1. Library Seminar for Journalism 4301 Presented by: Stephanie Lichtenauer Librarian for Journalism & Mass Communication

2. Overview Popular or Scholarly Sources? Finding Scholarly Articles Finding News Articles Finding Specific Journals or Newspapers Finding Books Time for Research!

3. Popular or Scholarly? POPULAR Written by journalists Glossy paper, photos Advertisements General audience Current event topics Short, broad overviews SCHOLARLY Written by scholars Credentials are listed Includes works cited Academic audience Discipline-based topics Lengthy, in-depth Peer-review process

4. Peer-Review Process 1. Author submits article to journal 2. Journal editor sends the article to the “peers” (other experts in the field) to review the article 3. Peer reviewers approve or reject the article 4. Article must be approved by majority of reviewers to be published

5. Examples of Publications POPULAR Time Newsweek People New York Times Columbia Journalism Review SCHOLARLY Journal of Mass Media Ethics Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly Journalism & Mass Communication Educator

6. Finding Scholarly Articles Article databases available from CU’s Libraries Contain info / full text not available on the Internet Hundreds available to CU students & faculty Sorted by subject – Journalism Communication and Mass Media Complete ComAbstracts Find the databases on the Libraries’ website “Find Articles & More” http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/

7. Finding News Articles News databases available from CU’s Libraries Contains info/full text not available on the Internet Don’t pay $4.95 for an article from the NY Times! News Databases LexisNexis – a standard news source Factiva – heavy on international news sources They include newspapers, TV transcripts, etc. Find news databases on the Libraries’ website Find Articles & More: News & Newspapers http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu

8. Find a Journal / Newspaper If you need a specific journal or newspaper… Use the E-Journal Finder Search by Title New York Times Denver Post Journal of Mass Media Ethics E-Journal Finder is on the Libraries’ website http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu

9. Finding Books Find books at CU Chinook, the CU Libraries’ catalog Chinook Search by title or keyword Search by Subject  “Journalistic Ethics”  “Mass Media -- Moral and Ethical Aspects" Other options (outside CU) Prospector – catalog for CO and WY libraries Interlibrary Loan

10. Time for Research Open lab time for research Ask me questions Free printing while here! After this class Contact me by email or phone Use the website created for this classwebsite Use VPN to access resources from off-campus