COM 257
Media History and Theory
Recommended for COM 257
NCSU Libraries Catalog
Use for books at NCSU. Or, Expand Your Search (upper right) to other area libraries - UNC-CH, Duke, NCCU.
NCSU Libraries Catalog
Good subject headings for browsing:
Communication and technology
Mass media and technology
Mass media and culture
Databases - History
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Use for scholarly articles in history of technology.
America: History and Life
Use for scholarly articles in U.S. History.
Historical Abstracts
Use for scholarly articles in world history.
Databases - Communication
Communication & Mass Media Complete
Index with full text for journals in communication, mass media and related fields.
MLA International Bibliography
Index to journals in language and literature, but including topics such as rhetoric, communication, and learning.
Databases - Interdisciplinary
Summon
Includes electronic content from a wide range of databases and other resources. In addition to scholarly content, you have the option of limiting to magazines, for a more popular perspective.
LexisNexis Academic
Database with full text access to selected new sources and legal cases.
Dissertations and Theses
Good source for locating theses written to obtain Masters and Doctoral degrees. These often include useful literature reviews leading to other good information on a topic.
Reference Books
Encyclopedia of New Media
An essential reference to communication and technology
The International encyclopedia of media studies: media history and the foundations of media studies
Explores media as it is being practiced, produced, and analyzed around the world.
Encyclopedia of Communication Theory
Comprehensive overview of contemporary communication theory.
Encyclopedia of Rhetoric
Brings together expertise in classical studies, philosophy, literature, literary theory, cultural studies, speech, and communications in a comprehensive treatment of the art of persuasion.
Encyclopedia of the History of Technology
See especially, Part 4, which includes communication technologies.
Inventions and Inventors
T20 .I59 2002 (Hunt Library, 2nd floor) and Online
International Directory of Company Histories
HD2721 .I57 (DH Hill Learning Commons and Online)
Communication Research Guide (NCSU Libraries)
This guide lists some additional reference books that might be helpful.