T311: Media History

Sources for Media Event Investigation Paper: T311 Spring 2013

Librarian: Lou Malcomb (East Tower 2 malcomb@indiana.edu)

 

Lexis-Nexis Academic - Use to access Court cases/opinions, U.S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Law Reviews, and other legal/business materials. 1776-

 

Proquest Congressional - Also provides access to U.S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, and the U.S. Statutes at Large. Example: Communications Act of 1934. (PDF - 938K) ; Also retrieves legislative histories, bill tracking, congressional hearings, reports and documents. 1776-

 

ProQuest Historical Newspapers - Use to access pdf images of major U.S. News since the 1850s (depending on the newspaper) like the Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal.

 

Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive - Terrific new source that includes Billboard, Broadcasting, and about 10 other serial publications covering the entertainment industry including Radio and Television. 1880-

 

Periodicals Archive Online - Use to retrieve online/pdf of early magazines/journals, not necessarily telecommunications focused. 1600-

 

Readers Guide to Periodical Literature Retrospective - Popular magazine index. 1890-

 

HathiTrust (Online Project with Google to digitize the major research libraries in the U.S. Includes about 40 percent in full-text, i.e. anything not copyrighted including pre-1923 items and U.S. Federal Documents.

Example: Federal Communications Commission reports. Selected decisions and reports United States. Published: [Washington, D.C.?] : The Commission : 1936-1986. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007407818

 

Miscellaneous REFERENCE materials on radio: Identify through IUCAT 

 

The concise encyclopedia of American radio / Christopher H. Sterling, editor ; Cary O'Dell, assistant editor ; Michael C. Keith, consulting editor. New York, NY ; London : Routledge, c2010. xxiv, 940 p. ; 29 cm. East Tower Reference: TK6544 .C66 2010

 

Encyclopedia of American radio, 1920-1960 / Luther F. Sies.2nd ed. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2008.2 v. (vii, 1144 p.) ; 29 cm. East Tower Reference PN1991.2 .S57 2008

 

Actual radio recordings: Find through IUCAT (or through the internet) 

Example: Old time radio [sound recording] : detectives and crime fighters / produced in association with Smithsonian Institution Press. Schiller Park, IL : Radio Spirits, p1995. 4 sound cassettes (5 hr.) : analog, 1 7/8 ips + 1 booklet (46 p. : ill. ; 13 x 15 cm.). Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, Tom Conway, Nigel Bruce, Dick Kollmar, Jack Webb, Howard Culver, Frank Readick, Van Heflin, Dick Powell, Vincent Price, Joel McCrea, Stacy Harris. Recorded in the 1940's and 1950's. Detectives and crime fighters In container: 13 x 15 x 4 cm. "The Smithsonian collection." Other titles: Academy Award Theater (Radio program) Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Radio program) Boston Blackie (Radio program) Dragnet (Radio program) Ellery Queen (Radio program) Philip Marlowe (Radio program) Richard Diamond, private detective (Radio program) Saint (Radio program) Tales of the Texas Rangers (Radio program) This is your FBI (Radio program) Maltese falcon. Adventure of the tolling bell. Blackie and the fur trade. Big no-tooth. One diamond. Cincinnati narcotics ring. Corpse that wasn't there. Red wind. Joyce Wallace. Stickup. Traveling bride. B-WELLS MDIAAUDI-- PN1991.77.A1 O443 1995