LibGuides: Media: Key resources

Key databases

Factiva
3 simultaneous users.
Please use FireFox or Explorer 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)
ProQuest
For help searching - Proquest databases
APA-FT Australian Public Affairs Full text (InfoRMIT)
Current Contents Connect

Expanded Academic ASAP
Multi-disciplinary database offering good coverage in the subject areas of arts, business, cultural studies, humanities and social sciences.

Australian Bureau of Statistics
Look for social trends reports

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 Jonathan Gray; Lucy Chambers; Wilfried Ruetten; Liliana Bounegru
ISBN: 9781449330064
Publication Date: 2012
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
Publication Date: 2014

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