Other Resources - SPEECH 325 - Professor Harder (Fall 2020) - ARC Research Guides at American River College

Additional Library Databases

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Click on Advanced Search and complete each of the following steps to learn more about the country you selected from an economic point of view (e.g. predicted areas of financial growth; government stability; exchange rates, etc):
After typing the country you're researching into the search field, place a check mark next to

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Communication Journals (General)
Follow these steps to search any of the communication journals included in this link for resources related to your topic:
- Scroll down to Subject
- Click on Show More and then select Communication (General)
- Select a journal and search within its contents.
NOTE: This type of search will significantly limit your results, so adjust your search terms and/or search strategy if necessary.
Communication Databases
Access all of the library's communication-related databases from here, and use the search strategies you've learned to navigate them.

I. Limit your search to government (.gov) websites or educational (.edu) institutions with site limiters.

a. Type your keywords and add site:.gov for government websites or site:.edu for educational websites.

b. Let's try it. Click on the following link: "roma wom*n" site:.edu

c. What do you notice? HINT: Take a look at the domain (e.g. .edu).

II. Use this strategy to search for your topic; click on the image below to conduct a Google search.

CIA World FactBook
Visit this site to find basic facts, figures, and comparisons between countries.
World Newspapers & Magazines
Find world newspapers, magazines, and news sites in English, sorted by country and region.
Library of Congress: Country Studies Collection
Titles in this collection were published between 1988 and 2010, so the content like this chronology of important events in Indonesia (see page 27) is dated.
Culture Crossing
Select a country from Get to Know Your World drop-down menu to learn more about gender issues, communication styles, socializing norms, etc. within that particular country.
NOTE: Like Wikipedia, this resource is maintained by a "community of registered members from around the world."
ViewChange.org
According to its 'About Us' page, ViewChange.org works with "non-profit organizations, film distributors, and individual filmmakers, to generate documentaries, news reports, and viewer-generated films" to showcase advances in global development."
Art Through Time:
Art Through Time: A Global View "examines themes connecting works of art created around the world in different eras. The thirteen-part series explores diverse cultural perspectives on shared human experiences."
Conversations With The Earth (CWE)
According to it's webiste, CWE "provides a Native perspective on global climate change [via] photographs, video, and audio of tribal communities.