Communication 

Help with Citing Sources and Bibliographies:

• APA Formatting and Style Guide
  
  • Rules and examples for using the APA (American Psychological Association) format - the most commonly used format for preparing research papers and citing sources within the social sciences
  • Presented by the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue
• Guide to Using EndNote Desktop
  • Detailed instructions for using Endnote in conjunction UCSB resources

Comprehensive Web Sources for Communication:

• Library Resources for Communication Studies
  • Selected core resources for communication studies
  • Selected by members of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) - Educational and Behavioral Sciences Section - Communication Studies Committee.
• Communication Studies Resources 
  • From the University of Iowa Department of Communication Studies
• VANDERBILT Television News Archive
  • "The world's most extensive and complete archive of television news."

Email Discussion Lists:

• E-Mail discussions (listservs)
  
  • From the University of Iowa Department of Communication Studies

Communication-related Organizations:

• American Communication Association
• American Psychological Association
• Association for Business Communication
• Association of Internet Researchers
• Broadcast Education Association
• Center for Democracy and Technology
• Central States Communication Association
• Communication Institute for Online Scholarship
• Eastern Communication Association
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• International Association of Business Communicators
• International Communication Association
• National Association of Broadcasters
• National Communication Association
• Public Relations Society of America
• Southern States Communication Association
• Western States Communication Association

Graduate Study in Communication:

• National Communication Association
  • Click on Education and then Student Resources. See especially ...
    • Communication Program Database
    • Doctoral Program Reputation Study
• U. S. News & World Report
  
  • See especially the America's Best Colleges and Best Graduate Schools rankings, and the Best Careers Guides.

Careers in Communication:

• Chronicle Careers (Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Internet Resources in Career and Job Information (UCSB Library resource page)

U.S. Government Information Resources:

• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
  • The FCC is an independent United States government agency charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable.
• National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)
  • The NTIA is an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that serves as the executive branch agency principally responsible for advising the President on telecommunications and information policies. 
• GPO Access
  • A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides links to major federal executive, legislative, regulatory and judicial information sources.
• USA.gov
  • The U.S. government's official web portal.