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Communication: Indexes, Journals & Selected Reference Sources

This guide lists abstracts, indexes, and periodicals currently received at RIT Library. Periodicals which have ceased publication are not included, but holdings of these titles can be found by consulting "Einstein" the library catalog. Electronic journals which are included in one of our databases or are directly linked to online can be accessed by searching the E-Content Finder.

ABSTRACTS & INDEXES CONTAINING INFORMATION ON COMMUNICATION

Location, holdings, abbreviation and an annotation are given for each abstract or index.

via RIT Library Research Databases.
ABI/InformGlobal (ABI). Indexes over 1000 business and management journals. Includes communication within and between organizations. Fulltext coverage begins with 1991. PDF images or original articles begins in 1987.

INDEX TA1.A66 1958-91
Applied Science and Technology Fulltext. (AS&T). Indexes broad range of technical subjects. Includes technical writing, telecommunications, communication in management and communication networks.

INDEX HF5001.B86 1958-98
via Wilson OmniFile. Abstracts begin in 1984 and full-text coverage in 1994
Business Periodicals Index (BPI). Includes articles related to industrial, organizational and business communication.

INDEX P87.C59733 1978-99
Communication Abstracts (Comm. Ab.). Sage Publ. Indexes articles in communication theory, business, interpersonal, broadcast, mass and speech communication, journalism and related applications.

via RIT Library Research Databases.
Communication Abstracts (ComAbstracts) Communication Institute for Online Scholarship database of abstracts from over 50 communication journals from 1966 to the present.

CD-ROM available on the RIT Library NT
Communication Index (ComIndex) Communication Institute for Online Scholarship database indexing about 80 communication journals.

CD-ROM only. Available in RIT Library Reference Area.
CommSearch. (CommS). Index to journals in communication studies through 1994. Also includes full-text of journals published by the Speech Communication Association.

INDEX L11.C86 1969-91. Available via RIT Library Research Databases. Abstracts 1966+ and 95% of ERIC Documents (EDs) from 1996+ are available in full text. Pre-1996 ERIC Documents are on microfiche located on the 2nd floor in the VIA area.
Current Index to Journals in Education (ERIC). Part of Eric (Educational Resources Information Center) which indexes periodical literature. Subject matter includes all aspects of education, including communication.

INDEX AI3.H85 1974-94. via Wilson OmniFile. Abstracts begin in 1984 and full-text coverage in 1994
Humanities Abstracts (HUM I). Indexes periodical literature in the humanities including communications research, journalism, language, mass media, nonverbal communication and theory.

INDEX PB35.L32 1981-.
Language Teaching (LT). Covers practical aspects of learning and teaching language.

INDEX PB35.L35 1967-.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA). Includes all aspects of linguistics and language including interpersonal behavior and communication and nonverbal communication.

via RIT Library Research Databases.
Lexis/NexisAcademicUniverse. Full-text database of newspaper articles, radio and tv transcripts.

INDEX PB35.M57 1963-99. Available via FirstSearch 1963+
MLA International Bibliography (MLA). Includes articles on linguistics, socio- and psycholinguistics, and language.

INDEX BF1.P65 1969-91. Available as PsycInfo on the web from 1887-present. Latest 3 years also available via FirstSearch as PsycFirst.
Psychological Abstracts (PsycInfo). Indexes psychology & related disciplines, including communication.

INDEX Z118.A3P7 1947-93. via RIT Library Research Databases 1975- .
Printing Abstracts (PIRA). Includes articles dealing with printing processes, and communication networks.

INDEX AI3.P82 1968- . Available as PAIS via FirstSearch from 1972+.
Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin (PAIS). Indexes books, articles and government publications. Subjects include business, economic, social relations, and public administration. Includes topics of communication systems, mass media, and journalism.

INDEX AI3.R4 1900-. via Wilson OmniFile. Abstracts begin in 1984 and full-text coverage in 1994
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature (RDG). Includes broad range of communication topics: Social Aspects, political, technical, business and, psychological.

INDEX L11.R32 1975-91. Available via RIT Library Research Databases. Abstracts 1966+ and 95% of ERIC Documents (EDs) from 1996+ are available in full text. Pre-1996 ERIC Documents are on microfiche located on the 2nd floor in the VIA area.
Resources in Education (ERIC). Part of Eric (Educational Resources Information Center) which indexes report literature. Subject matter includes all aspects of education, including communication skills.

INDEX AI3.S62 1974-94. via Wilson OmniFile. Abstracts begin in 1984 and full-text coverage in 1994
Social Science Abstracts (SSI). Includes topics of interpersonal communication research, content analysis, and mass media.

INDEX HM1.S67 1969- . Current 5 yrs in QUICK INDEX
Sociological Abstracts (Soc Ab). Includes topics of communication, group and personal interaction, mass culture and public option.

CURRENT COMMUNICATION PERIODICALS

Publication frequency, our holdings, indexing sources and location in RIT Library are given for each title. Abbreviations listed below have been used in designating a title's location.

