Albertsons Library Communication Resources

End of this Blog... New Beginning on Libguides

noreply@blogger.com (Rick) — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:52:00 +0000

There is good news and there is bad news...

The bad news first, I am discontinuing this website/blog. In order to better create a centralized location where library resources are at faculty's fingertips, as well as a space where collection development information is easily accessible, I am going to focus my efforts on the Communication Library Guide which is available here:
http://guides.boisestate.edu/communication

You will note there is a faculty tab which contains much of the same information present on this website.

So the good news is, you only need to go to the Communication Library Guide for all your research and collection development needs. There will be one space that will have everything you need.

This space on Blogger has been a fun experiment.

If you have questions or concerns, as always let me know.

New Books of Interest to Communication

noreply@blogger.com (Rick) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:12:00 +0000

Please let me know if you have suggestions for resources for the library to add...

Perpetual adolescence : Jungian analyses of American media, literature, and pop culture / edited by Sally Porterfield, Keith Polette, and Tita French Baumlin.
Albany : SUNY Press, c2009.
BSU Albertsons Library --- 2nd Floor (BSU Albertsons Library New Book Shelf -- 1st Floor)
BF724.2 .P47 2009

Allan, Chantal, 1979-
Bomb Canada : and other unkind remarks in the American media / Chantal Allan.
Edmonton : AU Press, c2009.
BSU Albertsons Library --- 2nd Floor
F1034 .A45 2009

Wark, McKenzie, 1961-
Virtual geography : living with global media events / McKenzie Wark.
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1994.
BSU Albertsons Library --- 3rd Floor (BSU Albertsons Library New Book Shelf -- 1st Floor)
HM258 .W37 1994

Sternheimer, Karen.
Connecting social problems and popular culture : why media is not the answer / Karen Sternheimer.
Boulder, CO : Westview Press, c2010.
BSU Albertsons Library --- 3rd Floor (BSU Albertsons Library New Book Shelf -- 1st Floor)
HN90.M3 .S75 2010

Stovall, James Glen.
Writing for the mass media / James Glen Stovall. , 6th ed.
Boston : Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, c2006.
BSU Albertsons Library --- 3rd Floor (BSU Albertsons Library New Book Shelf -- 1st Floor)
P96.A86 S8 2006

Understanding community media / edited by Kevin Howley.
Los Angeles : SAGE, c2010.
BSU Albertsons Library --- 3rd Floor (BSU Albertsons Library New Book Shelf -- 1st Floor)
P96.L62 U63 2010

Streitmatter, Rodger.
Mightier than the sword : how the news media have shaped American history / Rodger Streitmatter. , 2nd ed.
Boulder, CO : Westview Press, c2008.
BSU Albertsons Library --- 3rd Floor (BSU Albertsons Library New Book Shelf -- 1st Floor)
PN4888.I53 S77 2008

Harris, Stefanie, 1968-
Mediating modernity : German literature and the "new" media, 1895-1930 / Stefanie Harris.
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2009.
BSU Albertsons Library --- 3rd Floor (BSU Albertsons Library New Book Shelf -- 1st Floor)
PT405 .H3445 2009

National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition. Using national newspapers in the college classroom. Number 28, The First Year Experience & Students in Transition : Resources to improve teaching and learning / Editors Steven R. Knowlton, Betsy O. Barefoot, National Resource Center for the First Year Exp
Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina, 1999.
BSU Albertsons Library --- 3rd Floor (BSU Albertsons Library New Book Shelf -- 1st Floor)
LB1044.9.N4 U84 1999

Dolfsma, Wilfred.
Institutions, communication and values / Wilfred Dolfsma.
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
BSU Albertsons Library --- 3rd Floor
HD30.3 .D65 2009

Gender and political communication in America : rhetoric, representation, and display / [edited by] Janis L. Edwards.
Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2009.
BSU Albertsons Library --- 3rd Floor
JA85.2.U6 G46 2009

Johnson, Stuart.
Study and communication skills for the biosciences / Stuart Johnson and Jon Scott.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
BSU Albertsons Library --- 4th Floor (BSU Albertsons Library New Book Shelf -- 1st Floor)
QH315 .J64 2009

