John D. Vairo Library
25 Yearsley Mill Road
Media, PA 19063
610 892 1386
Susan Ware
Title: Reference Librarian
John D. Vairo Library
25 Yearsley Mill Road
Media, PA 19063
610 892 1386
Use the tabs above to learn more about library resources and services that will help you gather sources for your CAS 252 research assignments.
If you need additional sources or have questions, ask the Vairo Library librarians (Susan, Mary Fran, and Sara) for help -- in-person or by email.
You may also chat online with a Penn State librarian about your research needs. Don't be surprised if you are helped by Susan, Mary Fran, or Sara through chat reference, as well as in Vairo Library and by email!
Gale Virtual Reference Library: Includes full-text encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources in a wide variety of subject fields.
Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications: Exhaustively explores the ways that editorial content--from journalism and scholarship to films and infomercials--is developed, presented, stored, analyzed, and regulated around the world.
International Encyclopedia of Communication: A comprehensive reference source for the field of communication. Spans the breadth of communication studies, including coverage of theories, media and communication phenomena, research methods, problems, concepts, and geographical areas. Entries range from extended explorations of major topics to short descriptions of key concepts.
The CAT: Online catalog of resources in the Penn State Libraries. Limit your search by resource material type, search all Penn State libraries or a single location, and electronically request resources that are not at the Brandywine Campus (Use the I WANT IT button).
Communication & Mass Media Complete: Incorporates CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals to create a research and reference resource of unprecedented scope and depth in the communication and mass media fields.
Sage Full-Text Journal Collections: Provides full-text of all journal published by Sage. Includes 40 major journals in the field of Communication and Media Studies.
To search the Sage Communication and Media Studies journals only, follow these steps:
COMPANY/INDUSTRY PROFILES:
Hoover's: includes both public and private companies. Hoover's provides detailed Fact Sheets that include: company overview, history, people, products/operations, industry, competitors, news, and financials for over 13,000 U.S. and 2,0000 international companies. Includes both public and private companies.
Mergent Online: includes detailed business descriptions, corporate histories, and financial statements on 11,000 U.S. public companies and 17,000 non-U.S. public companies.
Standard & Poors NetAdvantage: includes S&P Corporation Records, Register of Executives, & Directors, Investor’s Guide, Bond Guide, and Industry Surveys. Industry Surveys include an annual Basic Analysis, a short Current Analysis, and a Comparative Company Analysis.
ABI/INFORM Complete: includes more than 1,000 major business periodicals. TIP: Use “Classification Codes” to precisely target a search by topic, industry or market, geographical area, or document type.
Business Source Premier: covers topics in virtually all areas of business and economics, with full text of more than 2,000 periodicals, including over 1,000 scholarly journals. Business Source Permier is the Libraries' single source of Harvard Business Review articles online.
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Need Additional Resources?
Connect to a recommended database by database title:
Databases By Title List: Alphabetical list of the full range of library databases. Click on the database title to connect.
Consult a Research Guide for your field of study:
Research Guides By Subject: Research Guides recommend journal databases and other specialized resources for research in the designated subject field. Browse the alphabetical list of research guides or search the list by keywords.
When you use sources in your research, you must give credit to the original author by properly citing the sources. Citations also help your reader find the sources again. The following links provide guidelines to using a variety of citation styles.
Quick Style Guides
Use these quick guides for examples of how to cite common types of sources in APA, MLA, CSE, Chicago styles, Basic Legal Citation.
Comprehensive Style Guides
These guides provide detailed information on formatting papers and citing sources.