• CMS: Current Magazine Shelves - 2nd floor
• Current __ only: Library retains only issues from time specified
• Film: Microfilm - second floor
• INDEX: INDEX Shelves - Second floor after PER shelves
• PER.: Periodicals - second floor

Film 960 (formerly College Composition and Communication)
CCC : the journal of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, National Council of Teachers of English. Quarterly. v. 51 #3-, 2000-. Indexed: LLBA, ERIC

Film 960 (title changed to CCC : the journal of the Conference on College Composition and Communication,
National Council of Teachers of English)
College Composition and Communication. Quarterly. v. 1-51 #2, 1950-99. Indexed: LLBA, ERIC

PER PN4700.C64 and Film 330/CMS
Columbia Journalism Review. Bimonthly. v. 1-8, 1962-63 - 1969/70. v. 9-, 1970/71-. Indexed: HUMI

Film 1573/CMS
Communication Education. (formerly Speech Teacher) Quarterly. v.1-, 1952-. Indexed: LLBA, Comm. Ab., ERIC, IJCS, ComAbstracts.

Film 1573/CMS
Communication Monographs. (formerly Speech Monographs) Quarterly. v.1-, 1934-. Indexed: PsycInfo, MLA, LLBA, Comm. Ab., IJCS, ComAbstracts

Film 1572/CMS
Communication Quarterly. (formerly Today's Speech) Quarterly. v.1-, 1953. Indexed: Soc. Ab., Comm. Ab., HUMI, IJCS, ComAbstracts

PER PN4071.C65/CMS
Communication Reports. Semiannual. v. 1-, 1988-. Indexed: Comm. Ab., LLBA, ComAbstracts

Film 1635/CMS
Communication Research. Bimonthly. v.13-, 1986-. Indexed: ERIC, PsycInfo, HUM I, IJCS, ComAbstracts

PER P87.C65/CMS
Communication Research Reports:CRR. v.12- , 1995- .

PER PN4001.C45
Communication Studies (formerly Central States Speech Journal). Quarterly. v.37-, 1986-. Indexed: ERIC, LLBA, Comm. Ab., IJCS, ComAbstracts

Film 1809/PER P87.C59737/CMS
Communication Theory: CT: a journal of the International Communication Association . Quarterly. v. 5- . 1995- .Indexed: ComAbstracts

Film 1575/CMS
Critical Studies in Media Communication. Quarterly. v. 1- , 1984- . (formerly: Critical Studies in Mass Communication) Indexed: ERIC, Comm.Ab., IJCS, ComAbstracts.

PER PN4700.E4 and Film 558/CMS
Editor and publisher . Weekly. v. 70-89, 1937-1956 incomplete holding v.90-, 1957-. Indexed: BPI, PIRA

Film 1577/CMS
Human Communication Research. Quarterly. v. 1-, 1976-. Indexed: Soc. Ab., LLBA, Comm. Ab., ERIC, PsychInfo, IJCS, ComAbstracts

PER PE1404.J68/CMS
Journal of Basic Writing. Semiannual. v. 8-, 1989. Indexed: ERIC

Film 110/CMS
Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media. (Formerly Journal of Broadcasting) Quarterly. v. 15- , 1970- . Indexed: ERIC, Comm. Ab., HUM I, PAIS, PsycInfo, Soc. Ab., IJCS, ComAbstracts

PER HG5717.I595/CMS
Journal of Business and Technical Communication (formerly Iowa State Journal of Business and Technical Communication). Quarterly. v.1- 1987-99. Indexed: Comm. Ab., Soc.Ab., LLBA, ABI

PER P97.J6FILM957/CMS
Journal of Communication. Quarterly. v. 1-19, 22-25. 1951-69, 1972-75. v. 26-, 1976-. Indexed: HUMI, Soc. Ab., LLBA, Comm. Ab., ABI/INF., PsychInfo, SSI, IJCS, ComAbstracts

PER T11.J66/CMS
Journal of Technical Writing and Communications. Quarterly. v.16-, 1986-. Indexed: LLBA

PER P118.J68/CMS
Journal of Visual Literacy (formerly Journal of Visual, Verbal Languaging). Semi-annual. v.1-, 1981-.

PER PN4700.J7 and Film 66/CMS
Journlism & Mass Communication Quarterly (formerly Journalism Quarterly: Devoted to Research in Journalism and Mass Communication.) Quarterly. v. 18-4, 19 41-69 Incomplete holdings, v. 47-, 1970-. Indexed: PAIS, Comm. Ab., HUM I, IJCS, ComAbstracts

PER P1.L3 and Film 718/CMS
Language. Quarterly. v. 1-49, 1925-73, v.50-, 1974-. Indexed: Soc. Ab., LLBA, ERIC, HUM I

Film 898/CMS
Language and Speech. Quarterly. v. 1-, 1958-. Indexed: Soc. Ab., LLBA, LT, ERIC, PsycInfo

Film1507/CMS
Language Learning. Quarterly. v. 34-, 1984-. Indexed: ERIC, LLBA

PER P90.M405/CMS
Mass Communication & Society. Quarterly v.1- 1998- .(formerly Mass Communications Review. v. 16-23, 1989-96 . Indexed: HUM I, ComAbstracts.

