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SD 112 Resources

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Selected Electronic Books -- Periodical Databases -- Selected Books in Busse Library -- Selected Websites

Selected Electronic Books

Gaulke, Sue. 101 Ways to Captivate a Business Audience. New York: AMACOM Books, 1997.

Goodman, Michael B. Corporate Communications for Executives. Albany: SUNY Press, 1998.

Harvard Business Review on Effective Communication. Boston: harvard Business School Press, 1999.

McManus, Judith A. Effective Business Speaking. New York: LearningExpress, 1998.

Vicker, Lauren. The Fast Forward MBA in Business Communication. New York: Wiley and Sons, 1999.

 

Periodical Databases
 

EBSCO Database (password required)

  • EBSCO Academic Search Premier -- Contains full-text articles for over 3,400 scholarly journals and is the world's largest scholarly, multi-discipline, full text database. Subject areas include: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, languages, linguistics, arts & literature, medicine, and ethnic studies.

FirstSearch Databases (password required)

After you key in your login and password, you will need to select again from the list of available databases on the search screen.  To do this click on the dropdown menu in: Jump to Advanced Search: Select a Database to Search.  Select the required database and begin your search. You may initiate an InterLibrary Loan request from FirstSearch databases to the Busse Library. Use the linked NOTE 13A: Searching the FirstSearch Databases for help in using the databases. 

  • ArticleFirst - Index to citations from of over 12,600 journals. Tips on using this database.
  • GPO Monthly Catalog - Index to information printed by the US Government Printing Office. Tips on using this database.
  • World Almanac - Facts and figures
  • WorldCat - Over 30 million catalog records of books and audiovisuals held in libraries around the world. A good way to see if a book has been published on a topic which you may want to borrow through InterLibrary Loan. Remember to select books with at least 15 library holdings indicated. Tips on using this database.

Databases of Interest

Academic Universe and Congressional Universe from Lexis-Nexis. (password required)

American History and Life -- Index to articles on Canada and the United States from prehistory to the present. (On-campus access only)

 

Selected Books in Busse Library

Bradley, Bert E.
Fundamentals of speech communication: the credibility of ideas.
Dubuque, IA: W. C. Brown, [1974]. PN4121 .B638

Connolly, James E.
Public speaking as communication.
Minneapolis: Burgess Publishing, [1974]. PN4121 .C622

Crowley, D.J.
Communication theory today.
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1994. Q360 .C655 1994

Grunig, James E.
Excellence in public relations and communication management.
Hillsdale, NJ: L. Erlbaum, 1992. HD59 .E95 1992

Lester, Paul.
Visual communication: images with messages.
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, c1995. P93.5 .L47 1995

Middleton, Kent.
The law of public communication.
White Plains, NY: Longman, c1988. KF4774 .M53 1988

Monroe, Alan Houston.
Principles of speech communication.
[Glenview, IL]: Scott, Foresman, [1969]. PN4121 .M579 1969

 

Selected Websites

 

Online materials for students enrolled in SD 112 are provided by the Busse Library, Mount Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, IA. Use is limited to registered students. Contact the Busse Library with your questions.