Poynter Institute for Media Studies)
• Interviewing: Tips (from Leslie Rubinkowski)