Research Guides: MCMA 508: Conceptual Foundations of Research: Resources

In this Guide

Key Databases

Key Texts

Interpretive Autoethnography by Norman K. Denzin
Call Number: 6th Floor: GN346.6 .D46 2014
ISBN: 9781452299815
Publication Date: 2013
Qualitative Research Methods for Media Studies by Bonnie S. Brennen
Call Number: eBook, click title to access
ISBN: 9780415890229
Publication Date: 2013

Search Morris Library's Catalog

Search for books, ebooks, journals, government documents, DVDs, CDs, and more.

Dissertations and Theses

OpenSIUC: College of Mass Communications & Media Arts
View all OpenSIUC MCMA Theses, Dissertations, and Research Papers.

Dissertations and theses will often need to request via Interlibrary Loan.

Dissertations and Theses Global
Abstracts of 2 million dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present. Preview 20-25 pages of the work and then order through SIU interlibrary loan for free.
Dissertations and Theses @ Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Contains Ph.D. dissertations and Master's theses produced by SIUC students. Full text PDFs are included when available. Note: records include an option to buy a print or microform copy of a dissertation or thesis, but Morris Library can loan its print copies of dissertations and theses for free.
Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD)
Indexes over 1.8 million theses and dissertations from more than 800 colleges, universities, and research institutions

BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine)
The largest searchable database of open access web resources, including open access repositories and journals.

Interlibrary Loan

Request items from around the world through Interlibrary Loan. Check and request books from I-Share first before requesting books through this service.

Interlibrary Loan
Request books that you can't find at Morris Library or through I-Share. Articles are usually delivered to your @siu email; books are delivered to the first floor circulation desk at Morris Library.
more...less...
used in description of NEW ECONOMICS PAPERS on AGBE; in the FINDING BOOKS box on HORTICULTURE: FINDING BOOKS AND OTHER STUFF; HOW TO FIND BOOKS box on POLITICAL SCIENCE: BOOKS AND OTHER STUFF. STEP #2 on WORKFORCE ED: RESEARCH STRATEGY; RESEARCH TIPS on EDUCATION; FINDING BOOKS on FOR 409

WorldCat
Worldwide union catalog created and maintained collectively by more than 9,000 member institutions. If you find a resource in WorldCat, check in the library catalog to see if Morris Library or an I-Share library own a copy. If not, try Interlibrary Loan.

Morris Library

MCMA 508: Conceptual Foundations of Research: Resources