1. Introduction

2. Why use the Library?

3. Library Password

4. Boolean Searching

5. Library Catalog
  • How to Find Books
  • How to Find Journals

6. Databases
  • Search for Articles
  • Find Articles

7. Organizations

8. How to Get Help

9. Library Exercise

10. COM 108

Professional associations and government organizations are a good way to learn more about ongoing issues in your field. Below is a list of organizations that you might find helpful in your research.

• American Communication Association
• Association for Business Communication
• Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
• Association for Educational Communications and Technology
• Associated Press
• Broadcast Education Association
• Central States Communication Association
• Communication Department (Cal Poly Pomona)
• Communication Institute for On-Line Scholarship
• Eastern Communication Association
• GLOCOM — Center for Globral Communications
• International Association of Business Communicators
• International Communication Association
• Journalism Organizations (from American Journalism Review)
• Lambda Pi Eta, National Communication Honor Society
• National Association of Broadcasters
• National Communication Association
• National Press Club
• Public Relations Society of America
• Public Relations Student Society of America
• Religious Communication Association
• Society of Professional Journalists
• Southern States Communication Association
• Western States Communication Association