Academic Literature

For books

• Reed Library Catalog
• Summit (formerly Orbis)
• WorldCat 

For journal articles, scholarly books, etc.

• Communications & Mass Media Complete
• Sociological Abstracts
• Web of Science
• Alternative Press Index Complete

To find journals/sources available at Reed

• Print & Electronic Journals List

To order articles not available at Reed

• Interlibrary Loan article request form (you may also use the request feature available in some library databases, such as Sociological Abstracts)

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News Sources

• Lexis-Nexis Academic: News (most current; includes newspapers, television, radio)
• Academic Search Premier (includes full text of news and opionion magazines)
• Wall Street Journal (Covers 1988 - present)

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Business & Company Information

• Lexis-Nexis Academic: Business Sources (public & private company directories, SEC filings, and news/industry stories)
• Business Source Premier (Profiles of publicly trade companies and news/magazine stories on specific companies and general business/industry topics)
• Communication & Mass Media Complete (business and industry news on all aspects of marketing)
• EDGAR (Securities & Exchange Commission filings - U.S. public companies)
• Fortune 500 from CNN Money (top 500 publicly trade companies)
• Forbes 500 largest private companies (Nov. 2005 special report)
• Hoovers (free site -- company information)
• ThomasNet (find U.S. companies, products, and suppliers)
• Resources on Global Corporations (part of Richard Robbins (SUNY, Plattsburg) site, Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism)

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Data

• FedStats
• TableBase
• Lexis-Nexis Statistical
• Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory

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Advertising & Market Research Links

• Product Placement
  • Brand Hype (searchable database of movies)
  • Brand Channel (browse brands in films)
• Advertising Industry Newsletters
  • Madison + Vine (newsletter for agencies from Advertising Age)
  • Brand Republic (UK portal to "industry intelligence")
  • Adland ("by the ad grunts for the ad grunts")
• Advertising Agencies
  • Onpoint Case Studies (by marketing firm on its clients)
  • Entertainment Resource & Marketing Association (links to agencies)
  • Agency Compile (searchable directory of agencies by category and specialty)
• Advertising, Market Research, and Media Portals
  • Advertising World (links from University of Texas Dept. of Advertising)
  • Market Research Portal
  • KnowThis.com Marketing Virtual Library (market research portal)
  • Media Education Foundation (non-profit fostering analytical media literacy)
  • Media Literacy Clearinghouse (resource for K-12 educators about the effects of the media)
• Ad Collections
  • Ad Flip (classic print ads, 1940-2001)
  • Emergence of Advertising in America, 1850-1920 (part of Library of Congress's American Memory digital collections)
  • Ad*Access (print ads, 1911-1955 from Duke University)
  • Medicine and Madison Avenue (collection of ads showing the relationship between modern medicine and advertising; also at Duke University)
  • Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health (ad images illustrate the history of marketing menstruation products to women)
  • Ad Awards.com (television ads)

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