Subject Areas

• Art in General
• Culture, Literature, Publishing
• Design
• Film
• Journalism, Advertising, Communication
• Music
• Photography

Journalism, Advertising, Communication sources in Napier Library

Key reference books

This guide highlights some of the materials available in the the Reference Collection at the Craighouse Campus Library and elsewhere. Follow the links to our library catalogue then click on Location to see the shelfmark.

It also provides links to reference tools available via the Internet. To find all relevant resources, consult our Library catalogue, NUIN.

Encyclopedias & handbooks

• International encyclopedia of the social sciences (Macmillan)
• The National small press centre handbook
• Picture researcher's handbook - an international guide to picture resources and how to use them.

Dictionaries

• The Blueprint dictionary of printing and publishing. - multilingual dictionary of printing and publishing terms - English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish.

• A dictionary of communication and media studies

Directories & yearbooks

• Benn's Media Vol.1 United Kingdom - covers national and regional newspapers, consumer, business and professional periodicals, reference publications, Broadcasting, Other media (eg cinema, outdoor, electronic), Media Organisations and Media Services.
• Benn's Media Vol.2 Europe - the guide to European (incl. Eire) newspapers, periodicals, television, radio and cinema.
• BRAD - the monthly guide to advertising media - a classified directory of media in the UK and the Republic of Ireland that carries advertising. Gives details of circulation, readership and audience figures. For reference only, the print version of BRAD is shelved with the journals at Craighouse. The electronic version requires a username and password, available from any campus library.
• Directory of Publishing, UK and the Republic of Ireland Also available on CD-ROM.
• The Media directory - an annual Guardian publication that contains useful material under the following main headings: Press / Broadcasting / Cross Media (eg law, sport, complaints) / Disasters and Emergencies / Work / Pressure and Advice groups. The index is good, but note exclusions listed at the beginning.
• Publishers' Catalogues. Avoid the advertising and use the search box or browse the country links. Useful but not fully comprehensive - several Scottish publishers not listed under the UK link.
• Scottish Books. Home page of the Scottish Publishers Association. Click on `our members' list to view a useful listing of Scottish publishers
• Willings Press Guide Vol.1 The UK Aims to be a comprehensive and accurate guide to the UK Press, both print and broadcast. Good sections on newspapers and periodicals, with a detailed classified index and a ceased titles index. Vols. 2 and 3 cover the rest of the world.
• Writers' and Artists' Yearbook- 'A directory for writers, artists, playrights, writers for film, radio and television, illustrators and photographers' Contains a wealth of information under broad headings such as: Newspapers and magazines, books, television and film, radio, preparing for publication, resources for writers, publishing practice, copyright and libel.

Bibliographies

• The Twentieth Century Newspaper Press in Britain - an annotated bibliography

• The Publishers' circular 1837-1900 and the English Catalogue of Books - a key primary source about book publishing in Britain from 1837-1900 (microfiche, located in the Edward Clark Collection, Merchiston)

General texts

• Keyguide to information sources in media ethics

Journals

List of key journals available in Napier Library - print & electronic

Journal Databases

These can help you identify useful journal articles: note the links to our helpsheets as you connect to the service.

You may still have more work to do to find the full text of the articles! See our web page on Locating Journal Articles.

Media and communication

• Alternative Press Index (1995-) - print format only, at Craighouse
• BHI - British Humanities Index - may link to full text via SFX
• LISTA: Library, Information Science, and Technology Abstracts - may link to full text via SFX
• Press (2001-April 2007). A merger of Printing Abstracts ( 1958-2001) and World publishing monitor (1991-2001). Before that, World publishing monitor was known as Electronic publishing abstracts (1983-1990) - print format only, at Craighouse - Abstracts
• Expanded Academic ASAP - contains some full text
• ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts - may link to full text via SFX
• FindArticles - Arts and Entertainment - some full text but may not include images
• IngentaConnect - contains some full text
• EBSCO Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Collection - full text
• Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts - may link to full text via SFX
• ABI/INFORM Global - business articles, mixture of full-text and indexing/abstracting service - Index/Abstracts/FT
• ISI Web of Knowledge - includes Arts and humanities citation index - may link to full text via SFX
• Zetoc - if not available locally, anything you find here can be requested from the British Library via our Document Supply service

Newspaper articles

• Nexis UK - the News section contains the full text of a huge range of international newspapers - but no pictures, sadly.

Market reports:

• Mintel marketing intelligence - full text
• Global market information database - full text

Other databases

• BFI Screenonline - a website devoted to the history of British film and television - Audio/Video/Images
• Newsfilm online - comprising a selection of news stories and programme scripts from the ITN/Reuters archives – some 3,000 hours of footage; c. 60,000 stories.
• Film and Sound Online - a set of ten collections of film and video, providing about 300 hours of material on a wide range of subjects - Audio/Video
• TRILT - Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching - listings for more than 300 TV and radio channels with data from 1995 onwards - Data
• SCRAN - a resource base of Scottish material culture and human history - Audio/Video/Images

Journalism, Advertising, Communication sources on the Internet

Internet gateways

Some of the best gateways for this subject area are:

• Intute: Arts & humanities: Communications, media and culture
• Voice of the Shuttle - can't find any evidence that the site is currently being maintained, but there is still much useful material here.

Communications, advertising, public relations

• Institute of Public Relations - Institute news, events, publications
• Advertising Association - a federation of trade bodies representing the advertising and promotional marketing industries including advertisers, agencies, media and support services
• The Advertising Standards Authority - the independent, self-regulatory body for non-broadcast advertisements, sales promotions and direct marketing in the UK

Journalism

• BUBL Journalism - a list of some 30+ vetted sites relating to various aspects of journalism. A concise description is given for each site. The site is not currently being updated, but most links still seem to work.
• WeMedia: how audiences are shaping the future of news and information - a report commissioned by the Media Center of the American Press Institute.
• HERO: Reference and subject resources: Newspapers and Magazines- a listing of mainly specific sites (not other gateways) e.g. news, broadcasting, newspapers.
• Journalism UK - Journalism UK is aimed at print journalists writing for UK magazines or based in the UK, although broadcasters may find the news and other resources useful. Journalism UK is not exhaustive - only links to the most useful and up to date sites are included.
• Trace Online Writing Centre Archive - based at Nottingham Trent University this offers a good range of links to resources on all kinds of writing.
• Newslink - searchable index of titles and links to thousands of newspapers, news services and campus newspapers worldwide, organised by country and by US state.
• BUBL Media Studies - another vetted list of sites relating to media studies, each with a concise description. The site is not currently being updated, but most links still seem to work.
• British media online - a wide ranging listing of online sources including New Scientist and Private Eye as well local and national newspapers.
• Media UK Internet Directory - sections covering Television, Radio, Newspapers, Magazines and Media Jobs. Each contains numerous links
• The Newspaper Society - "the voice of Britain's local media".
• Ofcom - Ofcom is the regulator for the UK communications industries, with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services.
• Theory.org - the media theory site - "Social theory for fans of popular culture. Popular culture for fans of social theory....explores the complex connections between media and identities and tries to have a little fun"

Printing and graphic communications

• British Printing Industries Federation
• British Association of Printers and Copy Centres
• Edward Clark Collection - a special collection of books illustrating the development of typography and other aspects of book production, housed within Napier's Merchiston Learning Centre
• SAPPHIRE (Scottish Archive of Print and Publishing History Records) - project based at Napier University and Queen Margaret University to record the social and economic history of the Scottish printing industry