Goleniewski, Lillian.
Telecommunications essentials [electronic resource] : the complete global source / by Lillian Goleniewski, Kitty Wilson Jarrett. , 2nd ed.
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Addison Wesley Professional, 2006.
BSU Albertsons Library ebook -- Online
TK5101 .G598 2006eb

Struever, Nancy S.
Rhetoric, modality, modernity / Nancy S. Struever.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
BSU Albertsons Library --- 2nd Floor (BSU Albertsons Library New Book Shelf -- 1st Floor)
B791 .S86 2009

Redfield, Marc, 1958-
Rhetoric of terror : reflections on 9/11 and the war on terror / Marc Redfield. , 1st ed.
New York : Fordham University Press, 2009.
BSU Albertsons Library --- 3rd Floor (BSU Albertsons Library New Book Shelf -- 1st Floor)
HV6432.7 .R435 2009

Companion to Roman rhetoric [electronic resource] / edited by William Dominik and Jon Hall.
Malden, MA : Blackwell, c2007.
BSU Albertsons Library ebook -- Online
PA2311 .C66 2007eb

New Communication Books of Interest

noreply@blogger.com (Rick) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

NEW BOOKS OF INTEREST....

Building theories of organization : the constitutive role of communication / edited by Linda L. Putnam and Anne Maydan Nicotera.
New York : Routledge, 2009.
BSU Albertsons Library --- 3rd Floor (BSU Albertsons Library New Book Shelf -- 1st Floor)
HD30.3 .B785 2009

E-Writing : 21st-century tools for effective communication / Dianna Booher.
New York : Pocket Books, 2001.
BSU Albertsons Library --- 3rd Floor
HE7551 .B66 2001

Media and communication technologies : a critical introduction / Stephen Lax.
Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
BSU Albertsons Library --- 3rd Floor (BSU Albertsons Library New Book Shelf -- 1st Floor)
P96.T42 L39 2009

New directions in interpersonal communication research / edited by Sandi W. Smith, Steven R. Wilson.
Los Angeles : SAGE, c2010.
BSU Albertsons Library --- 2nd Floor (BSU Albertsons Library New Book Shelf -- 1st Floor)
BF637.C45 N45 2010

Active voices : composing a rhetoric for social movements / edited by Sharon McKenzie Stevens and Patricia Malesh.
Albany : SUNY Press, c2009.
BSU Albertsons Library --- 3rd Floor
P301.5.S63 A28 2009

Rhetoric for radicals : a handbook for 21st century activists / Jason del Gandio.
Gabriola Island, BC : New Society Publishers, c2008.
BSU Albertsons Library --- 3rd Floor (BSU Albertsons Library New Book Shelf -- 1st Floor)
PN4193.P6 D45 2008

Toward a civil discourse : rhetoric and fundamentalism / Sharon Crowley.
Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2006.
BSU Albertsons Library --- 3rd Floor
JC337 .C76 2006

71 days : the media assault on Obama / Michael Jason Overstreet.
[Charleston, S.C. : Book Surge], c2008.
BSU Albertsons Library (use by patron.)
In Process

Mass media and American politics / Doris A. Graber. , 8th ed.
Washington, DC : CQ PRess, 2009.
BSU Albertsons Library --- 3rd Floor
HN90.M3 G7 2009

Production studies : cultural studies of media industries / edited by Vicki Mayer, Miranda J. Banks, John T. Caldwell.
New York : Routledge, 2009.
BSU Albertsons Library --- 3rd Floor (BSU Albertsons Library New Book Shelf -- 1st Floor)
PN1992.75 .P78 2009

Sounding new media : immersion and embodiment in the arts and culture / Frances Dyson.
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.
BSU Albertsons Library --- 2nd Floor
BD331 .D97 2009

My "office hours" in the Communication department

noreply@blogger.com (Rick) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:21:00 +0000

As part of outreach to students and faculty, I will be spending as "office hours" in the Communication Department this semester.

Weds 1-2pm
Thurs 1-2pm

I will start next week on Weds 9/16.

I will have a laptop to answer questions and will set up shop in some place still to be determined. You might just see me wandering the halls!

