Web Resources for Journalism

Advertising

• Ad Flip- The world's largest collection of classic print ads. Online archive of Print Ads back to 1940.
• Adforum - Ad agencies and commercial ads.
• University of Texas Austin Advertising Research Resources - Future of Advertising Education, Links to the Advertising World, Advertising Quotations, Online Bibliographies, Education Software, Out-of-Home Media, Dictionary of Terminology, Advertising Law & Ethics, Online Papers and Articles, Media Lab Admedium, Famous Slogans, Biographies of Advertising Giants, Ad Books, Humor Adnauseam, Style in Writing.
• American Marketing Association - Find new job opportunities through the AMA Career Center.Develop new skills through an extensive series of Best Practices articles. Tap into ROI enhancing tools through the Marketer’s Toolkit. Track trends in the marketing profession through the Personalized Newsletter. Topics, Advertising, B to B Marketing, Consumer Marketing, CRM/Direct Marketing, Internet Marketing, Marketing Research, Promotion, Public Relations.
• Classic American Magazine Advertisements Classic Magazine Ads for Antique Cars and Automotive Products, Motorcycles, Scooters, Toys and Trains, Boating, Photography, Tobacco and Cigarettes, and more! Includes a brief history related to the companies in the ads,and events of the period.
• Ellis Library's guide to finding Business & Economics Information - Guides to information available in Ellis Library, Business internet links, Economic internet links.
• Emergence of Advertising in America 1850-1920 - (EAA) presents over 9,000 images, with database information, relating to the early history of advertising in the United States. The materials, drawn from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University, provide a significant and informative perspective on the early evolution of this most ubiquitous feature of modern American business and culture.
• Library of Congress links to Marketing Research
• Public Service Advertising Research Center - Welcome to the Public Service Advertising Research Center, an on-line information library dedicated to public service advertising, brought to you by Goodwill Communications. PSA Bibliography-PSA News articles, monographs, evaluation tips and media placement techniques. Broadcasters Cafe - Upcoming meetings, awards, FCC actions, and programming issues. How to develop cause marketing strategies for your station and the PSA Gallery. Case Studies -Mini-case histories of PSA campaigns on specific issues such as health, enhancing your organizational image via PSAs and using A.C. Nielsen's electronic tracking system to evaluate PSAs. Media Profile - Statistics, media trends, a glossary of media related terms, links to media associations and websites. Getting Help and FAQs.
• Market Research & Internet Marketing Research - Objective and unbiased resource for market research, internet marketing, marketing plans, advertising and much more! Basics: Marketing Research, Demographics, Government Data, Research Methodologies, Statistics Other Marketing Research Areas. Company/Industry Information
• Ad* Access -The Ad*Access Project, funded by the Duke Endowment "Library 2000" Fund, presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. Ad*Access concentrates on five main subject areas: Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II, providing a coherent view of a number of major campaigns and companies through images preserved in one particular advertising collection available at Duke University. The advertisements are from the J. Walter Thompson Company Competitive Advertisements Collection of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History in Duke University's Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.
• U of Iowa Communication Studies - Advertising Resources, Articles and papers related to advertising or marketing
• Council of Public Relations Firms - Research and White Papers -A primary objective of the Council of Public Relations Firms is to become the authoritative source of information about the public relations industry.
• Research Guide: Advertising and PR - Boston College - Guides & Bibliographies, Introductions & Overviews, Encyclopedias & Dictionaries, Journals, Indexes & Databases, Associations & Organizations,
  Web Sites. (Note, you will not be able to use their databases, check for similar on our database page.)
• TV Resources - Advertising
• U of Iowa's Advertising Articles & Papers

