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Online Reference Works

• Britannica Online
• Oxford English Dictionary
• Oxford Reference Online

Journal and Newspaper Articles

Journal and newspaper articles contain current and specific information, e.g. reports on recent research. Most academic journals are peer-reviewed, i.e. the articles are reviewed by an editorial board or specialists in the field before publication.

Search databases for journal and newspaper articles. Some databases provide fulltext of articles; others give abstracts and citation details only.

Help is available from the online screens in individual databases or the Research Assistance Desk in the Library (6201 5082).

New Media Databases

Database FAQ

• Academic Search Premier (via EBSCOhost) Fulltext
• Computer Source (via EBSCOhost) Selected fulltext
• Computer Database (via Infotrac) Mostly fulltext
• Communication & Mass Media Complete (via EBSCOhost)
• Emerald Fulltext
• Communication Studies: a SAGE full text collection Includes fulltext of 16 journals
• Expanded Academic ASAP  (via Infotrac) Fulltext
• MediaGuide Live (Margaret Gee's Australian Media Guide) Fulltext. Mass media contacts and details. (Select Search button to access)
• Media Review Digest (via Firstsearch) Reviews of educational media and entertainment resources
• Australian Public Affairs (APA-FT) (via Informit) Some fulltext
• factiva Newspaper articles and business information. Fulltext

Multidisciplinary Databases

Multidisciplinary databases cover a range of subjects. Some of these databases provide the full text of the article while others give abstracts with citation details for tracing the article.

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E-Journals

E-Journal FAQ

Individual Titles (Selection)

• Communication Research from 1982 to present in Communication Studies. Peer reviewed
• Continuum : Journal of Media and Cultural Studies from 2000 to present in EBSCOhost EJS ; from 1998 to 1 year ago in Communication and Mass Media Complete ; from 1994 to present in Australian Public Affairs (selected full text only). Peer reviewed 
• First Monday (free) from 1996 to present. Peer reviewed. Covers issues relating to the Internet
• infLect : a Journal of Multimedia Writing (free) from 2003 to present. Peer reviewed
• The Information Society from 1997 to 6 months ago in Academic Search Premier. Peer reviewed
• Kinema (free) from 1993 to present. Peer reviewed
• Media History from 1998 to 1 year ago in Communication & Mass Media Complete ; from June 2000 to present in EBSCOhost EJS (Click on Publisher's Site to access)
• Media, Culture & Society from 1985 to present in Communication Studies. Peer reviewed
• Mediaweek from 1995 to present in Communication & Mass Media Complete
• Metro from June 2000 to present in Communcation & Mass Media Complete ; from Summer 1994 to 1998 in Australian Public Affairs (selected full text only). International film and screen culture journal. Peer reviewed
• New Media & Society from 1999 to present in Communication Studies. Peer reviewed
• Television & New Media from 2000 to present in Communication Studies. Peer reviewed

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Web Resources

Recommended Web sites - Australian

• Australian Interactive Media Industry Association
• Digital Broadcasting Australia
• M/Cyclopedia of New Media developed by QUT students

Recommended Web sites - International

• Center for History and New Media
• New Media Studies.com
• Web Pages That Suck (Web design)

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Directories / Subject Gateways

• Australian Government Culture and Recreation Portal - New Media Arts
• Voice of the Shuttle: Media studies
• MCS UK-based portal on media and communications

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