If you see me, say hi!

Let the Library know how it can help!

noreply@blogger.com (Rick) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:50:00 +0000

The New semester starts soon. Please let me know how I can help out best with your research or instruction efforts. Things to be aware of:

If you need library instruction, you can request it online.

There is a new library catalog which allows you to search for books and articles. View it here.

There library has revamped the library faculty page. View it here.

Our library guide research pages are growning. View them here.
(let me know if you would like me to create one for your class.)

As always, I am available to help. Just let me know.

New Books to the Library

noreply@blogger.com (Rick) — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:19:00 +0000

These new books may be of interest...

Readings in rhetorical criticism / edited by Carl R. Burgchardt. , 3rd ed. State College, Pa. : Strata Pub., c2005.
BSU Albertsons Library -- 3rd Floor
PN4061 .R43 2005

Cinema and the city : film and urban societies in a global context / edited by Mark Shiel and Tony Fitzmaurice.
Oxford ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, 2001.
BSU Albertsons Library -- 3rd Floor
PN1995.9.C513 C45 2001

Wood, Houston, 1944-
Native features : indigenous films from around the world / Houston Wood.
New York : Continuum, 2008.
BSU Albertsons Library -- 3rd Floor
PN1995.9.I49 W66 2008

Great debaters [videorecording] / TWC presents a Harpo Films production ; produced by Todd Black ... [et al.] ; story by Robert Eisele & Jeffrey Porro ; screenplay by Robert Eisele ; directed by Denzel Washington. , 2-disc collector's ed.
[New York, N.Y.] : Weinstein Company ; Santa Monica, CA : Distributed by Genius Products, [2008]
BSU Albertsons Library Curriculum Resource Ctr -- 2nd Floor
crc PN1997.2 .G74 2008

Flom, Eric L., 1968-
Silent film stars on the stages of Seattle : a history of performances by Hollywood notables / Eric L. Flom.
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, c2009.
BSU Albertsons Library -- 3rd Floor
PN2277.S45 F56 2009

Palmer, R. Barton, 1946-
Hollywood's Tennessee : the Williams films and postwar America / R. Barton Palmer and William Robert Bray. , 1st ed.
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2009.
BSU Albertsons Library -- 3rd Floor
PS3545.I5365 Z7995 2009

Corrigan, Michael, 1942-
Filmmakers / by Michael Corrigan ; [back cover photo by Billie Sivanov].
College Station, TX : Virtualbookworm.com Pub., 2008.
BSU Albertsons Library -- 3rd Floor
PS3603.O7733 F55 2008

Ethical communication : moral stances in human dialogue / edited by Clifford G. Christians and John C. Merrill.
Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, c2009.
BSU Albertsons Library -- 2nd Floor
BJ1521 .E84 2009

Poyatos, Fernando.
Textual translation and live translation : the total experience of nonverbal communication in literature, theater and cinema / Fernando Poyatos.
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2008.
BSU Albertsons Library -- 3rd Floor
P306 .P668 2008

Strategies for Risk Communication: Evolution, Evidence, Experience (2006 : Montauk, N.Y.)
Strategies for risk communication : evolution, evidence, experience / edited by W. Troy Tucker ... [et al.].
Boston, Mass. : Blackwell Pub. on behalf of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2008.
BSU Albertsons Library -- 4th Floor
Q11 .N5 v.1128

Fun communication exercises [videorecording].
New York : Insight Media [distributor], c2002.
BSU Albertsons Library Curriculum Resource Ctr -- 2nd Floor
In Process

Delivery of Books and Journals to Faculty

noreply@blogger.com (Rick) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:48:00 +0000

In case you weren't already aware:

In addition to book delivery, Albertsons Library will make copies of locally held journal articles, print or micorforms, and send them to faculty. They need only fill out an ILL request form. The ILL form is available here: http://library.boisestate.edu/ILL/

Student Library Advisory Committee

noreply@blogger.com (Rick) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:01:00 +0000

The library is recruiting students to participate on the Student Library Advisory Committee. This student group will help provide feedback on library services and work to make Albertsons Library as student relevant as possible.

If you know of a student who may be interested in participating, please have them contact me.

