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Communication  
Reference Resources
Locating Books
Locating Articles
Web Resources
Debra Beronja or Thomas Bell,   Subject Liaisons
Maag Library, Reference Department
(330)941-3680

Overview

Maag Library provides access to communications books, journals and data through print and online resources. The specific resources listed below are a portion of what is available through the library. If you need additional assistance, Ask a Librarian!

 
Reference Resources

Use these encyclopedias, dictionaries and almanacs for background information about communications, definitions or general information.

 
Locating Books

Books can be found through MaagNet, the Maag Library online catalog or through the OhioLINK Catalog. Use MaagNet to locate items available through Maag Library. Use the OhioLINK catalog to locate items available through other OhioLINK institutions. These items can be requested and delivered to Maag Library for pickup.

Not sure of a topic? Here are a few Library of Congress Subject Headings that can get you started:
  • Business communication
  • Digital communications
  • Written communication

For more help locating resources, see our general help section onFinding Books.

Browsing for books
Communications resources are located throughout the library: items in the Reference Room, Serials and in the circulating collection are all arranged according to the Library of Congress Classification System. Once you locate a book or journal that is useful in one of these areas, you can locate information on the same or similar topics by locating the same call number in the other areas of the library. See Call Numbers and Floor Plans for assistance. Some of the call numbers where you will find Telecommunications information are:
  • P87-96 Communication. Mass media
  • P94.7 Interpersonal communication
  • P95-95.6 Oral communication. Speech
  • T10.5-11.9 Communication of technical information
  • HF5717-5734.7 Business communication Including business report writing, business correspondence
 
Locating Articles

Communications articles are available in print and electronic sources. The information below will help you decide where to begin searching for articles.

Articles in print

Communications journals that Maag Library receives in print can be located by searching MaagNet, browsing by call number or through the list of Communications journals received by Maag Library. These journals are located on the sixth floor of Maag Library and are arranged in call number order.

Online Articles

Many communications journals are now available through online subscription databases and through the OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center. Various terms can be used to search these databases, including subject, keywords and relevant dates. Most databases allow access by current YSU faculty, students and staff from off campus, although a few are restricted to in-library use only. For more information about connecting from home, see off-campus access.
  • Applied Science and Technology Abstracts
    Index to journal articles in science and technology, including telecommunications and aeronautics. Includes or has links to full text.
  • Academic Search Premier  OFF CAMPUS LINK
    Multi-discipline, full text database designed specifically for academic institutions. This resource indexes over 4300 periodicals and contains full text for over 3400 scholarly publications.
  • Communication & Mass Media Complete  OFF CAMPUS LINK
    Indexes and abstracts for over 300 journals, over 200 of those contain full text articles.
  • JSTOR  OFF CAMPUS LINK
    Supplies full text articles from the very first volume to the last 3-5 years for approximately 240 titles in the Arts & Sciences.
  • Social Sciences Citation Index (ISI Web of Science)    OFF CAMPUS LINK
    Provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in over 1,700 of the world's leading scholarly social sciences journals covering more than 50 disciplines, plus individually selected, relevant items from approximately 3,300 of the world's leading science and technology journals.
  • LexisNexis Academic    OFF CAMPUS LINK
    LexisNexis Academic provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, medical, and reference information from nearly 5,000 sources, most of them available in full text. The service covers newspapers, magazines, wire services, federal and state court opinions, federal and state statutes, federal regulations, and SEC filings. News information is updated daily and wire services several times daily.
These databases provide a starting point for your research. To see other available databases, visit the Research Databases page.
 
Web Resources

The links below provide access to telecommunications resources on the Internet.