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Facts and Encyclopedias
- Credo Reference - All Subjects Search This link opens in a new windowContains dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases, plus a wide range of subject-specific titles.
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Books
The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News -- and Divided a Country by Call Number: PN4888.T4 S53 2014 (DPC)ISBN: 9780812992854Publication Date: 2014A deeply reported journey inside the secretive world of Fox News and the life of its combative, visionary founder.
On Media: Making Sense of Politics by Call Number: PN4888.P6 G63 2012 (DPC)ISBN: 9780199945986Publication Date: 2011Even as more and more communications avenues open up, are Americans losing their political IQ?
From Cronkite to Colbert: The Evolution of Broadcast News by Call Number: RHC. PN4888.T4 B39 2009 (RHC)ISBN: 9780199945849Publication Date: 2009In a time when increasing numbers of people are tuning out the nightly news and media consumption is falling, the late-night comedians have become some of the most important newscasters in the country.
No Time to Think: The Menace of Media Speed and the 24-Hour News Cycle by Call Number: PN4867.2 .R67 2008 (DPC)ISBN: 9781441112354Publication Date: 2009An eviscerating look at the state of journalism in the age of the 24 hour news cycle by a Pulitzer Prize-winning television critic and a veteran news correspondent.
50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True by Call Number: AZ999 .H37 2012 (DPC)ISBN: 9781616144951Publication Date: 2011This down-to-earth, entertaining exploration of commonly held extraordinary claims will help you set the record straight.
Articles
- Academic Search Complete EBSCO This link opens in a new windowProvides a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals - of which more than 7,300 are peer-reviewed journals.
- Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new windowDatabase of contemporary social issues with content structured to promote critical-thinking skills. It contains reference book titles, pro and con viewpoint articles, and a variety of periodicals, podcasts, reviewed Web links, images, statistical tables, charts, and graphs.
- CQ Researcher This link opens in a new windowEach issue examines a single "hot" topic with comments from experts, lawmakers and citizens on all sides of every issue. Includes charts, graphs and sidebar articles -- plus a pro-con feature, a chronology, lengthy bibliographies and a list of contacts.