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Resources at Watson Library

Watson Library has a variety of books and ebooks on Communication Arts and related topics. The books listed below are a sampling of what we have available in the library - to find more, check our library catalog, or contact us for help!

Digital convergence in contemporary newsrooms : media innovation, content adaptation, digital transformation, and cyber journalism. Edited by Benedito Medeiros Neto, Ines Amaral, George Ghinea

Available through the library catalog as an ebook

Social news : how born-digital outlets transformed journalism. By Edward Hurcombe.

Available through the library catalog as an ebook

Marketing with social media : a LITA guide. Edited by Beth C. Thomsett-Scott.

Call Number: Z716.3 .M37 2020

Graphic design, referenced: a visual guide to the language, applications, and history of graphic design. By Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit.

Call Number: NC997 .G66 2009

History of the mass media in the United States : an encyclopedia. Edited by Margaret A. Blanchard; commissioning editor Carol J. Burwash.

Call Number: WILMINGTON REFERENCE P92.U5 H54 1998

The ultimate public speaking survival guide: 37 things you must know when you start public speaking. By Ramakrishna Reddy.

Call Number: PN4129.15 .R43 2015

Photography : a cultural history. By Mary Warner Marien.

Call Number: TR15 .M273 2015

Writing music for commercials: television, radio, and new media. By Michael Zager.

Call Number: MT67 .Z34 2015

10 creative and beautiful web projects with HTML and CSS.

Available through the library catalog as an ebook

Communication theory for humans: communicators in a mediated world. By Neil O'Boyle.

Available through the library catalog as an ebook

Beginner's guide to journalism & mass communication. By Barun Roy.

Available through the library catalog as an ebook

Public relations and the digital: professional discourse and change. By Clea Bourne.

Available through the library catalog as an ebook

Communication Arts Databases

Access World News Research Collection - NewsBank This link opens in a new window
Research diverse perspectives, topics and trends that align with curricular areas such as Political Science, English, Sociology, Humanities, Business, International Studies and more. Features reliable, credible information from a wide variety of international, national and local news sources. Available remotely 24/7 on any device.
ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
The ACM Digital Library is a research, discovery and networking platform containing:
- The Full-Text Collection of all ACM publications, including journals, conference proceedings, technical magazines, newsletters and books.
- A collection of curated and hosted full-text publications from select publishers.
- The ACM Guide to Computing Literature, a comprehensive bibliographic database focused exclusively on the field of computing.
- A richly interlinked set of connections among authors, works, institutions, and specialized communities.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information and cited references found in nearly 1,130 of the world's leading arts & humanities journals, plus individually selected, relevant items from approximately 7,000 of the world's leading science and social sciences journals.
Century Foundation on Media Criticisms This link opens in a new window
The most comprehensive media bias resource on the internet. There are currently 4900+ media sources and journalists listed in our database and growing every day. Don’t be fooled by Questionable sources. Use the search feature above (Header) to check the bias of any source.
Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Communication & Mass Media Complete includes rigorous curation and indexing of open access (OA) journals, which has resulted in a growing collection of 309 active global OA journals. Once validated and certified for inclusion, these OA journals are treated with high-quality subject indexing and sophisticated, precise/accurate full-text linking.
EBSCO also offers their own mobile app experience, click here to learn more.
Communication Arts This link opens in a new window
Exceptional Design, Advertising, Illustration, Photography, Interactive and Typography, since 1959.
To access Communication Arts, you need to register for an individual account here.
DataAxle This link opens in a new window
Data Axle (formerly: ReferenceUSA), has been serving the library community since 1992. Through our easy-to-use online SaaS (software as a service) platform, DataAxle provides library patrons access to extremely accurate and complete business and consumer data.
Note: DataAxle is best used with Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, or Mac OS Safari.
Film & Television Literature Index This link opens in a new window
You can combine this database with Communication & Mass Media Complete to get additional results on mass media topics. Covers the entire spectrum of television and film; fulltext for over 70 journals in the field.
EBSCO also offers their own mobile app experience, click here to learn more.
Ground News This link opens in a new window
Ground News is a platform that makes it easy to compare news sources, read between the lines of media bias and break free from algorithms.
Click here to learn more about Ground News in the classroom.
Hoopla This link opens in a new window
Hoopla is only available to patrons who have a Wilmington Public Library card. Wilmington Public Library cards are available for free at the Watson Library during normal business hours.

To access Hoopla, you will need to have your WPL Library card number and your PIN (last 4 numbers of the phone number used to sign up for your card).
Kanopy This link opens in a new window
Kanopy is only available to patrons who have a Wilmington Public Library card. Wilmington Public Library cards are available for free at the Watson Library during normal business hours.

To access Kanopy, you will need to have your WPL Library card number and your PIN (last 4 numbers of the phone number used to sign up for your card).
New York Times - Online This link opens in a new window
The New York Times is great for international coverage as well as national news, the arts and culture, health, science, much more.
How to Create an Account:
- First, click the link above and then provide your "wilmington.edu" email address along with a password.
- A verification email will be sent to your email account. Once you verify the email, and provide the additional requested information, you will have access to NYT online.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni is an easy-to-use academic search engine. It delivers relevant content that makes scholarly research more efficient, and it provides personalization, discovery, and collaboration features that students and university faculty want in a student research tool.

Campus Resources

Communication Arts on the campus website

Resources on the Web

Ad Council

American Film Institute

American Public Media

BBC

BFI (British Film Institute)

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Library of Congress Preforming Arts Databases

Library of Congress Moving Image Resource Center

Library of Congress Recorded Sound Reference Center

Credo Reference

Credo Reference is our scholarly alternative to Wikipedia. It allows you to search hundreds of reference books on a wide variety of subjects. Use this search box to brows Communication Arts related topics from titles including:

Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies

Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications

The International Encyclopedia of Digital Communication and Society

The Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media

100 Ideas that Changed Graphic Design

100 ideas that changed photography

Librarian

Elizabeth House

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