The first meeting is Weds., March 18th at 4:30pm in L201c in the library. Pizza will be served!

Communication and Mass Media Complete Tutorial

noreply@blogger.com (Rick) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:08:00 +0000

A colleague forwarded me this tutorial about the library database: Communication & Mass Complete (from Ebsco). You might want to show this to your students or embed it in your Blackboard sites.

http://blip.tv/file/1675203

New Books of Interest

noreply@blogger.com (Rick) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:52:00 +0000

AUTHOR/TITLE: Studio lighting [videorecording] : a comparative workshop / with Donald McAlpine & Denis Lenoir. First Light Video, 2005.
LOCATION: BSU Albertsons Library Curriculum Resource Ctr -- 2nd Floor
CALL NUMBER:
LINK: http://catalog.boisestate.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?LANGUAGE=English&DB=local&BBID=721166

AUTHOR/TITLE: Dialogue and description [videorecording] / [presented by] the Writers Guild Foundation. First Light Video Pub., c2004.
LOCATION: BSU Albertsons Library Curriculum Resource Ctr -- 2nd Floor
CALL NUMBER:
LINK: http://catalog.boisestate.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?LANGUAGE=English&DB=local&BBID=721173

AUTHOR/TITLE: Hold up [videorecording] : an editing exercise / written and directed by Stephen Hank ; produced by Barbara Coleman. First Light Video Pub., [199-?]
LOCATION: BSU Albertsons Library Curriculum Resource Ctr -- 2nd Floor
CALL NUMBER: crc TR899 .H63 1990z
LINK: http://catalog.boisestate.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?LANGUAGE=English&DB=local&BBID=721170

AUTHOR/TITLE: Engaging theories in interpersonal communication : multiple perspectives / Leslie A. Baxter, Dawn O. Braithwaite, editors. Sage Publications, c2008.
LOCATION: BSU Albertsons Library -- 3rd Floor
CALL NUMBER: P94.7 .E54 2008
LINK: http://catalog.boisestate.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?LANGUAGE=English&DB=local&BBID=715526

AUTHOR/TITLE: Hills, Jill. Telecommunications and empire / Jill Hills. University of Illinois Press, c2007.
LOCATION: BSU Albertsons Library -- 3rd Floor
CALL NUMBER: HE7700 .H55 2007
LINK: http://catalog.boisestate.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?LANGUAGE=English&DB=local&BBID=716170

AUTHOR/TITLE: Price, Stuart, 1965- Discourse power address : the politics of public communication / by Stuart Price. Ashgate, c2007.
LOCATION: BSU Albertsons Library -- 3rd Floor
CALL NUMBER: HM1206 .P75 2007
LINK: http://catalog.boisestate.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?LANGUAGE=English&DB=local&BBID=716162

AUTHOR/TITLE: Edy, Jill A., 1966- Troubled pasts : news and the collective memory of social unrest / Jill A. Edy. Temple University Press, 2006.
LOCATION: BSU Albertsons Library -- 3rd Floor
CALL NUMBER: HN59.2 .E28 2006
LINK: http://catalog.boisestate.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?LANGUAGE=English&DB=local&BBID=716164
RECD DATE: 1/12/2009

AUTHOR/TITLE: Bull, Michael, 1952- Sound moves : iPod culture and urban experience / Michael Bull. Routledge, 2007.
LOCATION: BSU Albertsons Library -- 3rd Floor
CALL NUMBER: ML3916 .B85 2007
LINK: http://catalog.boisestate.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?LANGUAGE=English&DB=local&BBID=711389

AUTHOR/TITLE: Halpern, Mark, 1931- Language & human nature / Mark Halpern, with a new introduction by the author. Transaction Publishers, c2009.
LOCATION: BSU Albertsons Library -- 3rd Floor
CALL NUMBER: P107 .H362 2009
LINK: http://catalog.boisestate.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?LANGUAGE=English&DB=local&BBID=716172

AUTHOR/TITLE: Coyer, Kate. Alternative media handbook / Kate Coyer, Tony Dowmunt and Alan Fountain. Routledge, 2007.
LOCATION: BSU Albertsons Library -- 3rd Floor
CALL NUMBER: P96.A44 C69 2007
LINK: http://catalog.boisestate.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?LANGUAGE=English&DB=local&BBID=716178