PER HM258.M373/CMS
Media, Culture, and Society. Quarterly. v. 13- , 1991- . Indexed: SSI, Comm. Ab., Soc. Ab.

PER BI.P572/CMS
Philosophy and Rhetoric. Quarterly. v.21-, 1988-. Indexed: IJCS, Phil. Ind., MLA

Film 1811/PER JF1525.P8.P68/CMS
Political Communication. Quarterly. v.12- , 1995- . Indexed: ComAbstracts

PER PN4700.P74/CMS
Presstime. v.2- , 1986- . Indexed: PIRA.

Film 559/CMS
Public Opinion Quarterly. Quarterly. v. 24- , 1960/61- . Indexed: Soc. Ab., ABI, PAIS, HUM I, PsycInfo, Comm.Ab., ComAbstracts

Film 1637/CMS
Quill: Magazine for Journalists. Monthly. v. 74-, 1986- . Indexed: HUM I.

PER PN4899.S25 S25/CMS
St. Louis Journalism Review. Monthly. v. 19- , 1990- . Indexed: ABI.

PER HM133.S634/CMS
Small Group Research: An International Journal of Theory, Investigation, and Application. Quarterly. v.21-, 1990-. Indexed: Comm. Ab., LLBA, PsychInfo, ERIC

Film 1626/CMS
Southern Communication Journal. (formerly Southern Speech Communications Journal) Quarterly. v.51-, 1985/86-. Indexed: Comm. Ab., Soc. Ab., LLBA, IJCS, ComAbstracts

PER QP306.3664/CMS
Speech Communication. Quarterly. v.1-, 1982-98. Sept. 1997- on the web (check e-content finder) Indexed: LLBA, LT, PsycInfo

Film 1567/CMS
Technical Communication. Quarterly. v.1- , 1954- . Indexed: ABI

Film1623a/PER T11.T336/CMS
Technical Communication Quarterly: TCQ. (formerly Technical Writing Teacher). Quarterly. v.1-, 1992-. Indexed: BPI, ERIC

Film 1622/CMS
Western Journal of Communication. (formerly Western Journal of Speech Communication). Quarterly. v.41-, 1977-. Indexed: Comm. Ab., PsychInfo, LLBA, ERIC, IJCS, ComAbstracts

PER P96.S48W66/CMS
Women's Studies in Communication. 2issues per year. v.18- , 1995- . Indexed: ComAbstracts

SELECTED REFERENCE SOURCES ON COMMUNICATION

REF P91.6 .M59 2000
Careers in communications and entertainment. Simon & Schuster, 2000.

REF P96.T42C6115 1995
Communication Technology Update. Technology Futures, Inc., 1995.

REF P87.5.W38 2000.
Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies. 5th ed. Arnold Publications, 2000.

REF P87.5 .E53 2001 v.1-3

Encyclopedia of communication and information. Macmillan Reference USA, 2001.

REF PN1992.18 .E53 1997 v.1-3
Encyclopedia of Television. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997.

REF P87.5 .D36 2000

Encyclopedic dictionary of semiotics, media, and communications. University of Toronto Press, 2000.

REF Z286.E43 P46 1997
EP, multimedia and communications glossary. Pira International, 1997.

REF P96.T42 G374 1997
From talking drums to the Internet: an encyclopedia of communications technology. ABC-CLIO, 1997.

REF P92.U5 H54 1998
History of the mass media in the United States: an encyclopedia. Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998.

REF HF5720 .L36 1998
How to write it: a complete guide to everything you'll ever write. Ten Speed Press, 1998.

REF P87.5.I5 1989
International Encyclopedia of Communications. Oxford University Press, 1989, v. 1-4.

REF P29.I58 1991
International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. Oxford University Press, 1991.

REF P29 .F47 1998
Language and communication : a cross-cultural encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 1998.

REF P29 .L52 2002
Linguistics encyclopedia. Routledge, 2002.

REF HE7631 .M37 1998
Mass communications research resources: an annotated guide. Erlbaum Associates, 1998.

REF P88.8.M445 1997/1998
Media guide & directory: Rochester's only directory of local media contacts. Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester, 1997.

REF BJ1838 .D74 1996
Multicultural manners : new rules of etiquette for a changing society. Wiley, 1996.

REF PN4073.N253 1998/1999
National Communication Association directory. NCA, 1998.

REF P88.8.P48 2000
Peterson's media companies. Peterson's, 2000.

REF Z118 .L96 2000
Prentice Hall graphic communications dictionary. Prentice Hall, 2000.

REF P91.6.R4 1998
Resumes for Communications Careers. VGM Career Horizons, 1998.

REF P87.5.W45 1996
Webster's New World Dictionary of Media and Communications. Webster's New World. 1996.