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Documentaries
- Kanopy This link opens in a new windowContains more than 25,000 videos. Under "Subject," choose Media & Communications to find documentaries on Journalism, Advertising, and more.
Finding an Iconic Photograph
- Newseum: Pulitzer Prize Photographs Gallery (on Flickr)Not an official site, but this Flickr user has collected together a display of photographs that have won the Pulitzer Prize. Easier to browse then the official Pulitzer Prize website, but less information--so check both.
- ARTstor This link opens in a new windowDigital image library offering searchable collections of images and descriptive information including architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, and more, encompassing many time periods and world cultures.
Note: First time, off-campus users accessing via OpenAthens will be required to create a personal account
- Browse the Stacks!A great way to find an iconic photograph is to browse the stacks. Most photojournalism books are located in Rose Library.
- TR820 Photojournalism
- TR624-835 Applied photography (Including artistic, commercial, medical photography, photocopying processes)
- TR820 Photojournalism
Starting Points for Research
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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Multidisciplinary index and full text source for scholarly journals and magazines. - Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
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Article index with some full text in the fields of communication and mass media studies.
Aesthetic Analysis
- Art Abstracts This link opens in a new windowIndex with abstracts for articles and reproductions from art periodicals published throughout the world.
- Artbibliographies Modern This link opens in a new windowAbstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, PhD dissertations, and exhibition reviews on modern and contemporary art.
- Pultizer Prizes: Past WinnersLook at any of these categories for examples of other iconic photographs to compare your photograph to:
- Breaking News Photography
- Editorial Cartooning
- Feature Photography
- Photography
- Spot News Photography
Biographical Analysis
- American National Biography This link opens in a new windowA biographical resource for notable people in American history.
- Biography In Context This link opens in a new windowBiographical information on over 480,000 people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
- Grove Art Online This link opens in a new windowEncyclopedia covering art and artists worldwide in all fields of the visual arts.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online This link opens in a new windowBiographies of 55,000 deceased men and women who shaped all aspects of the British past from the earliest times and all walks of life.
Gender and Women's Studies Analysis
- Studies in Gender and Sexuality
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Available via Taylor & Francis Online
- Women's Studies International This link opens in a new window
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A bibliographic database covering the core disciplines in women’s studies and the latest scholarship in feminist research.
Historical Analysis
- America: History & Life This link opens in a new window
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Index with abstracts to history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. - Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Index with abstracts to more than 1,800 journals in 40 languages on world history from 1450 to the present; excludes the US and Canada. - Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
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Database of full-text scholarly reference books on all subjects.
Ideological and Semiotic Analyses
- Essay and General Literature Index This link opens in a new windowIndex of essays in the humanities and social sciences on topics including literary works, art history, drama, film, and more.
- Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 This link opens in a new windowIndexes articles in the subjects of gerontology, history, international relations, journalism, law, linguistics, and many more subjects.
- Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
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Full text journals, books, and other published resources pertaining to the humanities from around the world. - JSTOR This link opens in a new windowFull online text and images for back issues of selected scholarly journals and monographs in history, economics, political science, anthropology, sociology, literature, etc.
- MLA International Bibliography with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Classified listing and subject index of scholarly books and articles on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics.
Suggested Search Terms
- Photojournalism/ists
- Journalism
- Commercial photography
- News photographers
- Fashion photography
- Advertising
- Marketing
- Imagery
- Gender
- Race
- Ethnicity
- Controversy
- Photo/image/digital manipulation
- Photoshop