The Park Library - JOMC 21 Pathfinder

JOMC 21 Pathfinder

Introduction to Broadcasting
Created for Prof. Bittner
Spring 2002

The Park Library Web Site	Park Library Floorplan	JOMC Faculty
Research Basics	Likely Places to Search	Web Links: fact finding
Web Links: broadcast	Web Links: writing	Web Links: video index

Basics of any Search

Get Onyen Account!
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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

ANANOVA!	Assignment Editor.com	The Backhaul (TV local news, indexed)	Broadcasters: WWW Virtual Library, UK
NC Local Online News Sources	Broadcast Net	Broadcast Education Association	Bob Baker's Newsthinking web site ("How I wrote the story")
Current Online (public TV and public radio)	Electronic Media (programming business of broadcast and cable TV)	FCC: Federal Communications Commission (includes FCC news & announcements)	Library of American Broadcasting
Local TV News Project (series of reports from Project for Excellence in Journalism)	MIBTB - Broadcasting Training Program (Minorities in Broadcasting Training Program)	Minority Media Ownership Survey (U.S. Department of Commerce)	Museum of Television and Radio
National Association of Minorities in Cable	National Association of Broadcasters	NAB Research Reports & Bibliographies	NAB Broadcast & Reference Links
NPPA: National Press Photographers Association	NewsLab (news about TV news) See also: ShopTalk	NewsProNet (special reports about communications industry)	Pew Research Center for the People & the Press See also: Pew 2000 Media Report
Poynter's Broadcast Journalism Resource File	Gary Price's Links to A/V Services	The Producer's Book (online book about producing)	The Producer's Page
RTNDA (Research on Minorities; Ethics; Profits; Workforce	RTVJ	Rocky Mountain Media Watch (documents excess found in local TV news)	SourceNet (experts on call) See also: ProfNet
TV Rundown (weekly reports of local TV news coverage)	Television and Radio News Research (Univ. of Missouri)	Vanderbilt Television News Archive	Virtual Broadcast News Stand
Journalists' Use of the Internet	Internet Fraud Watch	Internet User Surveys, Statistics & Demographics	Afghanistan & Terrorism Links
Zap2it TV News Resources

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)

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