AUTHOR/TITLE: Silverblatt, Art. Genre studies in mass media : a handbook / Art Silverblatt. M.E. Sharpe, c2007.
LOCATION: BSU Albertsons Library -- 3rd Floor
CALL NUMBER: P96.G455 S57 2007
LINK: http://catalog.boisestate.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?LANGUAGE=English&DB=local&BBID=712861

AUTHOR/TITLE: Companion to Greek rhetoric / edited by Ian Worthington. Blackwell Pub., 2007.
LOCATION: BSU Albertsons Library -- 3rd Floor
CALL NUMBER: PA3265 .C66 2007
LINK: http://catalog.boisestate.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?LANGUAGE=English&DB=local&BBID=716159

AUTHOR/TITLE: Sumner, David E., 1946- Magazines : a complete guide to the industry / David E. Sumner and Shirrel Rhoades. P. Lang, c2006.
LOCATION: BSU Albertsons Library -- 3rd Floor
CALL NUMBER: PN4832 .S86 2006
LINK: http://catalog.boisestate.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?LANGUAGE=English&DB=local&BBID=711509

Welcome to a NEW SEMESTER

noreply@blogger.com (Rick) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:50:00 +0000

Welcome to a new semester!

Please let me know how the library can best serve your students,
courses, and research. As always, book and library resources requests can be sent directly to me or through your department contact.

A few reminders as you prepare your syllabi:

Library instruction is available for your classes:
http://library.boisestate.edu/instruction/

Specialized online library resources guides:
http://guides.boisestate.edu/communication
(contact me if you would like one developed for specific courses or subject areas)

Putting materials on Library Reserves:
http://library.boisestate.edu/circulation/reserves.shtm

There will be some changes in our electronic resources this semester as the State of Idaho has gone with another provider for statewide databases. We have access to ProQuest databases now instead of Gale. As far as I can tell this WILL NOT impact any of the specialized Communication resources. Let me know if you have questions.

Have a great semester!

Updates to Come

noreply@blogger.com (Rick) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:10:00 +0000

Look for more frequent updates to Communication related resources in Spring 2009 semester!

Library Resource Guides

noreply@blogger.com (Rick) — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:39:00 +0000

I apologize for the delay in updating this site. Busy, busy, busy - as I am sure you all are.

If you haven't heard about these already, the library has developed new online resource guides for most subject areas.

All guides can be viewed from here: http://guides.boisestate.edu/

The specific guide for Communication can be viewed here: http://guides.boisestate.edu/communication

Please feel free to link to these for your classes. Let me know if you would like any changes to be made or if you would like me to create one for your specifc course.

Welcome BACK (Fall 2008)

noreply@blogger.com (Rick) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:20:00 +0000

Welcome back to another exciting semester!

Please let me know how I can help out with your teaching or research. I am available for library instruction to your classes, to help select resources for the library which support your research, and practically whatever else you can think up... I am there!

Some new things going on this semester:

1. New student library research guides: http://guides.boisestate.edu/communication

2. Personalized Research Appointments: http://library.boisestate.edu/reference/research/appt.shtm

3. A more streamlined Reserves process: http://library.boisestate.edu/circulation/Reserve_Request_Form.shtm

Let me know how the Albertsons Library can help.

Database: ETHNIC NEWS WATCH

noreply@blogger.com (Rick) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:14:00 +0000

In case you missed the original post on the @thelibrary...

Do you want more than one point of view? Need a magazine or journal article written in Spanish for a class? Now you can get these and more! Albertsons Library proudly announces digital access to over 1,000,000 articles from minority and ethnic newspapers, magazines, and journals from 1990 to the present. Through the addition of Ethnic Newswatch (ENW) to our growing list of databases, we now offer faculty and students diverse perspectives and a valuable new resource for interdisciplinary study.

