April’s “Top Ten” for Communications Students

All resources linked on the Journalism Research Guide: http://guides.uflib.ufl.edu/journalism

VPN - uflib.ufl.edu/login/vpn.html –

Download the UF network for access to

library subscription resources while off

campus.

EBSCO databases –Locate scholarly journal articles,

conference proceedings, eBooks etc. in a variety of

disciplines w/ EBSCO’s subject specific databases.

ProQuest National Newspaper Core – Full text access

to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal,

Washington Post, LA Times and Christian Science

Monitor from 1980’s – present.

#5

#1 #2 Subject Guides and Specialists (www.uflib.ufl.edu – under “Finding Help”) – All the

best information resources within a particular area pulled together by our many

subject librarians. Subject librarians are great sources who love to help – contact

them! http://apps.uflib.ufl.edu/staffdir/SubjectSpecialist.aspx

#3 #4 Access World News – World’s

largest full text news database,

extensive coverage at the local,

state, regional, national and

international levels. Great map

search feature and user friendly

interface!

#6

Lexis Nexis Academic –

Full text documents from

5,600 legal, business,

news, medical, and

reference publications

#7 OneSearch – (www.uflib.ufl.edu

– First tab on library homepage)

A Google like search box that

searches the majority of our

library resources – e-books,

books, journal articles,

streaming video, DVDs etc.

April’s “Top Ten” for Communications Students

All resources linked on the Journalism Research Guide: http://guides.uflib.ufl.edu/journalism

Interlibrary Loan and Uborrow: (www.uflib.ufl.edu – click

Interlibrary Loan under “My Accounts”) Need a book or article not

available at UF? Request online from another library in the state, US

or world. For more info: ILL FAQ and Uborrow FAQ

Questions? Need Research Assistance?

Ask a Librarian via email, phone or live chat: http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/ask/

Stop by the Research Assistance Desk on the 2nd Floor of Library West

Or **Contact Me! Email aprhine@ufl.edu or follow on Twitter @UFCJCLibrarian

** (I’ll be on maternity leave for the Fall 2014 semester, but plan to stay in touch via email and Twitter.)

#8 #9 Statistics portal - has statistics on over 60,000

topics from more than 18,000 sources.

#10 University of Florida Digital Collections (UFDC): http://ufdc.ufl.edu/ -

hosts more than 300 digital collections, containing over 8 million digitized

pages including maps, newspapers, data sets, photographs, oral histories,

and more. Check out this amazing free resource when searching for primary

sources, especially within UF or Florida history.

April Hines, JM 2004, UF

MLIS 2010, USF

10 years of academic library

and research experience