Subject Guides: Communications: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Directories

Audience Measurement

Media Intelligence Center This link opens in a new window
Newspaper and Magazine Circulation data.

Pew Research Center
The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It does not take positions on policy issues. See "The Databank" menu or the "Projects of the Center" section to view statistics and download data.
Public Policy Polling
Has polling data on U.S. political races.
Rasmussen Reports
U.S. polling data on a range of topics.
FiveThirtyEight
Data driven journalism site.
Vox
Data driven journalism site.

Radio Stations
Use to find U.S. and international radio stations by location or call letters.
Station Index
Directory of U.S. TV stations and media markets.
Who Owns What
Columbia Journalism Review's guide to what major media companies own.

Are you looking for general information on a topic? Start with these collections of encyclopedias, handbooks, and dictionaries.

SAGE Knowledge This link opens in a new window
Hosting more than 4,700 titles, SAGE Knowledge includes an expansive range of SAGE eBook and eReference content. Covering: sociology, law, education, healthcare, counseling and more.
Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
An online collection of dictionaries, handbooks, encyclopedias, etc.
Oxford Reference This link opens in a new window
Over 170 fully-indexed, cross-searchable dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works. Contains references to journal articles, books, government documents, and statistical directories.
Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
Guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past; traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.