Communication and Culture

Mission:  The collection serves the Department of Communication and Culture.  The department was formed in 1998 when a group of faculty members from multiple disciplines including the departments of Speech Communication, Film Studies, Comparative Literature, and English among others came together to form a new department with common, yet interdisciplinary, research and teaching interests.  After the formation of the new department, the Speech Communication Department was dissolved.

Prior to its dissolution the Speech Communication Department, its collection, which included a monograph and journal collection in speech forensics, interpersonal communication, and cross-cultural communication, was housed primarily in the Journalism Library.  After the Journalism Library was remodeled in 2004, those collections associated with the speech communication, and the new Department of Communication and Culture, were transferred to the Herman B Wells Library, Research Collection.

Subject Guides:  Association of College and Research Libraries' "Library Resources for Communication Studies" 


Library Research and Assistance: 
Need help finding library resources for research papers or projects? I can help with:

• Research assistance
• Assignments
• Thesis research
• Using electronic research databases
• Creating class web pages
• Providing feedback on library services
• Providing on-site or in-class library instruction
• You can also recommend books for the library to purchase
• You can also recommend videos/DVDs for the library to purchase

Office Hours:
Monday - Friday
10:00am - 12:00 noon

Scholarly Publishing:
Need help finding appropirate journals in which to publish your work or need advice on how to prepare manuscripts for publication?  The Iowa Guide:  Scholarly Journals in Mass Communication and Related Fields online edition is a great place to start!