Finding Tools
Catalog:
An online
database that provides the citations and locations of all materials
in the library.
Electronic
Journals Portal:
This portal serves as a catalog for finding e-journals that are
contained in the databases subscribed by the library. When searching
for specific title, it shows you in which database/s you can find it
and its holdings. This portal also classifies journals by subject so
you can see how many and which titles are available for a specific
discipline or topic.
Print Resources
Key to Locations
To
find print materials, search the library
catalog, write down the Call Number and use it to find the
material on the shelves. To locate materials use the Library Floor
Plans mounted next to the elevator on each floor, or the Guide
to Call Numbers and Subject locations that you can find on the
library webpage.
Reference Sources:
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks.
Ref PN4855.P26 1983
The Encyclopedia of American Journalism
Ref PN 4784.W37 R68
1997
Historical Dictionary of War Journalism
Ref P 87.5.E53 2001
Encyclopedia of Communication and Information
Ref P87.5.I5 1989 4 Vols.
International Encyclopedia of Communications
Ref PN4783.A83 2007
Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law
Ref AS911.P8 B74 1999
Who’s Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners
Books
The
library uses the Library
of Congress classification system, which organizes books
according to subject. This means that books stacked together cover
the same or closely related subjects. You can find the Library of
Congress classification scheme on the walls of the basement and
Ground floor. Here are some useful subjects in the area of
journalism and mass communication:
KF 4770
Freedom of Speech
P 87-95
Mass Media (Communication)
PE
English language (dictionaries, grammar, style)
PN 1990
Broadcasting
PN 4699-5999 Journalism
Z 657-659
Freedom of the press. Censorship
Newspapers
The
library subscribes to several Bulgarian and several American daily
newspapers in print. The current issue can be located on the Ground
floor (across Circulation desk). Recent issues can be found in
folders on the shelves behind them. Back issues have to be requested
at Circulation Desk. Newspapers are for reference use only and
cannot be checked out.
Journals
The
library subscribes to around 250-300 scientific journals and popular
magazines in print. They are searchable by the library catalog.
Recent issues are located on the Ground floor and are organized
alphabetically by title. A list
of all subscriptions is available on the library
webpage (www.aubg.bg/library), as well as a
list of all circulating ones. Most popular magazines can be
borrowed for a period of 3 days but scientific journals are for
in-house use. Back issues of newspapers and magazines are stored in
Compact Shelves in the Basement and have to be requested at the
Circulation Desk. Here are some suggestions for titles in
Journalism.
American Journalism Review
British Journalism Review
Columbia Journalism Review
Communication Arts
U.S. News&World Report
News Photographer
Print –America’s
Regional Design Annual
Visual Communications
Step: Inside Design
Magazine
Electronic Resources
Key to Locations
Electronic
resources can be accessed from any computer in the AUBG network
(computer labs and personal computers located in the Main Building,
NAB, Dormitories, Library and Elieff Center). Some
electronic resources can be accessed off-campus. Students not living
in Skaptopara can contact reference librarians for further
information.
A
list of links to databases organized alphabetically is available on
the library web page. A short
description of all the databases can be found in Research
Help»Databases A-Z.
Reference Sources
Encyclopedia
Britannica. One
of the most trusted sources of information on any topic used in
research to provide background information.
Oxford
Reference Online
contains about
100+ dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works
published by Oxford University Press. It is a fully-indexed,
cross-searchable database of these books, giving subscribers
unprecedented access to a comprehensive information resource.
E-Books
E-brary.
An e-book collection of around 50,000 full-text books of all
academic subject areas and from leading publishers.
E-Journals
Full-Text Databases
ProQuest
Central: Serves
as the central resource for researchers at all levels in all markets.
There are 11,000 titles included in the database from which over 8,000
are in full-text. Over 160 subject areas are covered extensively
including: business and economics, health and medical, news and world
affairs, technology, social sciences and more.
EBSCOhost
Databases EBSCOhost
offers a variety of proprietary full-text databases and popular
databases from leading information providers that range from general
reference collections to specially designed, subject-specific
databases.
Regional
Business News
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional
business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of
more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan
and rural areas within the United States.
Newspaper
Source
Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for 45 national
(U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains
selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition,
full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided.
JSTOR:
An electronic
archive of core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences,
and sciences, starting with the very first issue. It has a moving wall
policy that keeps a 2 to 5 year gap between current articles and
articles in JSTOR.
CEEOL:
An online
archive which provides access to full-text PDF articles from
humanities and social science journals and re-digitized documents
pertaining to Central, Eastern and South-Eastern European topics.
Columbia International Affairs
Online: The most comprehensive source for theory and research
in international affairs.
DOAJ:
This directory
covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly
journals that aims to cover all subjects and languages.
Science
Direct Freedom Collection:
offers a
collection of high-quality journal articles online. Content includes
access to over 2500 full-text scientific journals and e-books dating
back to 2003.
World Bank Databases
The World Bank
e-library is an online, fully cross-searchable portal of over
5,000 World Bank publications and Policy Research Working Papers. World
Development Indicators (WDI) provides
direct access to more than 800 development indicators, with time
series for 209 countries and 18 country groups. Global
Development Finance (GDF) provides
direct access to more than 200 debt and financial flows indicators for
the 129 countries that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt to
the World Bank Debtor Reporting System.
Indexing and Abstracting
Databases
Scopus:
Scopus is the
largest abstract and citation database of research literature and
quality web sources.
ISI
Web of Knowledge:
It
is a research
platform, helping you quickly find, analyze, and share information in
the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.
Internet Sources
You
can find selected internet sources by discipline at the home library
webpage. The box is called “Discipline-specific resources” and
allows you to select disciplines from a menu. The selected internet
sources for JMC can be found on the following link.
Research Help
All
Subject Guides can be found on the library webpage. You can also find
guides to the catalog, to the Library of Congress classification, to
databases, and information literacy presentations on the webpage.
If
you need help with your research you can contact Reference librarians.
There are several ways to do this: You can come to the
Reference/Circulation desk during regular working hours to talk to a
librarian in person. You can use the virtual reference tool Meebo,
where you can chat with the librarian in real time. You can also send
an e-mail to libmail@aubg.bg, use
the @ask a librarian link
on the library home page, or call 888 354.
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