According to the publisher, Proquest, “ENW presents a comprehensive, full-text collection of nearly 1.6 million articles from more than 280 publications offering both national and regional coverage. While the content may mirror mainstream media coverage, the viewpoints are decidedly unique.” ENW offers the voices of “Asian-American, Jewish, African-American, Native-American, Arab-American, Eastern-European, and multi-ethnic communities.” With such a diverse list of resources, Ethnic Newswatch will prove to be an excellent resource supporting study in numerous disciplines including: ethnic studies, cultural studies, gender studies, history, political science, communication, current events, literatures, languages, philosophy, social sciences, education, music, fine arts, mathematics, and sciences.

You can access Ethnic Newswatch any time by going to the Alberstons Library database page and clicking on “Ethnic Newswatch" from the A-Z list. The library also offers access to ENW (and most of our other databases) from your home computer; you merely need your BroncoWeb ID and password to login....

If you need more information about this library resource or others, please be sure to contact me.

End Of Semester

noreply@blogger.com (Rick) — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:44:00 +0000

We made it through another semester!

It is not too early to begin thinking about how the library can fit into your courses and research for next Fall. Let me know how I can help you or your students with library instruction, an individualized course webpage with links to library resources and research help, or other needs. As always, I am at your service.

Have a great summer.

Database Trials Page

noreply@blogger.com (Rick) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:58:00 +0000

Check out the newest feature on the library's "Find Articles, Databases" page: database trials.

On this page you can see what new online products the library is thinking about buying that we have made available for you to use on a trial basis.

Now you can tell us what you think -- just fill out the comment form at the bottom of the page.

Your feedback will help us support the academic pursuits of the Boise State University community.

(post taken from the @theLibrary blog)

Endnote Web Workshop For Faculty

noreply@blogger.com (Rick) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:43:00 +0000

Need a way to manage your references? EndNote Web can keep, organize and export references and is now freely available to all BSU faculty, staff and students through the BSU Libraries’ Web of Science database.

Librarians are offering workshops for faculty on how to get started with EndNote Web:

Tuesday, April 22nd, 1:00-2:00 pm
Wednesday, April 23rd, 1:00-2:00 pm

Please RSVP to:
Sara R. Seely
Reference Librarian
6-1263
saraseely@boisestate.edu

Here’s a link to a product description for more information on EndNote Web, or please feel free to contact Sara (saraseely@boisestate.edu ) for further details:
< http://www.endnoteweb.com/enwebinfo.asp >

New Communication Books of Interest

noreply@blogger.com (Rick) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:46:00 +0000

Crisis communications : a casebook approach / Kathleen Fearn-Banks. , 3rd ed.
Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., c2007.
BSU Albertsons Library -- 3rd Floor
HD59 .F37 2007

Creating effective groups : the art of small group communication / Randy Fujishin. , 2nd ed.
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2007.
BSU Albertsons Library -- 3rd Floor
HM736 .F85 2007

Communication revolution : critical junctures and the future of media / Robert W. McChesney.
New York : New Press : Distributed by W. W. Norton & Co., 2007.
BSU Albertsons Library -- 3rd Floor
P91 .M372 2007

Communication across cultures : mutual understanding in a global world / Heather Bowe and Kylie Martin.
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
BSU Albertsons Library -- 3rd Floor
P94.6 .B69 2007

Prologue to a farce : communication and democracy in America / Mark Lloyd.
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2006.
BSU Albertsons Library -- 3rd Floor
P95.82.U6 L58 2006

Gender and communication [videorecording] / script, Mandy Morrison, Deborah Borisoff ; director, Mandy Morrison ; producers, machinemedia for Insight Media.
New York, NY : Distributed by Insight Media, c2007.
BSU Albertsons Library Curriculum Resource Ctr -- 2nd Floor
crc P96.S48 G462 2007

Pens and swords : how the American mainstream media report the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Marda Dunsky.
New York : Columbia University Press, c2008.
BSU Albertsons Library -- 2nd Floor
DS119.7 .D86 2008

Women and media : a critical introduction / Carolyn M. Byerly and Karen Ross.
Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2006.
BSU Albertsons Library -- 3rd Floor
P94.5.W65 B94 2006

Battleground : the media / edited by Robin Andersen and Jonathan Gray.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008.
BSU Albertsons Library Reference Collection -- 1st Floor
ref P95.8 .B38 2008

(Un)civil war of words : media and politics in the Arab world / Mamoun Fandy.
Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2007.
BSU Albertsons Library -- 3rd Floor
P96.W362 A654 2007

Media and conflict [electronic resource] : Afghanistan as a relative success story / Yll Bajraktari and Christina Parajon.
Washington, DC : U.S. Institute of Peace, [2008]
BSU Internet Resource -- Online
Y 3.P 31:20/198

Collection Development Grant Due Date Coming Up!

noreply@blogger.com (Rick) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:37:00 +0000

It is not free money, but almost...

