This guide will help you find Communication resources available through the Alverno library. Need more information? Please call, email, or visit the library.
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NoodleTools helps create accurate citations, reference lists, and annotated bibliographies. For best results, we recommend that you use it in conjugation with the APA manual or Purdue’s Online Writing Lab (OWL).
Need more resources? Visit the library's Citing Sources LibGuide.
Looking for a sample APA paper? Purdue's OWL provides a fully formatted APA paper.
Formatting an annotated bibliography.
Use the tabs to find the newest library materials related to Communication or try your own search for items held at Alverno & other SWITCH libraries using the red TOPCAT search box found on the library's webpage.
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To find print books held at Alverno & the other SWITCH libraries, go to the library home page and use the red TOPCAT search box.
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How to Protect (or Destroy) Your Reputation Online by 
The Attention Merchants by 
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The Book of Circles by 
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Nonviolent Communication by 
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Not Just Where to Click by 
Racism in American Popular Media by 
Gender, Race, and Class in Media by 
Simon and Schuster Handbook for Writers by 
M: Marketing by The titles below are journals and magazines that we hold in PRINT. Do a journal title search in TOPCAT to find out more information about them. Print journals are kept on the 4th floor of the stacks in alphabetical order by journal title.
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Ongoing Print Subscriptions
(Check the revolving rack in the library for the latest issues)
Older Print Subscriptions
(print discontinued in favor of online access but we still hold back issues in stacks)
| To find articles on a topic: | Visit the library's Databases by Subject page and select Communication. Search for articles in any of the selected databases. |
| To find an article when you have a citation: | Visit the library's home page and select the Google Scholar link to search the content of Alverno Library's databases as well as the "free" web. Enter the article title into the Google Scholar search box and look for the full text links on the right side of the page. You could also try the the Citation Linker. |
| To find other, high quality information: | Check the Best Web Sites for Communication page and revisit this LibGuide. Information and resources are updated regularly! |
| Can't find what you need? | Submit an Interlibrary Loan request or Ask a Librarian. |
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