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This guide is intended to help you find resources for researching journalism theory and practice, research for investigative pieces, find professional journalism to learn from, and properly give credit to sources you use through citation.

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Communication Source This link opens in a new window
Peer-reviewed articles, non-scholarly articles, and other sources covering all communication-related disciplines, including media studies, linguistics, speech pathology, rhetoric, and discourse.
Communication Source upgrades over Communication & Mass Media Complete with 170 additional journals.
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Los Angeles Times (1996-current) This link opens in a new window
Southern California's largest daily newspaper.
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The Los Angeles Times is the Southern California's largest daily newspaper. CSULA has electronic access to the newspaper from 1/1/1985 to present.
The historical segment of the Los Angeles Times from 1881-1992 is available for electronic access at Historical Los Angeles Times.
The Los Angeles Times is also available at its own website: http://www.latimes.com/. One can access articles from the last week of the paper, as well as some specially selected older stories at no cost.

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The elements of journalism : what newspeople should know and the public should expect by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel
Call Number: Course Reserves - Level 1 Service Desk ; PN4756 .K67 2021
ISBN: 9780593239360
Publication Date: 2021
An updated edition of the classic journalism guide, now featuring material on the importance of reporting in the age of media mistrust and fake news - and how journalists can use technology while also navigating its challenges.
The Associated Press Stylebook
Call Number: Course Reserves - Level 1 Service Desk ; PN4783 .A83 2022
ISBN: 9781541601659
Publication Date: 2022
The style of The Associated Press is the gold standard for news writing. The AP Stylebook will help you master the AP's rules on grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, abbreviation, word and numeral usage, and when to use "more than" instead of "over." To make navigating these specialty chapters even easier, the Stylebook includes a comprehensive index.

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