Virtual Reading Room

Electronic Course Reserves for Journalism and Mass Communication Classes on ICON

(password protected site, only accessible by students in courses with readings on electronic reserve):

Open your browser and go to http://icon.uiowa.edu
Enter your HawkID and password. Click on LOGIN.
Under MY ICON COURSES, Click on Journalism & Mass Communication Electronic Reserve Readings under the current semester.
Click on "Readings" on the Green Bar that runs across the top of the page.
If you need help please e-mail Jennifer Raghavan jennifer-raghavan@uiowa.edu

Newspapers

Daily Iowan: Online version of The University of Iowa's daily newspaper
Newslink: Provides links to thousands of news organization’s websites, including international and national newspapers, magazines, television and radio. Includes links to national newspapers by State, Major Metro Dailies, National Papers, Business, Alternative, Specialty, Campus, and to international newspapers by continent and by region.
Google News: Uses Google’s search engine technology to continuously scan every online news organization throughout the world (offering English text) then uses its ranking algorithms to determine the top stories for the hour.
Altweeklies.com: Website from the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, features news and arts reporting from more than 100 alternative newsweeklies.

Selected References Available through InfoHawk

InfoHawk: Infohawk is an essential resource for journalism faculty members and students. In addition to hosting the library’s catalog of physical holdings, Infohawk is the gateway to an amazing array of electronic resources.
Oxford English Dictionary Online
yourDictionary.com: Links to more than 600 dictionaries in 150 different languages. (Formerly the "Web of Online Dictionaries.")
Roget’s Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: A straightforward, dictionary-style thesaurus, based on Roget's Thesaurus.
Research Paper Resources: Includes quick guides to APA Print and Electronic formats, Turabian, and MLA, as well as resources for evaluating online resources.
William Strunk’s Elements of Style: Required reading for several journalism courses, Elements of Style provides the elementary rules of usage and principles of composition, as well as commonly misused words and expressions, and commonly misspelled words.
Access World News: Access over 1600 newspapers in an easy-to-use format. Great access to Iowa newspapers.
E-Journals: Many Titles in the Journalism and Mass Communication fields can now be accessed directly through Infohawk. Search by title or browse an alphabetical list.

A partial list of journals and trade publications of interest to Journalism and Mass Communication students and faculty members can be found below. Please follow the E-Journals link to see the complete listing.

Advertising Age (available from 1996)
Adweek (available from 1966)
American Journalism Review (available from 1993)
Aperture (available from 1997)
Atlantic Monthly (available from 1993)
Broadcasting and Cable (available from 1996)
Business Week (available from 1996)
The Chronicle of Higher Education (available from 1995)
The Chronicle of Philanthropy (available from 2000, most recent 1 month not available)
Columbia Journalism Review (available from 1988)
Communication Research (available from 1999)
Critical Studies in Mass Communication (available from 1984)
Critical Studies in Media Communication (available from 2000 most recent 1 year not available)
Differences (available from 1994)
Editor and Publisher (available from 1992)
Electronic Media (available from 1988)
European Journal of Communication (available from 1999)
Folio (available from 1988)
The Howard Journal of Communications (available from 1998)
Index on Censorship (available from 2003)
The Independent Review (available from 1996)
International Journal of Advertising (available from 2000)
International Journal of Communications Law and Policy (available from 1998)
Iowa Law Review (available from 1915)
Journal of Advertising (available from 1972)
Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media (available from 1990, most recent 6 months not available)
Journal of Communication (available from 1997)
Journal of Mass Media Ethics (available from 1990, most recent 1 year not available)
Journal of Public Relations Research (available from 1992)
Journalism (available from 2000)
Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly (available from 1995)
Journalism History (available from 1990)
Journalism Studies (available from 2000)
Macworld (available from 1989)
Mass Communication and Society (available from 1998)
Mother Jones (available from 1990)
National Review (available from 1975)
The New Yorker (available from 1999)
The News Media and the Law (available from 2001)
Newspaper Research Journal (NRJ) (available from 1996)
Newsweek (available from 1975)
Nieman Reports (available from 1994)
O’Dwyer’s P.R. Services Report (available from 1989)
PR Week (available from 1989)
Presstime (available from 1997)
Public Relations News (available from 1996)
Public Relations Quarterly (available from 1965)
Public Relations Review (available from 1995)
Public Relations Tactics (available from 1994)
Publisher’s Weekly (available from 1996)
Television Week (available from 2001)
Time (available from 1990)
Wall Street Journal (available from 1979)
The Washington Monthly (available from 1990)

Online References

yourDictionary.com

A dictionary and grammar portal with more than 2500 dictionaries in over 300 languages and many specialized glossaries. (Formerly known as the "Web of Online Dictionaries."

Roget's Thesauri

Fully searchable version of the combined Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, 34d edition and Roget's International Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases from the Bartleby.com site.

William Strunk's Elements of Style

Required reading for several journalism courses, Elements of Style provides the elementary rules of usage and principles of composition, as well as commonly misused words and expressions, and commonly misspelled words.

Journalism Websites

Journalism Resources - U. Iowa

Over 40 annotated pages of resources compiled for support of academic journalism departments and professiona journalists sompiled and Edited by Karla Tonella. Won 1st place in the 1999 AEJMC Web competition in the Journalism Resources category and listed as one of the "600 Important Web Sites" in Choice magazine Web Review Issue III. August 1999 and featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education's "In Site" column, March, 1999.

Reporter's Desktop

A collaborative, noncommercial Web site to make daily reporting and investigative reporting faster, easier and better. Includes a “Best of Web” Search, Map It, Find Them (yellow pages, white pages, reverse phone number lookups) (Best of) Reporting Links including Reference, Government and Press Links, and Free News Archives on one page for easy reference.

Poynter Online

The Pointer Institute provides ongoing education and food for thought for "journalists, future journalists, and teachers of journalists."

A Journalist's Guide to the Internet

By Christopher Callahan, associate dean of of the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism