Communication Studies background sources
- An annotated bibliography of works on daily newspapers in Canada, 1914-1983
- Bibliography on Canadian broadcasting
- Canadian film and video : a bibliography and guide to the literature
- CBC.Selected bibliography 1936-1986
- Communication and the mass media: a guide to the reference literature
- Communication research: strategies and sources
- Communication Yearbook
- Film and Television: a guide to the reference literature
- Mass communications research resources : an annotated guide
- Mass media bibliography : an annotated guide to books and journals for research and reference
- Media aesthetics : a selected annotated bibliography
- Media research: a selected bibliography
- Oxford Bibliographies: Cinema and Media Studies (online)
- Oxford Bibliographies: Communication (online)
- Public relations in business, government, and society : a bibliographic guide
- Radio: a reference guide
- Television: a guide to the literature
- Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory (online)
In addition to this list, dictionaries can be found using the library catalogue. Try searching for "dictionaries and" a keyword; for example, the search dictionaries AND media retrieves more relevant results.
- Audio dictionary
- Communication, cultural and media studies: the key concepts {electronic edition]
- Critical dictionary of film and television theory [electronic edition]
- Cyberculture: the key concepts
- Dictionary of cultural and critical theory [electronic edition]
- Dictionary of cultural theorists
- Dictionary of marketing
- Dictionary of media and communication studies (Watson) [electronic edition]
- Dictionary of media and communications (Danesi)
- Dictionary of media literacy
- Dictionary of multimedia: terms and acronyms
- Encyclopedic dictionary of semiotics, media and communications [electronic edition]
- Film: the key concepts
- Glossary of literary and cultural theory
- Key contemporary concepts from abjection to Zeno's paradox
- Key concepts in gender studies
- Key concepts in journalism studies
- Key concepts in media and communications
- Key concepts in political communication
- Longman dictionary of mass media & communication
- Media institutions and audiences: the key concepts
- Key concepts in political communication
- Popular music: the key concepts [electronic edition]
- Sage dictionary of cultural studies
- Sourcebook on rhetoric: key concepts in contemporary rhetorical studies
- Television studies: the key concepts [electronic edition]
- Webster's new world dictionary of media & communications
Below is a list of several relevant encyclopedias. Other encyclopedias may be found in the library catalogue. Try searching for a keyword for your topic and "encycloped*". For example, the search encycloped* AND science fiction will retrieve several encyclopedias devoted to science fiction.
You might also want to consult additional Subject Guides to find encyclopedias by discipline, such as Cinema.
Communication
- International Encyclopedia of Communication (Wiley) [electronic edition]
- Encyclopedia of communication and Information
- Encyclopedia of Communication Theory
- Encyclopedia of international media and communications
- Encyclopedia of media and communication
- Encyclopedia of new media: an essential reference to communication and technology
- International encyclopedia of communications/Barnouw (1989)
- From talking drums to the Internet: an encyclopedia of communications technology
- Encyclopedia of public relations
- International encyclopedia of digital communication and society
Rhetoric and Semiotics
- Encyclopedia of political communicationn [electronic edition]
- Encyclopedia of rhetoric/Sloan [electronic edition]
- Encyclopedia of rhetoric and composition: communication from ancient times to the information age
- Encyclopedia of semiotics/Bouissac [electronic edition]
- Handbook of semiotics
Mass Media and Broadcasting
- ABC-CLIO companion to the media in America
- Encyclopedia of children, adolescents and the media
- Encyclopedia of media and politics
- Encyclopedia of motion picture sound
- Encyclopedia of recorded sound
- The Museum of Broadcast Communications encyclopedia of radio
- Encyclopedia of television
- Encyclopedia of television news
- Encyclopedia of television subjects,themes and settings
- Mass media: a chronological encyclopedia of television, radio, motion pictures, magazines, newspapers, and books in the U.S.
- World Press Encyclopedia: a survey of press systems worldwide
Culture
For media directories, profiles, statistics, and markets, see Canadian Broadcasting Resources and Canadian Media Information
- International television and video almanac
- International motion picture almanac
- Qui fait quoi
- Film Canada yearbook
- Bowkers complete video directory
Other directories may be found using the library catalogue. Try searching for a keyword for your topic and "directories". For example the search directories AND film will retrieve many directories related to film.
- Canadian film and video:a bibliography and guide to the literature. Vol 2
- Canadian Who's who
- Entertaining Canadians: Canada's international stars, 1900-88
- Who's who in Canadian film and television
- Who's who of Canadian women
- Who's who in media and communication
- Women in communication: a biographical sourcebook
- Biographies Canadiennes Francaises/Who's who in Quebec