Maggie Bates
Welcome
Welcome to the LibGuide for MC 426: Race, Gender, and Media. This course guide provides a comprehensive overview of the library and web resources that can be used to find books, journals, films, websites, and other materials that may be of value for your work in this class.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask for assistance at the Gorgas Library Information Desk (located on the first floor) or to contact me directly by email or phone.
Best Bets
The University of Alabama has millions of print and electronic resources available about race, gender, and media studies. This section has links for the "go-to" resources you can use when starting your research. If you want to go more in-depth, check out some of the other tabs (such as "Finding Journal Articles"). If you still haven't found what you're looking for, please feel free to contact me to schedule a research consultation.
- Access World News-Historical and Current This link opens in a new window
Find diverse global perspective on topics related to controversial issues, the environment, health, education, science, the arts, literature, business, economics, criminal justice, and more from a variety of current and retrospective news media including newspapers, newswires broadcast transcripts, blogs, periodicals, videos, and web-only content.
- Communication Source This link opens in a new window
Communication Source merges EBSCOs Communication & Mass Media Complete database with content from Communication Abstracts, providing comprehensive indexing and full-text coverage of literature covering communication, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse, speech-language pathology, media studies and related fields.
- Kanopy Films Streaming Service This link opens in a new window
Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video service for educational institutions that works directly with filmmakers and film distribution companies to offer award-winning collections including titles from PBS, BBC, Criterion Collection, Media Education Foundation and more.
