Introduction to Public Relations

This electronic collection was created by Schaffner Library for students enrolled in Northwestern University's School of Continuing Studies:

Course: ADVT 370
Instructor: Berger, James
Semester: Spring 2005

The information provided here is intended to assist students in conducting research for their class assignments and is not meant to be a comprehensive guide to networked resources on all topics in this area. HELP PAGES for most of the databases can be accessed if you click on the LONG VIEW of the database description.

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ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest) (Indexes to Articles)
Citations, abstracts and selected full-text of articles from 1800+ business and management journals. Click on 'More information' for additional information and search help.
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Business & Industry (Indexes to Articles)
Citations, abstracts, and some full-text articles covering business and industrial news and research. Click on 'More information' for additional information and search help
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Business Source Premier (Indexes to Articles)
Citations, abstracts and full-text articles from several thousand business and management journals. User is responsible to use these electronic resources for individual, noncommercial use, without systematically DOWNLOADING, distributing, or RETAINING substantial portions of information
An EndNote connection file is available for this database on the EndNote support pages.
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Council of Public Relations Firms (Informational web sites)
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Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) (Indexes to Articles)
Database of international business intelligence prepared by the Economist Intellligence Unit. Search by country, by title of publication, or by words or phrases within the documents. Click on 'More information' for additional information and search help.
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Expanded Academic ASAP (EXAC) (Indexes to Articles)
Citations, abstracts and selected full-text of articles in a variety of academic disciplines.
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Factiva (formerly Dow Jones Interactive) (Indexes to Articles)
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Business, financial and general news, including the Wall Street Journal, as well as various reports and financials for publicly-traded companies.
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Hoover's Online (Informational web sites)
Company information and financials. This subscription is funded through the Kellogg School of Management for the NU community. Kellogg's subscription allow users within the NU network to access materials and tools marked as "Pro" (it does not include "Pro Plus" options). Outside of the NU network, the free site at www.hoovers.com may be accessed.
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International Association of Business Communicators (Informational web sites)
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LexisNexis Academic (formerly Academic Universe) (Indexes to Articles)
News, legal and business information service. Click on 'More information' for additional information and search help.
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NUcat, Catalog of the Northwestern University Libraries (Library catalogs)
Catalog of all Northwestern University libraries.
An EndNote connection file is available for this database on the EndNote support pages.
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PR Week (Informational web sites)
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Public Relations - Beginner's PR Resources (Informational web sites)
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Public Relations Review (E-journals)
Each user is responsible to use these electronic resources for individual, noncommercial use, without systematically DOWNLOADING, distributing, or RETAINING substantial portions of information.
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Speech & Transcript Center (Informational web sites)
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Wilson Select Full Text Plus (Indexes to Articles)
Full text of articles from over 1300 periodicals in a variety of academic disciplines.
An EndNote connection file is available for this database on the EndNote support pages.
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