Communication 

These Library resources are an excellent place to start your research as they contain articles that summarize in a few paragraphs what's most important to know about a topic. Look for key concepts, terms, contexts, and the names of people who have done important work on your topic, plus bibliographies to guide your further reading.

• Dictionary of mass communication & media research
  • Ref P87.5 .D449 2005
• Dictionary of media and communication studies
  • Ref P87.5 .W38 2003
• Encyclopedia of communication and information
  • Ref P87.5 .E53 2001
• Encyclopedia of industrial and organizational psychology [online resource] 
  • Internet Resource HF5548.8 .E498 2007eb
• Encyclopedia of international media and communications
  • Ref P87.5 .E535 2003
• Encyclopedia of new media: … communication and technology
  • SEL Ref QA76.575 .E5368 2003
• Encyclopedia of psychology (APA)
  • Ref BF31 .E54 2000
• Encyclopedia of television
  • Ref PN1992 .I8 E53 2004
• Handbook of conflict analysis and resolution
  
  • HM1126 .H34 2009
• Handbook of conflict resolution: theory and practice
  • HM1126 .H35 2006
• Handbook of group research and practice
  • Ref HM716 .H35 2005
• Handbook of interpersonal communication
  • Ref BF637 .C45 H287 2002
• Handbook of language and communication: diversity and change
  • P40 .H3424 2007
• Handbook of media and communication research: qualitative and quantitative methods
  • P91.3 .H34 2002
• Handbook of new media: social shaping and social consequences
  • Ref P96.T42 H36 2006
• Handbook of visual communication: theory, methods, and media
  • P93.5 .H363 2005
• History of the mass media in the United States: an encyclopedia
  • Ref P92 .U5 H55 1998
• IABC handbook of organizational communication
  • HD30.36.U5 I25 2006
• International bibliography of the social sciences: IBSS [electronic resource] 
  • Internet Resource
• The international encyclopedia of communication [online resource] 
  • Internet Resource P87.5 .I58 2008eb
• International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences
  • Ref H41 .I58 2001
• International encyclopedia of the social sciences [online resource]
  • Internet Resource H40.A2
• Oxford handbook of information and communication technologies
  • Ref HM851 .O98 2007
• SAGE handbook of conflict communication
  • Ref HM1126 .S24 2006
• SAGE handbook of conflict resolution
  • Ref JZ6045 .S24 2009
• SAGE handbook of gender and communication
  • Women's Studies P96 .S48 S34 2006
• SAGE handbook of media studies
  • P90 .S18 2004
• SAGE handbook of nonverbal communication
  • BF637 .N66 S24 2006
• Violence in the media: a reference handbook
  • Ref PN1992.8 .V55 S55 2005