Journalism: Research tools
Find Articles about Journalism
Search these databases to find articles about trends and topics in Journalism.
- Communication and Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new windowFull-text articles relating to all aspects of communication and mass media.
- Communications and Mass Media (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new windowOver 250 journals focused on all aspects of the communications field. Key subjects include advertising and public relations, linguistics, and literature.
Newspaper databases
- Alt-PressWatch This link opens in a new windowA full text collection of newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press. View the Alt-Press Watch handout.
- Ethnic Newswatch This link opens in a new windowFull text newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic minority and native press. Provides a rich collection of articles, editorials, and reviews with a broad diversity of perspectives and viewpoints. Also a good source of ethnic recipes. Coverage is from 1980 to the present. View the Ethnic NewsWatch handout
- News (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new windowProvides access to selected articles from nearly 2,500 major newspapers, including U.S. regional, national, and local papers as well as leading titles from around the world. Does not include The Oregonian.
- Newspaper Source This link opens in a new windowFull text for regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, news wires, newspaper columns as well as 24 TV and radio news transcripts. Also contains indexing and abstracts for national newspapers.
- PressReader This link opens in a new windowThis platform contains 7,000+ newspapers and magazines, including international sources from many countries, in many languages. (Please ignore the access countdown. Your time will reset at each login.) Download your favorite publications to your device to read anytime, anywhere.
- US Major Dailies This link opens in a new windowFull text newspapers from five U.S. national and regional newspapers: New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Tribune
Explanations & background reports
Need an explanation or an overview of an issue? Give one of these databases a try when you need to get a handle on a topic or an issue.
- CQ Researcher This link opens in a new windowTopical, full text reports on controversial issues. Each report features a summary, chronology, and bibliography. Updated weekly.
- Gale Ebooks (formerly GVRL) This link opens in a new windowGale eBooks has over 200 encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Look here for biology, chemistry, nursing and medicine, sociology, history, education, law, and more.
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Journalism print and ebooks in PCC Library
The following links will take you to books, videos and other library materials on that topic in the PCC Library:
- Interviewing: the Oregon method byFrom the University of Oregon, Center for Journalism Innovation and Civic Engagement. " Interviewing is a primer for the digital age yet one embracing age-old lessons that make clear the crucial importance of successful interviewing techniques for productive civic engagement."
- Writing for News Media : the Storyteller’s Craft byCall Number: Cascade Library 808.06 P53w 2018A down-to-earth guide on how to write news stories for online, print and broadcast audiences
- Community-Centered Journalism : engaging people, exploring solutions, and building trust byCall Number: Ebook - read online
- Reimagining Journalism in a Post-Truth World: how late-night comedians, Internet trolls, and savvy reporters are transforming news byCall Number: Sylvania library 071.309 M33r 2018