Fitzgerald Library - Saint Mary's University of Minnesota -- Media Communications

Adaccess The John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising and Marketing History has digitalized advertisements, which appeared in magazines and newspapers from 1911 to 1955. Advertisements in five subject areas are available: radio, television, beauty and hygiene, transportation, and World War II. http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess

Adage.com (Advertising Age Magazine) This Internet site is an extension of the print edition of Advertising Age Magazine. It contains media news, special reports, and a career center. Its Data Center page contains industry data about top advertisers, largest media companies, annual report on advertising agencies, and an industry salary survey. http://www.adage.com

Adflip "The world’s largest searchable database of classic print ads." Images of printed advertisements from the 1940’s to date are indexed by date, brand name and by topic. http://www.adflip.com

Advertising World This Internet site is produced by the Department of Advertising at the University of Texas at Austin. It says it is "the ultimate marketing communications directory for professionals, students, and teachers. http://advertising.utexas.edu/world

Editor & Publisher This site is the online version of Editor & Publisher Magazine. It is a source of current news, but it is also a media directory. "MediaInfo Links — the Online Media Directory" includes listings of newspapers, magazines, and broadcast sites. http://www.mediainfo.com

FAIR: Fairness and accuracy in reporting. "FAIR, the national media watch organization, has been offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986." Search the archives of FAIR’s publications. http://www.fair.org

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) An independent government agency, the FCC develops and implements policy regarding interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable." Site contains news releases and information on making complaints. http://www.fcc.gov

Media Literacy Online Project MLOP is a project of the University of Oregon College of Education’s Center for Advanced Technology in Education. The project produces Media Literacy Review, a biannual online publication on the influence of media on children and adolescents. It also includes links to other media literacy sites and article databases. Educators and parents are the intended audience. http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/HomePage

Mediafinder This site is a directory of 86,000 U.S. publications. For each publication listed subscription price and advertising rates are given. http://www.mediafinder.com

National Press Club The National Press Club site contains information for its members, but its "Library & Research" section has a valuable directory. The online "Library" contains resources for reporters, such as links to biographical information, directory of media web sites, directory of search engines, and writing tools for journalists. http://npc.press.org

The News Film Library The University of South Carolina was selected by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation to receive its archive of Fox Movietone Newsreels. This site contains these archived newsreels as still photographs and as movies and provides an index to the collection. http://www.sc.edu/newsfilm

Newslink NewsLink Associates is an "academic and professional research and consulting firm studying electronic publishing and visual journalism. There is an online directory of newspapers and radio and television stations. Extra search functions include geographic location and frequency of Publication. http://newslink.org

Newswatch Views on the News This is a list of key media news and criticism sites. It includes a directory. http://www.newswatch.org

Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. This is the official site of the Oscar Awards. There are archived list of Oscar winners from previous years and information about the Academy’s research grants and its Center for Motion Picture Study. http://www.oscar.org The Academy’s companion site is: http://www.oscar.com where current Oscar Award information is given.

All Movie Guide This index to movies can be searched by film title or actor name. The "people finder" index allows the user to put in two movie titles to see which actors appeared in both films. Current movie information is also provided on the site. http://www.allmovie.com

Internet Movie Database This is an index to information about more than 250,000 movies. Search the database by film title, actor, director, and quotes from the movie. Entries give plot summaries, character names, movie ratings, and running time for each movie. Also includes information on the week's top grossing films and new releases on VHS or DVD format. http://www.imdb.com

Find full text articles on a wide variety of topics in the Directory of Open Access Journals . This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. It strives to cover all subjects and languages.

New web-based meta-news source, Topix.net , searches 3,100 sources to organize news into 150,00 topics. Also try RocketNews .

EuroNews--European and Mediterranean Basin public broadcasting organizations have combined to create a version of world news and cultural information that seeks to avoid bias or national viewpoint. Available in seven languages.

All About Public Relations This Internet site covers all aspects of public relations work. There are lists of public relations agencies, job listings, internship offerings, and career guides. The site also includes "how to" information for public relations professionals, including articles on setting up media events, a glossary of PR terms, and writing tools. http://aboutpublicrelations.net

Center for Media & Public Affairs (CMPA) CMPA is a "nonpartisan research and educational organization, which conducts scientific studies of the news and entertainment media." The site contains its studies of what the media is covering, such as: political news watch, TV studies, economic studies, late night comedy county, and science andhealth issues. There are also links to related web sites. http://www.cmpa.com

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences produces this Internet site. The site contains information about the television industry. http://www.emmys.org

BBC Archives--archive of BBC radio interviews. Browse by subject or person. A sampling includes: a 1976 interview with Ansel Adams, a 1963 interview with William S. Burroughs, a 1961 interview with Aaron Copland, a 1984 interview with the Dali Lama, a 1962 interview with Salvador Dali, a 1937 interview with George Bernard Shaw, a 1981 interview with Andy Warhol.

MIT List of Stations on the Internet This directory of 8,000 radio stations can be searched by call letters, frequency, geographic location, or format. http://wmbr.mit.edu/stations

National Public Radio This web page contains the archives of NPR’s radio shows. You will also find late-breaking news. http://www.npr.org

Television News Archive Vanderbilt University maintains this archive of television news reports. News coverage by the major networks is archived since 1968. The archives are searchable by date and network, as well as by topic. http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu

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