Associations and Organizations for Journalism - To Top

• Ad Council
• Aim - Accuracy in Media
• Advertising Research Foundation
• American Academy of Advertising
• American Communication Association
• American Journalism Historians Association
• American Press Institute
• American Society of Business Publication Writers
• American Society of Magazine Editors
• Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
• American Society of Journalists & Authors
• ASNE - American Society of Newspaper Editors
• Asian American Journalists Association
• Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication
• FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
• Freedom House
• Google's list of journalism organizations
• International Association for Media and Communication Research
• International Center for Journalists
• International Communication Association
• International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
• IRE - Investigative Reporters & Editors
• Jazz Journalists Association
• Knight Center for Specialized Journalism
• Magazine Publishers of America
• Media Research Center
• Missouri Press Association
• National Association for Black Journalists
• National Association for Hispanic Journalists
• National Association for Minority Media Executives
• National Association of Broadcasters
• National Association of Science Writers
• National Communication Association
• National Gay & Lesbian Journalists Association
• The National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting
• National Press Club
• National Press Photographers Association
• Native American Journalists Association
• Newspaper Association of America
• NewsWatch.org
• Pew Center for Civic Journalism
• The Poynter Institute
• Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
• Radio Television News Directors Association & Foundation -RTNDA & RTNDF
• Society of American Business Editors & Writers
• Society for Environmental Journalists
• Society for News Design
• Society of Professional Journalists
• Washington Press Club Foundation

Broadcasting - To top

• Arbitron Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) is an international media and marketing research firm serving radio broadcasters, cable companies, advertisers, advertising agencies and outdoor advertising companies in the United States, Mexico and Europe. Arbitron’s core businesses are measuring network and local market radio audiences across the United States; surveying the retail, media and product patterns of local market consumers; and providing application software used for analyzing media audience and marketing information data. Arbitron Internet Broadcast Services measures the audiences of audio and video content on the Internet, commonly known as webcasts. The Company is developing the Portable People Meter, a new technology for radio, television and cable ratings.
• BEA: The Broadcast Education Association - The Broadcast Education Association is the professional association for professors, industry professionals and graduate students who are interested in teaching and research related to electronic media and multimedia enterprises. Publications include Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media and Journal of Radio Studies.
• Broadcast Archive - historical materials on both pioneer and current broadcast radio stations, as well as links and references to other locations containing accurate materials on broadcasting. While the emphasis is on professional broadcasting, especially radio, certainly there are some important links to early amateur broadcasting, as well as various companies where the value of radio was exploited.
• Encylopedia of Television - includes more than 1,000 original essays from more than 250 contributors and examines specific programs and people, historic moments and trends, major policy disputes and such topics as violence, tabloid television and the quiz show scandal. It also includes histories of major television networks as well as broadcasting systems around the world and is complemented by resource materials, photos and bibliographical information.
• Footage.Net - Television and Film Archives - the one source for the best footage available anywhere: the only place ad, film, TV and digital video pros can instantly search the footage trade’s best stock, archival and news footage databases all at once.
• Nielsen Ratings - Some reports are free and some are not.
• Tv Resources - Museums and TV History
• Television Bureau of Advertising - Ratings, Consumer track, market track, ad revenue, media trends.

Books - To Top

• Abebooks - used, rare, secondhand books online
• Addall books - used, rare, price comparison
• Alibris - used, out of print, rare
• Amazon.com
• Bibliofind - millions of rare, used, and out-of-print books
• Google Books
• MX Bookfinder

Design - To Top

• American Institute of Graphic Arts - The purpose of AIGA is to further excellence in communication design as a broadly defined discipline, strategic tool for business and cultural force. AIGA is the place design professionals turn to first to exchange ideas and information, participate in critical analysis and research and advance education and ethical practice
• Communication Arts - Competitions, Advertising Annual, Design Annual, features, exhibit online, interactive design annual, columns, resources, forums, the magazine. Part of the Commarts Network, The Communication Arts site is the online counterpart of Communication Arts magazine and is owned by Coyne & Blanchard, Inc., the parent company of Communication Arts magazine. Directed toward designers, art directors and students, the site includes content from each issue, purchase information and entry forms for the competitions
• Graphic Artist's Guild - The Graphic Artists Guild is a national union of illustrators, designers, web creators, production artists, surface designers and other creatives who have come together to pursue common goals, share their experience, raise industry standards, and improve the ability of visual creators to achieve satisfying and rewarding careers.
• Graphic Arts Blue Book Online - The Blue Book On-Line contains all available listings for graphic arts companies which produce a product for sale to others EXCEPT ad agencies, newspapers and the two general categories of General Commercial Printers and Quick Printers. These are available in the printed version of the Blue Books, where they are listed in the Geo/Alpha section.
• Newsdesigner.com - A weblog about newspaper design.
• Newspaper Design, Leadership & Creativity - The First Online Site for News Design Ideas and Advice, Launched Sept. 2, 1997. Bios/Contacts, Skills, Training & Leadership Consulting, Tips, articles, resources, News Design People, Live News Designs Worldwide, 15 columns on news design.
• Poynter's Color contrast and dimension in news design
• Poynter's page on Headline Display and Typographic Voice
• Poynter's Visual Journalism page - articles and insight on visual journalism.
• Print - America's Graphic Design Magazine
• Society of Publication Design - Members, competitions, events, portfolio.
• University & College Designers Association - promoting excellence in visual communications in institutions of higher education.

