MMC 4200 - Media Legalities
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Introduction
MMC 4200, Media Legalities deals with the research and study of the key issues, theories, events, documents, processes, and agents of change in historical and contemporary law governing selected media activities and new electronic media.
This research guide is intended for both undergraduate and graduate students, and focuses on general resources related to legal issues regarding the media, including books, journals, and primarily online materials available at the FSU Libraries.
Getting Help
If you need further help, you may contact me personally or Strozier Library:
- Or contact me
Web Development Librarian
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850-645-6986
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"Getting Started" Subject Pages
The following pages provide "jumping off points" for research in a specific area(s) related to this class:
Finding books, videos, and more in the library catalog
By searching the library catalog, you search stuff that is available in one of our libraries on the shelf.
Finding scholarly journal articles
These are places you can go to find scholarly journal articles. Look especially for tabs or icons that indicate the content is "peer-reviewed."
- Social Citation Index: Remember to UN-check the Science and Arts and Humanities Index before searching.
- Google Scholar: Great place to get ideas - or when you are stuck . . . just be careful: not everything is from a peer-reviewed journal!
- Academic Search Complete: Good for general searches at the beginning - not as good for more specific, detailed topics.
Finding recent info (e.g. newspapers, etc.)
Sometimes, you may have a topic or issue for which you need recent news coverage. (Many recent topics are not covered in scholarly journals if they have happened in the last 2-3 years because of the long publication cycle of scholarly journals.)
- Lexis Nexis : Click on "NEWS" tab.
- Access World News : World Newspapers
Researching laws and legal info
As part of this course, you may have to research a specific law or case. The resources below are well-suited for this, but can be difficult to use (even for librarians). Please request help and we can try to find an answer to your question(s).
- Lexis Nexis : Select the "legal" tab
Government Documents
All government document sites are located at http://www.lib.fsu.edu/find/documents . You may browse federal, state, and international doc sources.
Selected Government Document Sites
(More upcoming)
- Access UN - Searchable database of UN documents