Finding Books:

Search the library catalog for specific media topics, such as advertising, television, radio broadcasting, motion pictures, sex on television, etc; or, browse the following subject areas in the Dewey Decimal numbers indicated below:  

To retrieve a listing of items within the Sullivan University library online catalog, click on the appropriate Library of Congress Subject Heading with the corresponding Dewey Decimal number(s), in the box below, then click GO!

Subjects Advertising (659.1) Motion pictures (791.43) Radio broadcasting--United States (791.44) Television (301.16) Television and children (305.23, 658.8) Television broadcasting (791.45) Violence on television (302.2, 791.45)

Also, Sullivan University Library offers the Library Alert service, which is designed to alert SUS students, faculty and staff of the latest titles @ the Sullivan University Louisville library! Sign up to be notified by e-mail when the library receives new books, videos, DVDs, etc., in the categories that interest you.

The Louisville Free Public Library (LFPL) also has many resources on this topic.  Sullivan students may apply for a LFPL card and check out materials at LFPL branches.  Use the same specific topics above to search the LFPL catalog.

Note than when searching for books, you will use broader search terms (e.g.. television), but when searching for articles in the databases, you will use more specific terms (e.g. Jerry Springer).

Reference Books

ABI/INFORM Research: This scholarly business periodicals database comprises nearly 1400 North American sources to provide information on advertising, economics, human resources, finance, marketing, computers and more. Fast access to information on over 60,000 companies. Now indexes The Wall Street Journal.

Relevant journals in this database:

     Digital media

     E media professional

     Electronic media

     Media & methods

Alt-Press Watch: Available through ProQuest?, this database provides access to articles from alternative and independent press newspapers, magazines and journals that provide a valuable non-mainstream source of coverage, viewpoints and perspectives to that of traditional media sources.

Business Source Premier:  An EBSCOhost? database indexing 3,650+ scholarly/peer-reviewed business journals back to 1922 and providing the corresponding full-text/full-image for articles on all business subjects  including management, finance and accounting.  Also includes country economic reports as well as comprehensive  profiles for the 10,000 largest companies:  click the COMPANY PROFILE tab on the toolbar at the top of the page.  Updated daily.

Relevant journals in this database:

     European Advertising & Media Forecast

     Journal of media economics

     New media age

     Plunkett's entertainment & media industry almanac

Computing: Available through ProQuest?, this database information on computing topics, including software, hardware, e-commerce, Web site development, networking, system design, databases and technology management. It also contains thousands of product reviews.

 Directory of Open Access Journals:  This service covers 815 free, full text, quality-controlled scientific and scholarly journals in all subjects and languages.

Relevant journals in this database:

     Intensities: The journal of cult media

     Journal of interactive media in education JiME

     Media History Monographs

     School library media research

Newspaper Source: An EBSCOhost? database providing full-text articles from 23 national and international newspapers, television and radio news transcripts, and 200 regional U.S. newspapers.  Updated daily.

Louisville Free Public Library Databases:  users need a Louisville Free Public Library card to access these databases

• Business and Company Resource Center:  A comprehensive database of company and industry information, and business journals and newspapers.

• New York Times: Newspaper articles from New York Times, many include full text.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: Critical Thinking?: This resource is a comprehensive, full-text database providing differing points of view on current social issues, such as affirmative action, censorship, ecology, mental health, and many other social issues.

TOPICsearch: An EBSCOhost? full-text database providing full-text articles related to current events on social scientific, political and economic issues.

Use the periodical search function on the Catalog home page to find periodical titles indexed in our databases.  For example, if you have a citation to an article and want to see if it is available full-text in our databases, search for the journal title, and the system will lead you to the correct database.

Advertising Age magazine's website for advertising professionals.

American Civil Liberties Union

American Library Association, Office of Intellectual Freedom

Electronic Privacy Information

FAIR:  Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting:  From their website: "FAIR, the national media watch group, has been offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986. We work to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints."

Family Research Council

JustThink: From their website: "Founded in 1995 as a concerned response to the ever-increasing deluge of messages youth receive from television, radio, film, print media, electronic games, and the Internet, Just Think teaches young people media literacy skills for the 21st century."

Media censorship cases

Media Studies

Motion Picture Association of America (movie ratings).

Morality in Media

National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families

The official site of the Jerry Springer show.

Parents Television Council

Reasons for film ratings

Safe Surf:  From the website: "SafeSurf was founded in 1995, out of concern for children accessing adult material and the potential trauma associated with early exposure to pornography.  Governmental censorship as a response to the issue was also a major concern."

World Press Freedom Committee