Government - To Top

• FedStats - statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies - The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies, Links to statistical agencies, Topic links - A to Z - Direct access to statistical data on topics of your choice. MapStats - Statistical profiles of States, counties, Congressional Districts, and Federal judicial districts. Statistics by geography from U.S. agencies -- International comparisons, national, State, county, and local. Statistical reference shelf - Published collections of statistics available online including the Statistical Abstract of the United States. Data access tools - Selected agency online databases.
• U.S. Government Manual current editionAs the official handbook of the Federal Government, the United States Government Manual provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. It also includes information on quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates, and boards, commissions, and committees. The Manual begins with reprints of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
• Fed World Information Network Find a Federal Government Job, Search for Government Research & evelopment Publications, Search FirstGov - Search 30 Million Government Web Pages, Automobile Emission Information, Top Government Web Sites, Locate Key Government Science and Technology Web Resource Sites ,Internal Revenue Service, Supreme Court Decisions.
• FirstGov - Agencies , Federal , State, Local & Tribal, International, Reference, News Releases, Federal Forms, Laws & Regulations ,Phone Directories, Questions About Government? Find Government Benefits,Change Your Address, Volunteer,,Shopping & Auctions, Find a Government Job, Social Security Online, Apply for Student Loans, Find a School or Library, Zip Code Look-Up, Passport Applications, Buy National Park Pass, Recreation One-Stop, Birth & Marriage Certificates, Drivers Licenses, etc.
• Government Printing Office -Created primarily to satisfy the printing needs of Congress, GPO today is the focal point for printing, binding, and information dissemination for the entire Federal community. In addition to Congress and the White House approximately 130 Federal departments and agencies rely on GPO’s services. Congressional documents, census forms, Federal regulations and reports, IRS tax forms, and U.S. passports–all are produced by or through GPO.
• GovSpot - Gov't online, News, Library, Social Services, Justice & Military, Matters of Money, Science & Travel, World Affairs, Politics, Govspot. Fastest Growing Cities, Teacher Salaries by State, America's Safest Cities, Largest U.S. Cities, FBI Most Wanted List, State Education Rankings, 10 Most Underrated Towns. Gov't Reports - Crime | Education | Elections | Employment | Energy | Environment | Family | Gov't | Health | Intelligence | Transportation | See more reports... Issues - Tax Cuts | Alaska Oil Drilling | Social Security | School Vouchers | Death Penalty | See more issues...
• John F. Kennedy's School of Government News - Research Centers, Faculty, Library, Programs, Publications.
• International Data Bank - The International Data Base (IDB) is a computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of the world.
• Office of the Clerk - Online Information Center - At this site, you can obtain copies of House documents, including public disclosure forms, made available by the Clerk as part of his official duties. You can also find historical information about the House of Representatives and information about its Members and Committees.
• Official US Executive Branches - This page contains Executive Branch sites only. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Commerce (DOC), Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Education, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Department of the Interior (DOI), Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Labor (DOL), Department of State (DOS), Department of Transportation (DOT), Department of the Treasury, Department of Veterans Affairs and INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
• Presidents of the United States - POTUS - In this resource you will find background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents. Links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites are also included to enrich this site.
• State and Local Government on the web - Federal Resources, Multi-State Sites, National Organizations, Other Links - Center for Digital Government, Innovations in American, Government Home Page, Insurance News Network: State Insurance Gateway, Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts Online, Legislative Session Calendar, Local Government Environmental Assistance Network, Local Government Institute, Local Government Job Net, Municipal Code Corporation, National Academy of Public Administration, Public Sector Continuous Improvement Page, State Capitals Newsletters, State-based Think Tanks, States.org, US Communities Purchasing and Finance Agency.
• Supreme Court of the United States - Docket, Oral Arguments, Bar Admissions, Court Rules, Case Handling Guides, Opinions, Orders and Journal, visiting the court, public information.
• U.S. Legislative Branch - United States Congress, House of Representatives, Senate, Legislative Agencies & Commissions, Information Sources for Legislative Research, Government Records & Publications Index Services, Partisan Congressional Sites News Services, Issues, Legislation, Campaigns Contacting Members of Congress, Voting Records Educational Resources.
• U.S. Presidential Debate Transcript Archive - The pages in this section summarize available information on major historic political debates. Click on the buttons below to learn about debates that occurred in each respective year.
• White House webpage

