Media & Communication Studies

Coverage: current
Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a think tank that provides research reports to members of Congress on a variety of topics
relevant to current political events. However, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) does not provide direct public access to its reports, nor are they released to the public via the Federal
Library Depository Program (FDLP). There are several organizations that collect and give access to subsets of published CRS Reports. This collection attempts to bring all CRS Reports together in one place.

Coverage: Full Text
Index to statistics, news and commentary on press freedom in the world. Online editions available from 2002-, historical data from 1980.

The Journalist's Resource project is run by the Harvard Kennedy School. It offers access to scholarly reports and papers of interest to media practitioners, educators, students and others. Included material is empirically based, peer-reviewed, published, and the product of a major university, government body, or nonpartisan research organization.

Special Collections in Mass Media & Culture holds a wide-ranging collection of resources documenting the history of radio and television broadcasting. Important collections include the National Public Broadcasting Archives (NPBA) and the Library of American Broadcasting (LAB).

"The Pudding explains ideas debated in culture with visual essays. By wielding original datasets, primary research, and interactivity, we try to thoroughly explore complex topics. Visual essays are an emerging form of journalism. Some of the most complex, debated topics get lost in “too long; didn’t read” 10,000-word articles. Visual storytelling makes ideas more accessible—or so goes the adage “a picture is worth a thousand words."

Skeptical Inquirer publishes critical scientific evaluations of all manner of controversial and extraordinary claims, including but not limited to paranormal and fringe-science matters, and informed discussion of all relevant issues.

Information source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.

Coverage: 1994-
STATS monitors the media to expose the abuse of science and statistics before people are misled and public policy is distorted. Present focus is on the following policy areas: education, children, drug use, public health, polls & surveys, gender, crime.