RESEARCH & WRITING
Penn State Libraries General Resources
- Libraries Home
- Remote resources page (post COVID) – This has full listings of vast materials made available for free since the pandemic started. I recommend checking out this page, specifically.
- Library Subject Guides
- Library Tutorials and Information Materials
- Streaming Video Resources
- eBooks guide
Penn State Libraries Communications Research Guides
- Communications & media studies guide
- Comparing media systems guide
- News media ethics guide
- News media trends guide
- Television news programs
Communication Research Methods Links
- The SAGE Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods (2017)
- Video – Survey Research (there are lots of great tutorial videos like this via SAGE Research Methods database)
- Making Sense of Evidence, via George Mason University
- Communication Research Methods Database, via Ithaca College
- Chapter outlines for Investigating Communication (research textbook)
- ‘Content Analysis’ resources
- D. Soyini Madison, “Introduction to Critical Ethnography”
- Textual Analysis Directory, via Aberystwyth University
- Daniel Chandler’s “Semiotics for Beginners”
- Ethnomusicology Review (journal)
Writing Resources
- Purdue Online Writing Lab – an excellent collection of articles, tools and tips related to all aspects of the research and writing process, including valuable information on formatting and citations.
- Excelsior College OWL (Online Writing Lab) – Also an excellent collection of materials regarding formatting and citations.
- The Chicago Manual of Style (Quick Guide) – this is your professor’s preferred format for writing. If you want to access the entire text of The Chicago Manual of Style, you can read it online through the Penn State library, or click here.
COMMUNICATION & CULTURE
Mixing Pop and Politics
- The Atlantic
- The Baffler
- Bitch Media
- Hyperallergic
- Pop Matters
- Sounding Out!
- Souciant
- Ars Technica
- Color Lines
- Cyborgology
- Ada
- Maximum Rocknroll
- The Nation
- The New Inquiry
- The New Yorker
- Real Life
- Teen Vogue
- Vox
JOURNALISM RESOURCES
National & International News
- New York Times – Students can click here to access the NY Times online, for free
- Democracy Now! – Independent, nationally syndicated, in-depth daily news broadcast
- Pro Publica
- BBC News
- Al Jazeera
- The Intercept
Local & Regional News
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Local daily newspaper
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – Local daily newspaper
- Pittsburgh City Paper – Local alternative weekly newspaper with an emphasis on arts & culture
- Pittsburgh Current – Independent alternative weekly newspaper
- Public Source – Independent, non-profit, local news online
- Tube City Online – Independent, online news in McKeesport
- New Pittsburgh Courier – Local newspaper focused on Pittsburgh’s African American community
- Valley News Dispatch – The Tribune Review‘s coverage of the Mon Valley
- The Philadelphia Inquirer – The third oldest daily newspaper in the US.
- Centre Daily Times – News coverage of Central PA, based out of State College
Penn State News
- The GA-ZETTE – Penn State Greater Allegheny news
- The Collegian – Penn State University Park news
Coverage & Analysis of News
- Fairness And Accuracy In Reporting
- Nieman Lab at Harvard University
- Center For Investigative Reporting
- Politifact
- Quill
- AllSides – features both news content and useful guides to political slant of various publications
OTHER STUFF
Good Things on the Web
