Media Studies library subject guide , Aratohu kaupapa mō te pāpāho

Discover

Searches most article databases simultaneously. Includes film reviews.

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Google Scholar

Searches for academic sources rather than websites.

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Scopus

A scholarly database for topic searching and tracking items cited in reference lists.

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Library.PressDisplay

Original formatting of New Zealand and international newspapers, covering the previous 60-90 days.

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Newztext

Full text of selected New Zealand newspapers and magazines.

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Terms and conditions for library online resources

Legal guidelines about how and by whom Library-subscribed article databases may be used.

Film reviews

IMDb

Rotten Tomatoes

Discover
Search using ["title of film"] and keyword review* e.g. "kill bill" review*

Recordings and streaming

eTV
Selected live and on-demand recordings from over 40 channels including Sky, free-to-air and international.

Discover
Find DVDs and videos in Discover. Search on keywords (title, topic, etc), then refine the results to ‘Videos’ under ‘Source Types’ in the left-hand column (you may need to click on Show More to open up the full list of source types).

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision

Search Discover

Find books, journals, DVDs, & other material.

Postgraduate students and staff: Search Libraries Worldwide to find and request books that are not held by any Massey University Library.

Find books, ebooks and textbooks

Find theses and research reports

Locate Massey, New Zealand and international theses.

Google Books

Searches across the full-text content of a huge range of books. You can then check by searching Discover to see if the book is held by Massey University Library.

Background information

ScienceDirect Reference Works
Cross-searches a range of encyclopedias, handbooks and other reference material. Includes:

• Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications
• International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences

Concepts and definitions

Oxford Reference
Includes A Dictionary of Media and Communication.

Research methods

Sage Research Methods