Crisis Communications

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Starting Points: Reference Sources

Begin your research with reference sources - encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, etc. - that provide background information.

Search the UW Libraries Catalog to find other reference sources. Some possible searches:

  • internet and encyclopedia*
  • aids and encyclopedia*

All topics:

  • UW Restricted CQ Researcher
    Government research reports on social topics, including AIDS, consumer safety, cyberspace, food safety, Hurricane Katrina, and school violence.

  • Encyclopedia of international media and communications
    Suzzallo Reference
    P87.5 .E532 2003

  • World Press Encyclopedia: a survey of press systems worldwide
    Suzzallo Reference
    PN4728 .Q53 2003

Africa & Asia topics:

Cyberculture topics:

  • Cybercrime : a reference handbook
    Suzzallo/Allen Stacks
    HV6773 .S3547 2004

  • Encyclopedia of information ethics and security
    Suzzallo Reference
    HM851 .E555 2008

  • UW Restricted The Internet Encyclopedia
    Volumes 1-3 available in Odegaard Reference
    TK5105.875.I57 I5466 2004
    Volume 2 is available online

More Books and Other Sources...
Search these catalogs to find books about your topic. You can use books available in the UW Libraries and other librares around the world.

  • UW Libraries Catalog
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  • Summit Catalog
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  • OCLC WorldCat Local
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Some possible searches:

  • aids and asia
  • aids and africa and prevent*
  • aids and africa and communicat*
  • health education and aids and uganda
  • cybercrime or computer crimes
  • hurricane katrina and communicat*
  • olympic* and terroris*

Here are some books available in UW Libraries:

All topics

  • Crisis communications : a casebook approach
  • Effective crisis communication : moving from crisis to opportunity
  • You'd better have a hose if you want to put out the fire: the complete guide to crisis and risk communications

AIDS

  • The communication role of influentials in promoting condom use in rural Tswana settings
  • The less they know, the better: abstinence-only HIV/AIDS programs in Uganda
  • Socio-cultural norms and acceptability of HIV/AIDS prevention strategies in Simanjiro District of Tanzania

Hurricane Katrina

  • Hurricane Katrina : managing law enforcement and communications in a catastrophe : hearing before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, February 6, 2006
  • The children Hurricane Katrina left behind : schooling context, professional preparation, and community politics
  • Katrina: state of emergency
  • Tough times in the Big Easy : lessons from a catastrophe

Cyberculture

  • Crime Online
  • Cyber terrorism : political and economic implications
  • Net crimes & misdemeanors : outmaneuvering web spammers, stalkers, and con artists

Words

  • The N word : who can say it, who shouldn't, and why
  • Understanding words that wound
  • Nigger : the strange career of a troublesome word

Olympic Games

  • Murder at the 1972 Olympics in Munich
  • Striking back : the 1972 Olympics Massacre and Israel's deadly response
  • The Beijing Olympiad : the political economy of a sporting mega-event
  • Berlin Games : how the Nazis stole the Olympic dream

Finding Articles ... Magazines and Journals

Use these databases to find articles about your topic.

  • If the full text of the article is not available in the database, search the UW Libraries Catalog for the title of the magazine or journal to see if we have it available online in another database and/or in print in the library.

  • If the magazine or journal article is not available online or in print, borrow a copy of it for free through Interlibrary Loan.

    • Finding News Stories ...

    NYT, November 27, 2003     		Check the official Web sites for groups/companies/organizations to see if they use their sites to communicate (ex. press releases).

    Find news stories

    • UW Restricted Ethnic NewsWatch
      Newspapers published by alternative press in the in the U.S., full text (includes African American newspapers, Gay and Lesbian newspapers, etc.)

    • UW Restricted Ethnic NewsWatch
      Ethnic, minority, and native newspapers published in the U.S., full text

    • UW Restricted LexisNexis
      Newspaper articles published since mid 1980s in United States and foreign newspapers.

    • UW Restricted ProQuest Newspapers
      U.S. Newspaper articles published since mid 1980s.

    • Find more newspaper databases ...

    • Many of these databases will not include any images that accompanied a news story. To see the photographs and answer the question "Were photographs negative or positive?", you will need to look at the story in the actual newspaper. Search the UW Libraries Catalog for the title of the newspaper to see if the UW Libraries subscribes to the newspaper.

      These e-newspapers and one database do include the images of the actual newspapers:

    Find broadcast news video and images to use in your presentations

    Ask for Research Help!
    There are many ways for you to ask for help with your research.

    • Ask Jessica
      • Email your questions to Jessica
      • IM jalbano_UW (Yahoo), commlibrarian (AOL), or jalbano@u.washington.edu (MSN)
      • Email to make an appointment to meet in Suzzallo Library.

    • Ask a librarian at a UW library reference or help desk
      Suzzallo Reference, first floor Suzzallo Library
      OUGL Reference, second floor Odegaard Undergraduate Library

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    Created by: Jessica Albano
    Last modified: Wednesday April 16, 2008 (jalbano)