News Writing & Editing

  1. Books & Videos
  2. Databases
  3. Websites

Handbooks for journalists can be found in a few areas of the library's collection. To see our holdings click here.

Call Number Range

Use these call number ranges to browse the General Collection and the Reference Collection.

PN1990- PN1992.92 Broadcasting
PN1991- PN 1991.9 Radio Broadcasts
PN1992- PN 1992.92 Television Broadcasts
PN4699- PN5650 Journalism. The Periodical Press, etc.
PN4775- PN4784 Technique. Practical Journalism
PN4781- PN4784 Reporters and Reporting. Journalism Authorship
PN4832- PN5648 Magazines and Other Periodicals
TK5101- TK6720 Newspapers

Journalism Databases

ABYZ Newslinks
ABYZ News Links is a directory of links to online news sources from around the world, organized on a geographical basis. It contains links to newspapers and other sites with news content such as broadcast stations, internet services, magazines, and press agencies.

Communication and Mass Media Complete
Communication & Mass Media Complete provides articles and other research materials in areas related to communication and mass media. CMMC offers cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 420 journals, and selected coverage of nearly 200 more, for a combined coverage of more than 600 titles. Furthermore, this database includes full text for 301 journals in the areas of communication, mass media, speech, and much more!

Newspaper Databases
COD Library's newspaper databases consist of individual newspaper titles as well multi-title databases that include regional, national and international publications.

Current Events
COD Library's current events databases will lead you to in-depth research and coverage of issues on a wide range of topics.

Business Databases
Use the COD Library's business databases for research into the news and media industries.

Statistics Databases
The COD Library's statistics databases will lead to a variety of types of statistics including historical, demographic, business related and more.

American Press Institute
The focus of this site is to advance journalism through insight, tools, and research. Guidance is provided on a variety of topics including fact checking, story forms, audience data, international journalism, press freedom, news analytics and much more.

The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma
Through training, tips, and support the Dart Center "is a resource center and global network of journalists, journalism educators and health professionals dedicated to improving media coverage of trauma, conflict and tragedy."

Journalist's Resource
From the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University, Journalist’s Resource examines government and academic research and makes it accessible and understandable for journalists, educators, students and general readers. It includes a searchable database, tip sheets and data resources.

Journalist's Toolbox
Presented by the Society of Professional Journalists, this site provides links to useful resources for journalists. The range of areas covered is vast and includes everything from how to cover a certain type of story, to creating infographics, fact checking, press freedom issues and much more.

Poynter Institute
The goal of the Poynter Institute is make journalism better. Classes and workshops are available and articles on the site cover the field of journalism. Special focus is placed on fact-checking, ethics, leadership, innovation and storytelling.