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Reference eBooks

Credo Reference, Oxford Reference Online, and Gale Virtual Reference Library are reference databases offering access to reference eBooks.

Credo Reference
Credo Reference contains over 650 reference works as well as videos and images.. Provides user access to a wide variety of both subject specific and interdisciplinary general reference sources, plus focused Topic Pages for in-depth research.
Oxford Reference Online
Oxford Reference Online combines over 200 language and subject dictionaries and reference works containing over 100,000 pages into a single cross-searchable database.
Gale eBooks Collection
Over 200 major reference works (many multivolume) in Education, History, Nation and World, Religion, Social Science and many other subject areas. GVRL has many of our most substantial online reference publications.

The list below contains just a few of the Media Studies related titles available through Credo Reference and Oxford Reference Online and Gale Virtual Reference Library.

Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media by John D. H. Downing (Editor)
ISBN: 0761926887
Publication Date: 2010-10-28
This one-volume encyclopedia features around 250 essays on the varied experiences of social movement media over the planet in the 20th and 21st centuries. Examining the tip of a gigantic iceberg, this reference resource examines a sample of the dizzying variety of formats and experiences that comprise social movement media. The guiding principles have been to ensure that experiences from the global South are given voice; that women are properly represented among contributors; that the wide spectrum of communication formats is included; that further reading is provided where relevant; and that some examples are provided of repressive social movement media, not exclusively progressive ones.
A Dictionary of Journalism by Tony Harcup
ISBN: 9780199646241
Publication Date: 2014-07-08
This accessible and authoritative A–Z covers the wide range of terms likely to be encountered by students of journalism. It offers a broad, accessible point of reference on an ever-topical and constantly changing field that affects everyone's knowledge and perception of the world.
A Dictionary of Film Studies by Annette Kuhn; Guy Westwell
ISBN: 9780199587261
Publication Date: 2012-09-08
Written by experts in the field, this dictionary covers all aspects of film studies, including terms, concepts, debates, and movements in film theory and criticism, national, international and transnational cinemas, film history, film movements and genres, film industry organizations and practices, and key technical terms and concepts in 500 detailed entries. Most entries also feature recommendations for further reading and a large number are web linked.
A Dictionary of Media and Communication by Daniel Chandler; Rod Munday
ISBN: 9780198841838
Publication Date: 2020-03-23
his authoritative and up-to-date A–Z offers points of connection between communication and media and covers all aspects of interpersonal, mass, and networked communication, including digital and mobile media, advertising, journalism, social media, and nonverbal communication.