Health Communication - To Top

• Annenberg Public Policy Center - Health Communication Research
• CDC - Health Marketing Research
• Center for Communications Programs
• Dept. of Health and Human Services - Health Communication Activities
• Harvard School of Public Health Center for Health Communication
• Health Communication and Mass Media Links
• Health Communication at the University of Illinois-Urbana
• Health and Science Communication U of Iowa Communication Studies Resources
• Media/Materials Clearinghouse: A Leading international resource for health communication materials

History - To Top

• American Journalism Historians Association Index to American Journalism Journal
• American Women's History: A Research Guide
• Black Radio-Telling it like it was
• Broadcasting History Links
• Dead Media Project
• Digital History: Using new technologies to enhance teaching and research
• Distinguised Women in Journalism and Mass Media
• Freedom Forum's -America's Team: Media & the Military
• History Buff's Home Page - American Newspaper Archive
• Historical Text Archive
• The History Guide - Resources for Historians
• The History Net
• July 1942 Magazine Covers
• Library of Congress-American Memory
• List of Hoaxes in Journalism - articles
• Making of America - Digital Library
• Media History Monographs - fulltext back to 1997
• Museum of Television and Radio
• National Public Broadcasting Archives
• Newsfilm Library
• The Newsroom Morgue
• New York World Journal Tribune
• New York World-Telegram and Sun Collection
• 19th Century Newspaper Research
• Old Time Radio - History
• Project McLuhan
• Printing History - The Journal of American Printing History Association
• Radio and broadcasting history
• Radio Days - Radio Broadcast History
• Radio Industry History
• Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing - Sharp Web
• Typographic - history
• NPCF Oral History Project - Women in Journalism

Global Journalism - To Top

• BBC World News - Country Profiles, etc.
• Committee to Protect Journalists
• European Media Landscape
• Global Journalism - American Press Institute
• Journalism Resources for all parts of the world
• The Journalist Resource page - International Media Organizations
• International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
• International Journalism Education & Research
• REESWeb - Russian & East European Studies -Journalism
• Unesco - Communication and Information
• United Nations Common Database (UNCDB)
• World Association of Newspapers

Journalist Biographies - To Top

• Biography.com - Search over 25,000 of the greatest lives, past and present.
• Encyclopedia of U.S. History - Business Leaders - Includes publishing giants.
• Encyclopedia of U.S. History - Journals & Magazines - has history of magazines with biographies of people involved.
• Encyclopedia of U.S. History - Journalists - put out by Sparticus Educational, includes Journalists from 1840-1980.
• Gale Virtual Reference - Biographies MU only
• InfoPlease Biographies - Search the more than 30,000 biographies in our almanacs, dictionary, and encyclopedia.
• Encyclopedia of U.S. History - Photographers - Organizations and Movements and biographies.

Databases for finding biographies

• Article First - Type in first and last name in a Keyword search.
• Biography Index - type the last name, first name and choose subject.
• Discovering Collection - Searches text, photos and multimedia in Discovering Authors, DISCovering Biography, DISCovering Multicultural America, DISCovering U.S. History, DISCovering World History, DISCovering Science, EXPLORING Novels, EXPLORING Poetry, EXPLORING Shakespeare, EXPLORING Short Stories, UXL Multicultural Photo and Image, UXL Science Text, Photo, and Image.
• World Almanac - World Almanac offers basic reference sources including 6,000 records of biographies, encyclopedia entries, facts, and statistics. Coverage is 1998 to date.

Library Biographical Resources: You may also search Merlin and do a Subject search by last name, first or a Keyword search ex. (Walter Cronkite) to find other books.