The Albertsons Library collection development grants for faculty due date is April 15th. If you have interest in helping to expand the library collection in areas you see need work, let me know as soon as possible so I can begin working on it for you.

Database Trials

noreply@blogger.com (Rick) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:57:00 +0000

Albertsons Library has trial access to the databases listed below. Access from off-campus is limited to current Boise State University faculty, students and staff. Give these resources a whirl and let us know what you think.

APA PsycNET - Trial 3/10/2008 - 4/09/2008
Britannica Online Academic Edition - Trial exires 3/31/2008
Britannica's Original Sources - Trial exires 3/31/2008
Contemporary Women's Issues - Trial 2/27/2008 - 3/28/2008
PsycARTICLES via APA PsycNET - Trial 3/10/2008 - 4/09/2008
PsycARTICLES via EBSCO - Trial 3/10/2008 - 4/09/2008
PsycINFO via APA PsycNET - Trial 3/10/2008 - 4/09/2008
PsycINFO via EBSCO - Trial 3/10/2008 - 4/09/2008
Spanish Reference Center - Trial exires 3/31/2008
Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering & Computer Science - Trial starting - 3/03/2008
World Book Advanced - Trial expires 3/31/2008

Go to the Trials page for additional database and login/password information. Any feedback that you can provide would be appreciated as we contemplate the ability of these databases to support programs at Boise State University.

Faculty Collection Development Grants

noreply@blogger.com (Rick) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:57:00 +0000

This is a great opportunity to "win" additional funding for your department. Please contact me if you are interested and I will work to fill out an application.

Albertsons Library awards competitive annual grants of up to $3,000.00 for the purchase of library materials in specified subject areas. The intent of these grants is to work with faculty members to identify areas of the collection in need of special attention. The goal is to promote the use of library resources by making collections more relevant to the coursework and research interests of faculty and students.

Who may apply? Applications are made by a team consisting of a library liaison and any one of the following:

• A department’s library representative

• An individual faculty member

• Groups of faculty members with a common interest in a scholarly discipline or an interdisciplinary topic

• An academic department

Eligible materials. Books (print or online) and other media (DVDs, CD-ROMs, scores, etc.) are eligible for purchase through this program. Due to ongoing costs, databases, journals and other serial titles are not eligible for these funds.

WestLaw adds News & Business

noreply@blogger.com (Rick) — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:27:00 +0000

Westlaw, one of the premier legal research databases available to you via the Library's website, has added a new collection of databases known as News and Business:

* Newspapers - Includes current and archival newspapers like The New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Boston Globe, Financial Times, and hundreds more!

* Magazines -Provides current and archival issues of sought-after sources like Newsweek, the Economist, Consumer Reports, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Spectator, Publishers Weekly, and Business Week.

* Trade Journals -Offers current and archival issues for virtually any discipline. Includes titles like U.S. Banker, Securities Industries News, Accountancy Age, Advertising Age, PR Week, Modern Physician, and many more.

* Company Information - Provides SEC filings and Hoover’s company records, including profiles for thousands of private and public U.S. corporations.

* International Publications - Includes popular international sources like European Report, Middle East Observer and World News Connection.

* Newswires - Get the most current news from more than 400 newswires, including the Associated Press, U.S. Newswire, and numerous international wires.

* Newsletters -Access timely information across many specialties, including Alternative Medicine Alert, Agriculture Chemical News, White House press releases, Wireless News, and many others. -

* Broadcast Transcripts -Offers more than 900 television and radio transcripts that includes national and local news content from ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, MSNBC, NBC, PBS, and BBC radio.

