This successor to the successful Search Strategies in Mass Communication provides a conceptual approach to information-gathering and practical methods for navigating through information tools and techniques.

Behind the Message: Information Strategies for Communicators

Politics & Social Sciences

Paul, Nora

Hansen, Kathleen A.

Social Sciences

Allyn&Bacon

Demonstrates specialized "CyberGuides" leading to Web sites and Internet information on business, education, science, entertainment, technology, history, health, law, finance, travel, politics, shopping, and sports

Great Scouts!: Cyber-Guides for Subject Searching on the Web

Computers & Technology

Williams, Margot

Hane, Paula

Networking & Cloud Computing

CyberAge Books

Future-Proofing the News: Preserving the First Draft of History

News coverage is often described as the “first draft of history.” From the publication in 1690 of the first American newspaper, Publick Occurrences, to the latest tweet, news has been disseminated to inform its audience about what is going on in the world. But the preservation of news content has had its technological, legal, and organizational challenges. Over the centuries, as new means of finding, producing, and distributing news were developed, the methods used to ensure future generations’ access changed, and new challenges for news content preservation arose. This book covers the history of news preservation (or lack thereof), the decisions that helped ensure (or doom) its preservation, and the unique preservation issues that each new form of media brought. All but one copy of Publick Occurrences were destroyed by decree. The wood-pulp based newsprint used for later newspapers crumbled to dust. Early microfilm disintegrates to acid and decades of microfilmed newspapers have already dissolved in their storage drawers. Early radio and television newscasts were rarely captured and when they were, the technological formats for accessing the tapes are long superseded. Sounds and images stored on audio and videotapes fade and become unreadable. The early years of web publication by news organizations were lost by changes in publishing platforms and a false security that everything on the Internet lives forever. In 50 or 100 years, what will we be able to retrieve from today’s news output? How will we tell the story of this time and place? Will we have better access to news produced in 1816 than news produced in 2016? These are some of the questions Future-Proofing the News aims to answer.

History

Americas

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

This newly revised and expanded fourth edition is the best guide to the fast-moving world of online research for journalists. This is the authoritative current source for Internet information. The new edition features a greatly expanded section on Internet-accessible resources. It's full of valuable tips for getting the best bang for your data buck. Researchers at the renowned Poynter Institute have been meticulous in keeping track of changes in the knowledge industry that are important to everyone involved in journalism. Special bonus: sample questions and exercises make the text an excellent training aid in newsrooms and classrooms. The book also features types of information resources, Internet help, news organizations online, and checklists and directories.

Computer-Assisted Research

Taylor Trade Publishing

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