JRN 102 / History of Journalism
Reference Books
History
of the Mass Media in the United States: an Encyclopedia
Mortola Reference P92.U5 H57 1998
-specifically the following entries:
"Advertising in the Eighteenth Century" on pgs. 14-16
"Colonial Press" by David O. Copeland on pgs. 147-149
"Newspapers in the Eighteenth Century" on pgs. 450-453
"Reporters and Reporting in the Eighteenth Century"
on pgs. 583-584
-Use the bibliographies from these entries to find the titles
of books and articles that will provide more information.
-Using the bibliography in these reference books I was able to
locate the following article on microfilm in the library:
Shaw, Steven J. "Colonial
Newspaper Advertising: A Step Toward Freedom of the Press."
Business History Review 33(1959): 409-420.
To check for periodical holdings in the library, click on Print
and E-Journals on the library homepage and then type in the
title of the periodical.
Encyclopedia
of American Social History
Mortola Reference HN57 .E58 1993
-specifically the entry on "Journalism" in Volume 3
on pages 1895-1912
The Associated Press stylebook and briefing on media law: with
Internet guide and glossary.
Mortola Reference Desk PN4783 .A83 2002
**WEB SITE
Analyzing
a Colonial Newspaper
This site is part of the History Matters web site, sponsored by
George Mason University. Barbara Clark Smith, Curator of Social
History at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
analyzes an article from the March 4, 1775 issue of the Boston
Gazette.
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Articles
via Databases
A wide variety of resources are available by clicking on this
link. Databases are listed alphabetically and by subject.
Recommended databases:
JSTOR
accessible on the Pace Campus via http://www.jstor.org/
-Take the name of an early newspaper and include it in quotation
marks. For example, try these searches:
"new-england courant"
"boston news-letter"
"publick occurrences, both forreign and domestick"
"Pennsylvania gazette"
"Massachusetts Spy"
"new york weekly journal"
-Your results will include articles about the early press, but
also articles about early American history that cite articles
from these papers.
HINT: Once you select a result, you may wish to use the
feature at the top of the screen which allows you to link directly
to pages in the article where your search terms appear.
Communications
and Mass Media Complete
This database contains articles from periodicals related to communications
and mass media.
Daily
Life Through History
This database is based on series of books written by historians
that explore the daily life of individuals throught history.
Research Library
This database contains recent articles from the New York Times,
Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and several
other major newspapers. It also contains articles from recent
magazines and scholarly journals.
America:
History and Life
This database is an index of articles published in magazines and
journals about American History and culture.
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Books
via the Catalog
-suggested subject searches:
American
newspapers -- History
Journalism
-- United States -- History
Press
-- United States -- History
Mass
media -- United States - History
Communication
-- United States -- History
Press
and politics -- United States -- History
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Information on citing sources:
Online Bedford Manual / http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc
Citing
Resources from the Pace University Library
Knight Cite - Citation Generator / http://webapps.calvin.edu/knightcite/
from the Calvin College Library in Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Last updated: 03/07/2005 (
BJ)
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