Saint Mary's College of California Library
communication
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Communication and Information - From Gale Virtual Reference Library .
Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications.
(Ref 302.23 J6422) 4 vols. San Diego: Academic, 2003.
Encyclopedia of Social Theory - From Gale Virtual Reference Library .
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Semiotics, Media, and Communications.
(Ref 302.203 D199) Toronto: University of Toronto, 2000.
International Encyclopedia of Communications.
(Ref 302 B266) 4 vols. New York: Oxford, 1989.
Dictionary of Communication and Media Studies. (Ref 302.203 W334) 4th ed. London: St. Martin's, 1997.
Handbook of American Popular Culture. (Ref 309.173 In4a) 2nd ed. 3 vols. New York: Greenwood, 1989.
Handbook of Communication Science. (Ref 302 B4532) Beverly Hills: Sage, 1987. See Chapter 24, "Professional Mass Communicators".
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. (Ref 300.3 In8a) 26 vols. New York: Elsevier, 2001.
Webster's New World Dictionary of Media and Communications. (Ref 302.23 W431) New York: Macmillan, 1996.
Analysis
Building Communication Theories: A Socio/Cultural Approach. (2nd floor, 302.201 C270) Hillsdale, NJ: L. Erlbaum, 1994.
Communication Institute for Online Scholarship - Reports and news about research in communication.
Communication Research: Issues and Methods. (2nd floor, 001.51072 An23) New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987.
Communication Yearbook. (Ref 001.505 C737) New Brunswick, NJ: International Communication Association. Annual. Library has 1986 to the present.
McLuhan website - Cool (i.e. highly involving) site for exploring McLuhan's ideas and concepts.
Rethinking Communication. (2nd floor, 001.51 D449) 2 vols. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1989.
Theory of Communicative Action. (2nd floor, 301.01 H113) 2 vols. Boston: Beacom, 1984-87.
Speeches / Oratory
American Rhetoric from Roosevelt to Reagan : A Collection of Speeches and Critical Essays. (2nd floor, 815.08 R954) Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland, c1983.
Douglass - Archives of American oratory and public address: full texts of speeches from John Winthrop to Hillary Clinton. Searchable by speaker, title, date, issue. From Northwestern University.
Great American Women's Speeches. (Circ Desk, Cas S151) New York: Harper Audio, 1995.
Historical Voices.org - Historical Voices is creating "a significant...online database of spoken word collections spanning the 20th century." Galleries lists their eclectic collection of databases and links.
Representative American Speeches. (2nd floor, 815.08 R299) New York: H.W. Wilson. Annual. Library has 1939 to present.
