Welcome to the Forsyth Library Strategic Writing and Ethics guide. This guide will introduce you to a variety of resources to enhance your class experience. On this guide, you'll find resources to help you locate company and industry information, data and statistics, and publications meant for public, industry, and scholarly audiences.
If you have any questions about the resources you find here, or need any assistance with research in this class, be sure to Ask a Librarian!
This is a full-text news resource offering coverage of over 8,200 local, regional, national and international sources from over 200 countries. Browse replicas of popular local newspapers' like the Topeka Capital Journal and Kansas City Star, with full-color layouts of all news articles, graphics, advertisements, classifieds, weather reports, box scores, puzzles, cartoons and more. Available as soon as print editions.
Includes scholarly articles, market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles, and SWOT analyses. Use the "Company Profile" feature to do company research.
Nexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis, including Federal and State legal cases, U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790, full-text of U.S. & World newspapers, business articles, financials, and company/industry information & profiles. Try out the new intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents. Nexis Uni is the new site for the resource formerly known as LexisNexis Academic.
Students, faculty and staff now have access to the full content of the NYT.com and NYT mobile apps. Activate your free pass and create an account by going to NYT Edupass . You must use your FHSU e-mail address to create an account.
***Accounts are active for 364 days. If your account has expired use the same NYT Edupass link and log-in at that page to reactivate your account.***
This is a full-text news resource offering coverage of over 8,200 local, regional, national and international sources from over 200 countries. Browse replicas of popular local newspapers' like the Topeka Capital Journal and Kansas City Star, with full-color layouts of all news articles, graphics, advertisements, classifieds, weather reports, box scores, puzzles, cartoons and more. Available as soon as print editions.
Many of these databases share the same interface. You can search multiple at the same time if you click
"Choose Databases" above the search boxes.
A multi-disciplinary database that provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including approximately 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. Useful for nearly any research topic.
Brings together information found in more than 400 journals. Nearly 3 million articles on all aspects of the communications field, including advertising, public relations, linguistics, and literature, meet the needs of researchers. Exclusive features, including Topic Finder, InterLink, and a mobile-optimized interface, support and enhance the search experience.
Full-text articles and citations covering the social sciences, and topics such as: Addiction, Family, Gender, Psychology, Psychiatry, Criminal Justice, Corrections, Gerontology, Social Work, Sociology and more.
Copyright is inherently provided to the point of creation. Thus, in order to legally use the work of another person such as images you find on the internet, audio clips, animations, etc. you are legally required to pay for their usage unless it has been licenses under Creative Commons or is Public Domain.
For a better understanding of Creative Commons and how it relates to your project, watch this two-minute video:
For a better understanding of Copyright, watch this video:
For advice on production and planning methods, consult the University of Michigan comprehensive guide to Podcasting
As you develop your project, you may find that you want to include music, sound effects, or other audio clips to provide depth, variety or emphasis beyond what you are able to record on your own. Here are a few resources to help you find Creative Commons and Public Domain audio files that can be used free of charge, although they may require attribution or noncommercial use.
In addition to audio files, you may want to add depth to your production with images for your B-roll. If so, below is a list of websites that provide access to Creative Commons and Public Domain imagines that can be used with attribution.
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