• American Magazine Journalists
  
• American Newspaper Journalists
  
• Biographies - Advertising
• Biography - Advertising - U.S.
• Biographies - Journalists
• Biography Index
• Contemporary Authors: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television and other
• Contemporary Photographers
• The Encyclopedia of American Journalism
• Encyclopedia of Television News
• Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Journalists
• Journalists of the United States: Biographical Sketches of Print and Broadcast News Shapers from the late 17th Century to the present
• Literary Journalism: A Biographical Dictionary of Writers and Editors
• Who's What and Where: A Directory and Reference Book on America's Minority Journalists
• The Writers Directory
• Women and American Television: An Encyclopedia

Newspapers

• Journalism Library's Collection of Newspapers
• The Assignment Editor - Search Archives of Newspapers
• Association of Free Community Newspapers Search for community newspapers, view circulation and contact info.
• Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
  Contains more than 226,000 pages of public-domain newspapers from California, Florida, Kentucky, New York, Utah, Virginia and the District of Columbia published between 1900 and 1910.
• Ecirc - Audit Bureau of Circulation Circulation reports for newspapers, consumer magazines, business publications and farm publications
• Information about the clipping file for the New York World-Telegram and Sun Collection
• Internet Public Library - Newspapers National & International papers
• Library of Congress News and Newspapers Internet Services
• New York World-Telegram and Sun Photo Collection
• Newspaper Archives on the Web
• Non-U.S. Newspaper Archives on the Web
• Searchable Newspaper Archives
• Top 100 Newspapers
• U.S. News Archives on the Web

Photography

• Afterimage Photo Gallery
• Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism
• American Photography: A Century of Images
• Aperture
• Berkley's Digital Library-Image Finder
• Black Star Photo Agency
• Capture the Moment - Pulitzer Prize Photographs
• College Pictures of the Year
• Columbia University's Webseek - Image & Video Search
• Digital Journalist
• Domestic Abuse.org - Donna Ferrato's Living with the Enemy
• Films for the Humanities
• George Eastman House
• Iphotoart: The Source for Photographic Prints
• International Center for Photography
• James Nachtwey
• Media & Communications Studies Site - Visual Image
• Masters of Photography
• Missouri Photo Workshop
• National Press Photographers Association
• National Geographic
• New York Public Library Digital Gallery
• Photo District News
• PhotoEye.Com - Photo Books and Gallery
• Pictures of the Year
• Photographs, Prints & Drawings from the Library of Congress American Memory Collection
• Poynter Institute Photojournalism Bibliography
• Picturing the Century - 100 Years of Photography from the National Archives
• VisCom Resources
• Reference Desk - Photography and Pictures
• World Press Photo Site

Religion - To Top

• Center for Faith & The Media
• Center for Religion and the Media
• Center for Religion, The Professions and the Public
• Ethics and Public Policy Center - Religion and the Media
• Media Literacy - Media Education in Faith Communities
• MultiFaith and Religion Sites
• Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
• Power Reporting - Sources for Religion
• Religion Blogs - Blog Top Sites
• Religion online - Full texts by recognized religious scholars
• The Revealer - A Review of Religion and the Press

Research on the web - To Top

• Archive.org - The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public.
• Fulltext of AEJMC's papers presented at conferences 1994-present
• Empiricom.org - Research Reports
• Center for Media & Public Affairs - Media Analysis
• Joan Shorenstein's Center Press, Politics and Public Policy
• Journalist's Database of Databases
• Media Communications Studies Site
• Media Info Center
• Newspaper Association of America - Resource Pages
• Pew Center's Research
• Poynter Research Center
• Project for Excellence in Journalism
• RTNDAF Resources
• Readership Institute - Newspaper Reports
• Bedford/St. Martin's Research Resources
• Media Ownership Working Group Studies

Sources for Reporters - To Top

• Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma
• Eric Friedman Library links for reporters
• FACSNET -Service for Journalists Beat sources
• Handout for News Reporting & Writing students with links to almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias
• Insurance Information Institute - Media
• Internet Spy - Your guide to investigative links
• International Directory of Investigative Reporters
• Internet News Bureau - press releases archives
• The Internet Newsroom
• Investigative Reporters & Editors
• IRE's Beat Source Guide
• Journalist's Express - News & Research Portal for Reporters
• A Journalist's Guide to the Internet
• National Political Index
• Power Reporting
• Poynter's Tip Sheets
• Project Vote Smart
• The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
• Resources for Working Journalists
• Say How? A Pronunciation Guide to Names of Public Figures
• The Working Reporter