Background Information

• BBC College of Journalism [BBC] - a source for briefings on current topics, skills development for multiple platforms, ethics and values, and British media law. 
• Encyclopedias
  • Sage eReference [Sage] - Scholarly encyclopedias in the social sciences.
    • Communication & Media Studies Titles
  • Gale Virtual Reference [Gale] - Scholarly encyclopedias in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
  • Encyclopedia Britannica Online [Encyclopedia Britannica Online]
• Digital Art Images
  • ARTstor [ARTstor] - digital library of more than one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences.
  • Saskia Art Images [Saskia] - more than 32,000 art images from over one hundred museums worldwide.
  • CAMIO [OCLC] - more than 95,000 art images from prominent museums around the world.
• Business/Company Information
  • ReferenceUSA [InfoUSA] - business profiles for U.S. companies.
  • Business & Company Resource Center - company profiles, industry overviews and articles.

Books, eBooks, DVDs, CDs, etc.

• Start with PrinCat to search for Principia College library materials.
• Use I-Share to expand your search to include other academic libraries in Illinois. Requested materials usually arrive within 3-5 days.
  
• Use WorldCat if you need to expand your search beyond I-Share. WorldCat materials are available through interlibrary loan. They usually arrive within 7-14 days.

Journal Articles

• Communication and Mass Media Complete
• Academic Search Premier [EBSCOHost] - more than 4,600 scholarly, popular, and trade journals from multiple disciplines.
• Business & Company Resource Center - company profiles, industry overviews and articles from business periodicals.
• Business Source Elite [EBSCOHost] - company profiles and articles from business periodicals.
• CQ Library [CQ]
• JSTOR [JSTOR] - Academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
• Project Muse [Johns Hopkins University Press] - select collection of academic journals in the humanities and social sciences.
• For additional resources, see the Find Articles page.

Current Newspapers and Other News Sources

• LexisNexis Academic [LexisNexis] - International, national and local news sources including the Christian Science Monitor and the New York Times.
• Christian Science Monitor Home Page - international news coverage.
• Wall Street Journal [ProQuest] - full-text coverage of business and financial news from 1984 to present.
• Historical Newspapers [ProQuest] - full text coverage of the New York Times from 1851 to 2006 and full text coverage the Christian Science Monitor from 1908 to 1996.
• Newspaper Source [EBSCOHost] - full text coverage of 35 international and national newspapers with select coverage from 375 regional newspapers.
• IPL Newspapers Collection - listing of international newspaper websites by continent and country.
• For additional news sources, see the News Sources page.

Statistics and Public Opinion Data

• Pew Research Center [Pew Research Center]
  • Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) [Pew Research Center]
• Historical Statistics of the United States [Cambridge University Press]

Legal & Government Information

• LexisNexis Academic-Legal [LexisNexis] - locate state and federal laws, regulations, and opinions as well as law review articles.
• LexisNexis Congressional [LexisNexis] - locate bills and legislative histories.
• CRS Reports [University of North Texas] - collection of Congressional Research Service Reports released to the public.
• OpenCRS Congressional Research Reports for the People - search for Congressional Research Service Reports by topic.

Government Information

• Google U.S. Government Search
• GPO Catalog [OCLC FirstSearch]

Foreign Government Information

• CIA World Factbook
• Country Studies (Library of Congress)
• Foreign Governments(links to individual foreign government pages)

Article Citations, Conference Papers and Proceedings

• ArticleFirst [OCLC FirstSearch] - Index of articles from table of contents in academic and popular journals.
• PapersFirst [OCLC FirstSearch] - Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide.
• ProceedingsFirst [OCLC FirstSearch] - Index of conference proceedings worldwide.

Code of Ethics

• Society of Professional Journalists: Code of Ethics