Getting Started ...
Background Sources ...
Encyclopedias, dictionaries, textbooks, and similar items provide background information about a topic. Use these sources to identify key people, events, and dates which can then be used as search terms when searching library research databases and catalogs. Many background sources include short bibliographies that will lead you to the major sources on the topic.
If you don't find information you need in the specific encyclopedias listed below, try these collections of e-reference works: 
Gale Virtual Reference and Oxford Reference Online.
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Media Directories ...
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Media directories serve as telephone books for the media industry. Many directories list the names and contact information of radio and television companies and magazines and newspapers published in a particular country.
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Magazine & Journal Articles
Search the databases listed below to find magazine and journal articles (both print and electronic). Some databases include the complete text (full text) of the articles, others include links out to full text articles in other library databases.
To discover if the UW has a copy of the journal, click the 
button that should appear in your search results. If the button doesn't appear, then search the UW Libraries Catalog for the journal title to determine if we own the journal either online or in print.
If you need an article from a journal that the UW only has available in paper (print), you will need to place an Interlibrary Loan request and pay $7 for the article to be scanned as a pdf and emailed to you. If you need an article NOT available either in print or online at the UW, then use Interlibrary Loan to get a copy for free.
There are MANY more databases available through the UW Libraries. Find other databases by subject. Ask Jessica or another UW librarian for help.
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 ABI Inform Global
Advertising, business, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, and computers.
- Alt-Press Watch
Selected newspapers, magazines, and journals published by the alternative and independent press. Covers 1960s to present.
- Communication & Mass Media Complete
Communication literature and literature in other disciplines that is relevant to communication researchers, such as film studies, technology, human communicaiton, risk communication, crisis communication, and public opinions.
- FIAF International Filmarchive Database
Film and television
- Historical Abstracts
World History
- INSPEC
Engineering, computer science, physics, and telecommunications
- JSTOR
Older articles that provide historical info on media related subjects and more. For newer articles see Project Muse.
- LegalTrac
Legal publications
- PAIS International
Political Science, public policy, economics, politics, etc.
- Project Muse
More recent articles that provide info on media related subjects and more. For older articles, see JSTOR.
- Research Library Complete
Interdisciplinary index to magazine and journal articles in all subjects. 1980s to present
- Sociological Abstracts
Sociology, communications, and more
- Web of Science Citation Indexes
Includes humanities, social sciences, and science scholarly literature published from 1975 to the present
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News Sources
Use the following databases to find news articles about your topic.
Business & Industry
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- ABI Inform
Advertising, business, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, and computers, some full-text.
- Euromonitor
Global consumer market information, with demographics, trends and developments, market background, market sizes and forecasts, company profiles, and more.
- Hoover's Online
Provides information about 14,000 public and private companies worldwide.
- MergentOnline
Provides information about 10,000 public companies worldwide.
- Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
Under Global Industry Surveys, select a Region and an Industry. Click the yellow arrow button to complete the search.
- International Business Research
List of resources available through the Foster Business Library.
- More business resources ...
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Statistics
Government & Organization Sites
- Access UN
Index to UN publications from 1966 to the present. Includes links to documents available on the web.
- Congressional Universe
Provides daily updated information, including full text of bills starting in 1989, public laws starting in 1988, committee reports starting in 1990, House and Senate documents starting in 1995, Congressional Record starting in 1985, Federal Register starting in 1980, National Journal starting in 1977 and other government information.
- Europa
European Union home page.
Use Google to search Europa. For example, enter media and site:europa.eu
Read the General Report on the Activities of the European Union in 2006 and the 2007 updates.
- Federal Communications Commission, International Bureau
"The International Bureau develops, recommends and administers policies, standards, procedures and programs for the regulation of international telecommunications facilities and services and the licensing of satellite facilities under its jurisdiction. "
- Institute for Global Communications
"The Mission of IGC is to advance the work of progressive organizations and individuals for peace, justice, economic opportunity, human rights, democracy and environmental sustainability through strategic use of online technologies. "
- International Telecommunication Union
"The ITU is a world-wide organization within which governments and private sector coordinate the establishment and operation of telecommunication networks and services; it is responsible for the regulation, standardization, coordination and development of international telecommunications as well as the harmonization of national policies."
- UNESDOC
Index to full-text documents produced by UNESCO. See also UNESBIB, a
bibliography of UNESCO documents (no full-text).
- United Nations
Includes documents, statistics, and other information.
- Government
Resources on the Web
University of Michigan's extensive site listing of government
resources including federal, state, international and foreign. See also
UM's Political
Science Resources on the Web.
- UW Libraries Government Publications collection
For help finding international government documents, contact David Maack, the international documents librarian.
- World Bank e-Library
World Bank publications, including topics such as communication technology, information technology, and telecommunications.
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European Union & the Information Society
EU Audio-Visual Policy
Transborder flow of television programs
Subsidiary Topics:
Social & Labor Issues
Intellectual Property Rights
Personal Data & Privacy
Political Control & Surveillance
Communications & European Studies WWW Sites
Cite your sources
Ask for help!
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There are many ways for you to ask for help researching your European media system.
- Ask Jessica
I'm your librarian, so just ask me!
- Email your questions to jalbano@u.washington.edu
- IM jalbano_UW (Yahoo), commlibrarian (AOL), or jalbano@u.washington.edu (MSN)
- Chat with a librarian 24/7, so even when it's 2:00 am Seattle time you can get help by chatting with a librarian through Q&A Live
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Created by:
Jessica Albano
Last modified: Monday June 23, 2008 (jalbano)
European Media Systems ... Researching from Rome