* Foreign Language Publications. Search non-English news sources available in Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish.

Let us know if you need assistance to access this or any of the 230+ research databases available to you at Albertsons Library.

CTL/Library Workshop: The Information Quagmire

noreply@blogger.com (Rick) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:19:00 +0000

This would be a good opportunity to discuss the success and pitfalls of student research and to find common ground with faculty across campus. The idea is start a discussion of common problems and the resources available or needed to address them...

http://ctl.boisestate.edu/events/details.asp?377

Date: Friday, February 22, 2008
Time: 12:00 PM (Duration: 2 Hours)
Location: ILC 315
Contact: Deborah OlsonEmail: deboraholson1@boisestate.edu
Phone: 426-4610
Office: CTL, ILC 315

Description: Cosponsored by CTL and Albertsons Library
Good research is not easy and many students don’t know where to start searching when faced with an overwhelming information landscape. Some students have difficulty identifying relevant and authoritative information to inform their work. Others might struggle when attempting to respectfully incorporate an author’s ideas and cite sources.

This workshop discussion will be facilitated by faculty from Albertsons Library and will involve a panel of faculty from across campus. The session will focus on problems encountered in the student research process.
The discussion will be prompted by these questions:

When and where do you see students get stopped or stuck while conducting academic research?
How can educators work together to develop student research skills and promote information competency?

Hopefully, I will see you there....

Recent additions of interest to Communication

noreply@blogger.com (Rick) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:07:00 +0000

I'm no angel : the blonde in fiction and film
By: Ellen Tremper.
University of Virginia Press, 2006.
PR868.B56 T74 2006

Cell phone reader : essays in social transformation
Edited by Anandam Kavoori and Noah Arceneaux.
Peter Lang, c2006.
Tech Services In Process. Ask at Reference Desk

Everyday eBay : culture, collecting, and desire
Edited by Ken Hillis and Michael Petit with Nathan Scott Epley.
Routledge, 2006.
HF5478 .E84 2006

Mobile communication and society : a global perspective : a project of the Annenberg Research Network on international communication
By: Manuel Castells ... [et al.].
MIT Press, c2007.
HM1206 .M62 2007

McDonaldization of society 5
By: George Ritzer.
Pine Forge Press, c2008.
HM706 .R58 2008

Owning culture : authorship, ownership, and intellectual property law
By: Kembrew McLeod.
P. Lang, c2001.
KF2979 .M35 2001

Power of the gaze : an introduction to visual literacy
By: Janne SeppCenen.
P. Lang, 2006.
LB1068 .S4613 2006

Moving cultures : mobile communication in everyday life
By: Andre H. Caron, Letizia Caronia.
McGill-Queen's University Press, c2007.
P94.6 .C37 2007

War in Iraq and why the media failed us
By: David Dadge ; foreword by Danny Schechter.
Praeger Publishers, 2006.
P96.I732 U635 2006

New media poetics : contexts, technotexts, and theories
Edited by Adalaide Morris and Thomas Swiss.
MIT Press, c2006.
PN1059.C6 N49 2006

Willing suspension of disbelief : poetic faith in film
By: Anthony J. Ferri.
Lexington Books, c2007.
PN1995 .F4517 2007

Women filmmakers in early Hollywood
By: Karen Ward Mahar.
Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006.
PN1995.9.W6 M32 2006

People's movements, people's press : the journalism of social justice movements
By: Bob Ostertag.
Beacon Press, c2006.
PN4888.U5 O88 2006

Composing relationships : communication in everyday life
Edited by Julia T. Wood, Steve Duck. Thomson
Wadsworth, c2006.
HM1166 .C68 2006

Group communication pitfalls : overcoming barriers to an effective group experience
By: John O. Burtis, Paul D. Turman. Sage, c2006.
HM736 .B87 2006

New directions in group communication
Editor, Lawrence R. Frey.
Sage Pub., c2002.
HM736 .N48 2002

Nightly news nightmare : television's coverage of U.S. presidential elections, 1988-2004
By: Stephen J. Farnsworth and S. Robert Lichter.
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2007.
PN4888.P6 F37 2007