Journalism

Internet Tools for Journalists

Search Engines and Directories, General and Specific to Journalism

• Search Engine Guide Information on search engines and search engine marketing, listings on search engines, and techniques for their best use

• Altavista General search engine
• Alltheweb General search engine
• Biolinks Search engine and directory of scientific information only
• Daypop Search engine of 7000 news sites and weblogs for current events and breaking news
• Dogpile Meta search engine
• Google General search engine
• Google News and Resources News and sources of news search engine
• Google Uncle Sam Search engine of government web sites only
• Hoovers Search engine for Hoovers web site for corporate information
• Librarians' Index to the Internet General directory of selected web resources created by the Library of California
• Martindale's Directory of general reference materials
• News Directory Search engine of over 14,500 English-language media sources: newspapers, magazines, television stations, colleges, visitor bureaus, governmental agencies and more
• Northern Light Business search engine, charges for the results
• The Refdesk Directory of Facts and Reference materials on the web. The best of the best of listings of specific sources of information
• Yahoo! General directory and search engine

Locally Accessed Resources

• ComIndex An electronic index to communication serials up to 2001, uses DOS system
• Dow Jones Interactive Company and industry information, fulltext business news
• Factiva Company and industry information, fulltext business news
• History of the Mass Media in the United States: An Encyclopedia 1998/ Margaret A. Blanchard
  
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• Indiana University Address Book Contains contact information for students and employees on all campuses
• Indiana University Libraries Internet Resources Accessible with (and many without) any I.U. campus student I.D. and password
• Indiana University Libraries Online Resources Accessible with any I.U. campus student I.D. and password
• Indiana University Libraries Political Science Resources Search strategies, research guides, and links to on-line sources
• Indianapolis Marion County Public Library Searchable electronic databases available with IMCPL library card number
• Indianapolis Monthly Home page for the magazine Indianapolis Monthly
• Indianapolis Newspapers Database Searchable database, from 1979-1991 provided by the Indiana State Library
• Indianapolis Recorder Home page of the Indianapolis Recorder
• Indianapolis Star/News:
  • Indianapolis Star via NewsBank
  • via CD-ROM, 1993-1999/12 (Windows Platform Only)
  • INDEX to Indianapolis Star/News, 1979-1991 (Indiana State Library's Indianapolis Newspapers Database)
  • IndyStar.com (online edition); Star Library FactFiles
• Language of the News: A Journalist's Pocket Reference 1994/Botts
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• Lexis-Nexis Universe Full text searching of newspapers for past 20 years, and many other sources
• Media Source Book Searchable database for subject-matter experts at Indiana University
• Million Dollar Database, Dun & Bradstreet Searchable databases on 1.6 million North American Businesses
• Newsbank Newsfile (1996-1997)
• SilverPlater Databases Searchable databases of serials in multiple subject areas

Government

• Access Indiana The official web site of the State of Indiana
• Census Bureau Search engine for the U. S. Census Bureau
• Congress Legislative information on the web
• Criminal Justice Statistics This Sourcebook contains data from more than 100 sources about all aspects of criminal justice in the United States and displayed in over 600 tables
• Federal Statistics Searchable gateway to statistics of over 100 government agencies
• Fedworld Search engine of government web sites and FirstGov prepared by the United States Department of Commerce
• Government resources on the web Directory of government web sites for all types of government, created by the University of Michigan
• IndyGov City of Indianapolis and Marion County home page
• United Nations Home page of the United Nations
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Searchable home page of the SEC, plus separate search engine: EDGAR
• U.S. Supreme Court Searchable home page of the Supreme Court
• USA.gov Official government gateway for millions of government web pages
• White House Home page of the White House

Politics

• Common Cause Monitors campaign issues, promotes campaign finance reform (an advocacy group)
• Federal Election Commission Monitors campaign contributions and spending for federal offices
• Open Secrets The Center for Responsive Politics' easy-to-use site for campaign finance information (an advocacy group)
• Political Information Searchable database on political news and opinion
• Polling Report Public opinion data, polls, independent and nonpartisan
• Project Vote Smart Tracks candidate voting records, public positions, performance evaluations by special-interest groups, biographic data and contact information
• Stateline State politics and government, plus links to state home pages

Journalism and Media Publications and Organizations

• American Journalism Review Home page for American Journalism Review
• American Society of Newspaper Editors Searchable home page of professional association for daily newspaper editors
• Broadcasting & Cable On-line publication for broadcasting and cable industries
• Columbia Journalism Review Searchable home page for The Columbia Journalism Review a media monitor and watchdog of the press in all its forms
• Editor & Publisher On-line publication for the newspaper and online industries
• Folio Searchable on-line publication for magazine industry
• Hoosier State Press Association Indiana newspaper industry's trade association, searchable home page
• The Industry Standard Searchable home page of the trade publication for the online industry
• Magazine Publishers of America Searchable home page of magazine industry's trade association
• National Association of Broadcasters Searchable home page of radio and TV broadcasters' trade association
• National Press Club Searchable home page of National Press Club
• National Newspaper Association Community (non-daily) newspaper industry's trade association home page
• Newseum
• Newspaper Association of America Searchable home page of daily newspaper industry's trade association
• Nuvo
• Overseas Press Club Home page of the Overseas Press Club
• Poynter Institute Searchable home page for the professional education and training of media professional
• Public Relations Society of America Home page of PR professionals' trade association
• Sagamore
• Society of Professional Journalists Home page of SPJ
• Woodenhorse Home page for publishing for free-lance writers