Journalism: Welcome

This guide lists some of the best resources for getting started with journalism research. You'll find information about books, databases, scholarly and professional journals, interlibrary loan, useful websites, and more.

• Sign up for a free account to NYTimes.com.
• Online AP Stylebook (only 25 users allowed at one time).
• How to evaluate sources.
• Learn tips on how to design posters.
• Want a tool to help you organize and manage your sources? Check out our guides on using several reference management tools: Endnote and Zotero.
• Learn about plagiarism and how to avoid it.
• For grad students: Learn how to get access to the study carrels.
• Need help with social science research methods? Check out Sage Research Methods.
• Check out these resources on covering Native American issues from the Native American Journalists Association.

Professional societies usually have a code of ethics to advise their members on how they should behave. This list will take you to some of the codes of ethics for various journalism- and strategic communications-related societies.

You have several ways to find books at the Knowledge Center. You can use Library Search to look for both print books and ebooks that we own. The benefit of Library Search is that you can search the library's catalog along with most of our databases at once.