LibGuides: Media: Key resources

Key databases

Factiva This link opens in a new window
3 simultaneous users.
Please use FireFox or Microsoft Edge to access Factiva.
There is a useful online Help Guide available from ProQuest. It includes help pages on Simple Search, Search Builder, Results pages, Companies/Markets, and Sample Searches.
Newspaper Source (Ebsco) This link opens in a new window
ProQuest This link opens in a new window
For help searching - Proquest databases
Australian Public Affairs Full text (APA-FT) (InfoRMIT) This link opens in a new window
Current Contents Connect This link opens in a new window
Australian Bureau of Statistics This link opens in a new window
Look for social trends reports
Cambridge Books Online This link opens in a new window
Browse by 'Film, Media, Mass Communication' subject or type in a search. Filter your results on the left by selecting 'Only show content I have access to'.

Key links

The News Manual
Glossary containing more than 500 definitions of terms about journalism and the media - including new media.
All-media guide to fair and cross cultural reporting (Griffith Uni)

Key titles

The Data Journalism Handbook by Liliana Bounegru (Editor); Jonathan Gray (Editor)
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2021
The Handbook of Media and Communication Research by Klaus Bruhn Jensen
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2012
Philosophy Through Film by Mary M. Litch; Amy D. Karofsky
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2014

Research Ready

Research Ready is a series of online learning modules that will help you to understand more about:

finding resources in the Library
what makes a 'scholarly' source
what makes a good or reliable source
what is referencing and plagiarism

The modules include videos, live webpage searching, and short quiz questions to check your knowledge. A good understanding of these topics may help you to improve your marks and save time.