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Media and communication
Subject guide
This NSI Libraries online subject guide provides links to information available on the web. Some resources require a DET username and password. Don’t know your DET username and password? Contact your College Student Administration or your teacher.
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Associations
Australian Centre for Independent Journalism
Australian Press Council
Communications and Media Law Association
Communications Law Centre
Public interest centre specialising in media, communications and online law and policy
Copyright Agency Limited (CAL)
Network Insight
Independent non-profit centre of ideas and information, focused on communications.
Media, Arts and Entertainment Alliance
Links
Oz guide
Internet resources for Australian journalists
Poynter Institute (US)
Provides resources and tools for journalists.
Resource guides - Media internet resources
Comprehensive collection of links to media within Australia and overseas provided by the Parliamentary Library.
Voice of the Shuttle (US)
Website for humanities research. Includes a section on media studies.
Color, contrast & dimension in news design
Interactive color experience about color theory and how it applies to the design of news.
Related subject guides
Event management
Graphic design
Marketing
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Directories
Mediabay
Australian media online directory
Media and Communications Studies (UK)
Comprehensive directory of media internet resources including news media, TV & radio
Online newspapers
Government information
Australian Communications and Media Authority
Regulates broadcasting services in Australia
Australian Law Reform Commission
Federal Australian law reform body
Policy and legislation
Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII)
Provides the Broadcasting Services Act 1992
Copyright for journalists - info sheet
Provided by the Copyright Agency Limited (CAL)
Department of Broadband, Communications, and the Digital Economy
Search for policy and regulation
Freedom of Information
at the Attorneys website -
includes annual reports, acts and bills, reports, and information on applying for FOI requests
Legal Research Links
Compiled by the High Court of Australia provides access to resources such as the Australian legal information gateway WebLaw and the Native Title InfoBase.
Media Ownership Regulation in Australia
Parliamentary Library (Australia)
Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Information about the federal privacy law and the privacy act
Smartcopying
The official guide to copyright issues for Australian schools and TAFE
http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go
WebLaw - Media and Telecommunications
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eResources |
eJournals & online news services
Freely available journals
• Australian humanities review
• eJournalist
• Global media journal (Australian ed.)
• m/c journal
For the entire list of free journals go to the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) which provides access to over 50 free online journals on media and communication.
EBSCOhost
Click the link of one of the selected journals or databases. Log in using your DET Username and password.
ANZRC
• Australian journalism review
• Consumer reports
• Film journal international
• Journal of the history of culture in Australia
• Publishers weekly
• Quadrant magazine
• Writer
Business Source Premier
• Communication world
• Electronic media
• EMedia
• Journal of media economics
• Media industry profile: Asia-Pacific
• Multimedia Publisher
• Public opinion quarterly
• Television week |
Gale Cengage Learning
Click the link of the database or one of the selected journals. Log in using your DET Username and password.
General OneFile
• American journalism review
• Communication reports
• Communication research trends
• Communication studies
• New media age
• Journal of broadcasting & electronic media
eBooks
Click the link of any of the examples and then click on URL. Log in using your DET Username and password.
NetLibrary
• Careers in digital film and video productions
• Introduction to media production: the path to digital media production
• Media monoliths: how great media brands thrive and survive
• Producing for TV and video
eReference
Log in to Oxford Reference Online using your DET username and password with EDU\ in front of your username. Once you have logged into the database, click on Subjects & Books and go to e.g. Politics & Social Sciences.
• The Oxford companion to the High Court of
Australia
• Oxford companion to Australian history
• Oxford companion to Australian politics
Training toolbox (Australian Flexible Learning Framework)
Certificate II & III in screen, animation strand
Click on 'URL' at the end of the description to access this training package which contains tutorials, quizzes and resources for your course. From home log in using your DET username and password. You can view or download this resource.
A CD-ROM of the package may be available at your TAFE library. |
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Databases covering media and communication subjects
Here is a selection of subject specific databases provided. For the full list of general databases and regarding instructions go to the eResources Portal.
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Description |
Access |
| ANZRC |
Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre - EBSCO's searchable database provides full text, and index access to many local and international magazines, newspapers and reference books. Most general subjects are covered. |
DET username and password required. |
| MasterFile Premier |
This multi-disciplinary database provides more than 1,750 general reference publications with full text information. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest. |
DET username and password required. |
Business Source Premier |
Business Source Premier (BSP)is one of the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals. Full text coverage is provided in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. |
DET username and password required. |
| Gale databases |
Gale databases provide access to periodical and news information on a diverse set of topics. The sub-collection General OneFile includes over 6,300 full-text titles and 400 newspaper services (a total of more than 11,000 titles). Also included in the subscription are the Culinary Arts Collection, Environmental Studies and Policy Collection, Fine Arts and Music Collection, Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection, General Reference Center Gold, Home Improvement Collection, Popular magazines & Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Collection. |
DET username and password required. |
| Kompass |
Kompass worldwide contains 2.3M companies in 66 countries referenced by 57.000 product & service keywords 860.000 trade names and 4.6M executive name.This freely available version does not include advanced search features and only provides brief company profiles.
http://www.kompass.com |
Freely available
(Register to get access to the full list of companies) |
| MarketLine |
MarketLine offers a comprehensive collection of company, industry and country information. MarketLine products include:
- Industry profiles for 50,000 public and private companies
- Country profiles presenting easy-to-digest summaries and standardized data
- Key macro-economic, social, demographic and industry statistics for 215 countries
- News, comment and analysis on the latest business developments
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Students: use your DET username and password with EDU\ in front of the username (e.g. EDU\john.smith).
Staff: use your network username and password with NSI\ in front of the username (NSI\jsmith). |
| Oxford Reference Online - Premium |
A searchable collection of 175+ key Oxford reference publications covering 25 subject areas. Includes bilingual dictionaries, encyclopaedias, subject reference, quotations, maps & illustrations and 42 x 20th century timelines. |
Students: use your DET username and password with EDU\ in front of the username (e.g. EDU\john.smith).
Staff: use your network username and password with NSI\ in front of the username (NSI\jsmith). |
| TVNews |
TVNews indexes and abstracts Australian news items, current affairs and documentaries from free-to-air networks since 2007. You can download video content straight to your desktop or flash drive. Most programs are available the next working day. Coverage includes: Australian story, Behind the news, 60 minutes, Four corners, Lateline and all the major news broadcasts.
Use your DET username and password to login to the following example and then click on the video symbol to start the video: Australians witness and celebrate apology (Sorry Day)
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DET username and password required.
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Catalogues
The NSW TAFE Library catalogue lists all the resources held in NSW TAFE libraries. You can search by keyword, author, title and subject and also limit searches to specific types of materials and specific college libraries. The catalogue has links to, and the addresses and contact details of, all individual NSW TAFE Libraries.
Subject headings
Catalogue links to some media and communication subjects and availability through NSI Libraries are listed below. Please note: the search results are limited to items available in NSI Libraries. Do a new search if you want to find items held by your local library or to get results for all TAFE NSW Libraries.
Macquarie University Library
Macquarie University Library has an extensive collection of resources in the media and communication area. NSI has a reciprocal borrower's agreement with Macquarie University ($44 per calendar year). Please ask your NSI library staff for details on how to access this service.
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Last updated: 09.09.2009 |
