Pop Culture: A Guide to Information Sources

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PERIODICAL INDEXES/DATABASES

Academic Search Complete

Provides full text for more than 3,430 scholarly publications covering a wide variety of academic areas of study

 

Art Abstracts

Indexes journals, magazines and museum bulletins on all forms of art and crafts.

 

Arts and Humanitites Citation Index

Citations and cited references from over 1,100 arts and humanities journals

 

Business Source Complete

In-depth coverage of business conditions, trends, strategies, management techniques, and a wide variety of other topics.

 

Communication and Mass Media Complete

Index, abstracts, and full text for journals in communication and mass media

 

Electronic Journals Center

Full-text indexing service for over 4500 online scholarly and research journals in a vareity of subject areas

 

Film and Television Literature Index

includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews

 

Humanities International Complete

provides indexing, abstracting, and full text of journals, books and other important reference sources in the humanities

 

Modern Language Association International Bibliography

Covers journals in language, linguistics and folklore.

 

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe

Index to full-text newspaper articles.

 

Newspaper Source

Index to full-text newspaper articles.

 

LGBT Life

LGBT Life provides indexing and abstract coverage of the world's literature regarding Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender issues.

 

PsychINFO

Provides abstracts and citations to the scholarly literature in the behavioral and mental health sciences

 

Psychology and Behavioral Science

A comprehensive database with more than 510 full text titles covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods

 

Sociological Collection

A comprehensive database covering information in all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure.

 

SocIndex

A comprehensive database for sociology research indexing not only journal articles but also significant monographs

 

Social Sciences Citation Index

Citations and cited references from over 1700 journals in the social sciences

 

Periodicals available in the KC Library and in Academic Search Complete

Newsweek

People Weekly

Sports Illustrated

Time

Periodicals available through the Electronic Journal Center

Journal of Popular Culture

Journal of Popular Music Studies

Psychology of Popular Media Culture

 

INTERNET RESOURCES ON THIS TOPIC
Below are some related sites on the World Wide Web:

The Authentic History Center: Primary Sources from American Popular Culture

http://www.authentichistory.com
endeavors to tell the story of the United States primarily through popular culture. It was created to teach that the everyday objects in society have authentic historical value and reflect the social consciousness of the era that produced them

 

Cultural Politics: Popular Culture

http://www.culturalpolitics.net/popular_culture
provides resources for the critical analysis of popular culture in the US, including the impact of that culture beyond national borders. Resources include sites on various forms of popular culture, including music, film, television, advertising, sports, fashion, toys, magazines and comic books, and the medium in which this message moves, cyberculture

 

Images: a Journal of Film and Popular Culture

http://www.imagesjournal.com/
publishes articles about movies, television, videos, and other popular visual arts

 

The People History

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com
News and Events, Prices and Popular Culture in history from 1920 to modern day

 

PopMatters

http://www.popmatters.com
an international magazine of cultural criticism with a scope broadly cast on all things pop culture. .

 

PCM! Pop Culture Madness

http://www.popculturemadness.com
A pop culture news magazine

 

NPR Pop Culture Section

http://www.npr.org/sections/pop-culture/
National Public Radio's pop culture news section

 

The Yellow Pages--Pop Culture

http://xroads.virginia.edu/%7EYP/yppop.html
Maintained by the University of Virginia this site provides links to a variety of pop culture resources

 

Popular Culture

http://clas.uiowa.edu/commstudies/popular-culture-resources
Maintained by the University of Iowa this site provides links to a variety of pop culture resources

 

Videotopia

http://www.videotopia.com/
An exhibit on the art, science, and history of video games.