New for Journalism and Mass Communications

Leyburn Library provides access to the local Lexington News-Gazette newspaper through a link on our Web site.

As you probably know, the News-Gazette recently released a more-or-less new version of their Web site as a subscription-only service. Headlines are free, but not much else is.
I already have fielded questions from Journalism students about use of that site, so here is a description of the way things stand right now.

Leyburn Library has begun talking with the News-Gazette about an institutional subscription, in theory covering all W&L users, but we do not even have a price quotation yet.
In the meantime, playing directly into the newspaper's hands, I have gotten my own personal subscription to the site. Until we can work out an institutional arrangement for all of W&L, should you or any of your students need full access to the site, let me know and I would be glad to search the site for you.

Another student question concerns the status of the News-Gazette's online archival search capability, which right now covers only 2008 -- you cannot search for any earlier stories. The publisher has told me in an e-mail that there are no immediate plans to extend online coverage, but they would like to make earlier coverage available some time in the future.

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Open Society Institute.
Available online.
"Dedicated to monitoring and debating issues of broadcasting policy, regulation and independence in Europe and beyond." 
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

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Sage.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Edited by Lynda Lee Kaid, this 2007 two-volume publication contains about 600 signed entries on this interdisciplinary subject area, drawing on communication, political science, journalism, sociology, psychology, history, rhetoric, and other fields.
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.

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ProQuest.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
A multifaceted resource for U.S. historical and genealogical research, including information from the decennial census, Revolutionary War records, Freedman's Bank records, Congressional actions, books, articles, and more.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

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Pulitzer Prize board, Columia University.
Available online.
This year's Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music, with links to the award-winning content.
A link will be maintained on the library Web page.

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Washington and Lee University, Department of Journalism and Mass Communications.
Available online.
Site "provides up-to-date news, links to valuable resources, and opportunities to exchange ideas and insights with one another," compiled by students at Washington and Lee University.
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.

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