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Communication Resources

New Books

The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper that Changed American Culture
Performing the News: Identity, Authority, and the Myth of Neutrality
There She Goes Again: Gender, Power, and Knowledge in Contemporary Film and Television Franchises
Hedged: How Private Investment Funds Helped Destroy American Newspapers and Undermine Democracy
Local Journalism: Critical Perspectives on the Provincial Newspaper
Producing Feminism: Television Work in the Age of Women's Liberation
Podcast Journalism: The Promise and Perils of Audio Reporting
Candida Royalle and the Sexual Revolution: A History from Below
F*ck the Army!: How Soldiers and Civilians Staged the GI Movement to the End of the Vietnam War
Avoiding the News: Reluctant Audiences for Journalism

Finding Books and Using the Snowden Online Catalog

The Library of Congress (LC) classification (the system Snowden Library uses to organize books) for communication falls under the broader category of "language and literature" and begins with the letter P. The general categories for communication are:​

  • P 87-96 = Communication. Mass media
  • P 99.5-99.6 = Nonverbal communication
  • PN 1990-1992.92 = Broadcasting
  • PN 4001-4355 = Oratory, elocatution, etc.
  • PN 4699-5650 = Journalism, the periodical press, etc.

You can find these general categories on the 4th floor of Snowden Library. You may want to browse the shelf where books on your subject are located to see what is available. For more targeted searching, use the search boxes below.

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WorldCat

Don't see what you need at Snowden? You can search for books available at other libraries that you can request via InterLibrary Loan using

E-Z Borrow

If you know a book title you want, you can also use E-Z Borrow to order it from other libraries in or near Pennsylvania.