Sample Subject Headings -

• Telegraph history
• Radio history
• Television history
• Television broadcasting history
• Telephone social aspects United States history
• Inventors United States biography

Research Guides -

These Research Guides have been prepared by Librarians at Bowman Library to assist students in locating resources applicable to particular subject areas as well as conducting proper research.

• Evaluating Web Resources
• Critically Analyzing Information Sources
• Searching Electronic Resources Effectively

Selected Reference Titles and Online Journals-

Restivo, Sal. Science, Technology, and Society: An Encyclopedia. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. [electronic resource]

Journal of Radio Studies. Access through ROSIE includes full-text backfiles to 2000.

Research Databases -

These resources are Web-based subscription services available via Bowman Library's Web Page.

Historical New York Times - The complete New York Times dating back to 1851.

Selected Free Web Sites -

The following free Web resources have been selected as examples of the types of sites that will be useful to the requirements of this course. Remember, many free Web sites contain information that is doubtful in nature, or wrong, so always review the authority, currency and objectivity or bias of every site you use. Need help? Look at Evaluating Web Resources or ask a Librarian, we are here to help!

American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov

ECHO: Exploring and Collecting History Online
http://echo.gmu.edu/index.php

Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Communications History
http://www.fcc.gov/omd/history/
Select "Radio Pioneers & Core Technologies" or "Historical Periods in Television Technology".

Making of America
http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp

Museum of Broadcast Communications
http://www.museum.tv/home.php
An archive of early radio and television history; also includes exhibitions.

PBS: American Experience - The Telephone
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/index.html

PBS: American Experience - Big Dream Small Screen
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/technology/bigdream/

Radio Days. Old Time Radio
http://www.otr.com/index.shtml
Includes a timeline with .mp3 files of sample shows.

Radio Lovers
http://www.radiolovers.com/
Includes links to listen to radio shows from the 1930's and 1940's.

United States Early Radio History
http://earlyradiohistory.us/
Includes a detailed timeline and links to digital images of original source documents of the early history of wireless telegraphy and radio from 1896-1946.

Selected Public Domain Texts -

Casson, Herbet N. History of the Telephone.
http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/CasTele.html
Full text of book originally published in 1910. Provided by the EText Center of the Univ. of Virginia Library.

Dyer, Frank L. and Thomas C. Martin. Edison, His Life and Inventions, vol. 1.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/Dye1Edi.html
Full text of book originally published in 1910. Provided by the EText Center of the Univ. of Virginia Library.

Dyer, Frank L. and Thomas C. Martin. Edison, His Life and Inventions, vol. 2.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/Dye2Edi.html
Full text of book originally published in 1910. Provided by the EText Center of the Univ. of Virginia Library.

Fahie, J. J. A History of Wireless Telegraphy.
http://earlyradiohistory.us/1901fa.htm
Full text of book originally published in 1901. Provided by Thomas H. White, publisher of the web site, United States Early Radio History.

Williams, Henry Smith. A History of Science: In Five Volumes. Volume III: Modern Development of the Physical Sciences.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/Wil3Sci.html
Full text of book originally published in 1904. Provided by the EText Center of the Univ. of Virginia Library.

Writing an Annotated Bibliography

Take a look at the following Web sites for information on writing annotated
bibliographies.

Annotated Bibliographies from the Writing Center at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/AnnotatedBibliography.html

Annotated Bibliographies from the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_annotatedbib.html

Writing an Annotated Bibliography from the University of Minnesota Crookston
http://library.umcrookston.edu/annotate.htm

Course Web Site -

MCM 130: New Communication Technologies

Citing Your Sources-

This course requires use of the MLA or APA citation styles for all in-text references and your bibliography. Following are sources to help you use the proper format.

For online resources, see How to Cite Your Research for links to MLA and APA citation styles.

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers - LB2369 .G53 2003 (Located in Library Permanent Reserves).

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association - BF76.7 .P83 2001 (Located in Library Permanent Reserves).

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