The purpose of this publication is to provide you with a starting point for finding resources for the units Radio and Television Journalism.
Books
Subject Headings
To find resources on a topic, the best starting point is to perform a keyword search on the library catalogue. Once you have found an item that looks relevant, you can then use the subject headings assigned to that record to find other items. Alternatively, you can browse the shelves at the following locations:
Journal Databases
Use the databases to search for journal and newspaper articles
| Database Title | Coverage | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Via EbscoHost | ||
| Academic Search Elite | 1984 - ( 1990-) |
A cross disciplinary database indexing 2,900 journals from 1984 onwards with almost 1,300 providing fulltext. Approximately 1,600 titles are peer reviewed. |
Australia/New Zealand Newspaper & Reference Centre  |
varied |
Combines Australia and New Zealand specific newspapers & newswires, magazines, reference books, and company information. It provides local perspectives on current events, business, sports, and many other subjects. |
| Business Source Elite | 1984 - |
Contains full text articles for 800 journals as far back as 1990, and abstracts and indexing for 1,500 back as far as 1984. |
| Factiva |
varied |
Factiva.com is an interdisciplinary news, current affairs and research database providing access to nearly 8000 publications, including local and international newspapers, newswires, magazines and journal sources. There is a user limit of 10 simultaneously. |
| Via Informit | ||
| APA Fulltext |
1978 - ( 1998-) |
Provides over 200 core Australian journal titles in fulltext PDF. Selected fulltext only is available for some titles. |
| APAIS |
1978- | Indexes current journals and newspapers in Australia and overseas for material on Australia's political, economic, legal, social and cultural affairs. |
| Media Scan |
1991- | Provides topical subject indexing in 9 major Australian Newspapers. |
| Via ProQuest | ||
| ABI/Inform Global | 1985- |
Contains news and analysis, information on local markets, and more gathered from major business tabloids, magazines, daily newspapers, wire services, and city, state, and regional business publications |
| Academic Research Library | 1971- ( 1987 -) |
Indexes almost 2,000 periodicals, with over 1000 in fulltext. Note: this service now covers content previously provided under the ProQuest Arts collection. |
| ProQuest Humanities | 1988- |
Indexes over 300 titles, with over 200 in fulltext, covering communication, history, journalism, literature, philosophy, religion and more. |
For more recommended databases, see the Databases Subject Guide
Internet Resources
The Internet provides access to a large range of resources in Radio and Television Journalism . However, as the quality of the resources varies, part of your research process, you will need to evaluate each web site. There are guidelines for evaluating information which can help you with the evaluation process. Here is a small sample of Internet guides and resources.
| Website | Type of Site | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Best Practices in Journalism | Organisational website | Designed to help local television stations develop innovative political coverage. Good range of resources and tip sheets. |
| Television newswriting workshop with Mervin Block | Commercial website | Mervin Block, a NBC, CBS & ABC journalist, broadcast writing coach and author offers extensive tips for television journalists plus links. |
| Newscript.com | Commercial website | Newscript.com provides creative suggestions and ideas to radio news reporters, writers and anchors, as well as to broadcast journalism students around the world. |
| OzGuide: Internet information for Australian Journalists: Broadcasting | Subject guide |
Subgroup of radio and television broadcasting links from the extensive OzGuide website. |
| Educational website | Free e-book for TV news producers and broadcast journalism students: to help producers improve the quality of their news programs. | |
| Organisational website | A non-profit service for distribution, peer review, discussion and licensing of radio pieces. |
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| The Radio-Television News Directors Association | Professional Association | Website of the world's largest professional organization for electronic journalism. Includes resources on a wide range of topics. |
| Transom.org | Organisational website | An experiment in submitting new work and voices to public radio through the Internet. All users are able to submit their work as well as help evaluate the work of others. Includes a section on radio tools. |
| TVNews | Electronic Journal | The first ezine for television professionals. Chats, links, resources and trends in TV news. Good archives. |
Related guides and information
For further information about using libraries and the principles of searching the Library Databases and the Internet, try Pilot . It is a series of short interactive tutorials on finding information in the library and on the Internet.
There are also guides to citing information (in both APA and Harvard format), and how to find standards in your research area