Public Relations

• Journal & Article Indexes
• Selected Journals & Magazines
• Web Resources
• Citation Style Guide

• Select Print & AV Resources
• Subject Headings
• Call Numbers
• Associations & Societies

Journals & Article Indexes

• Academic Search Premier
• Business Source Premier
• Canadian Business and Current Affairs (CBCA) Complete
• Canadian Newsstand
• Canadian Periodical Index (CPI.Q)
• Communications and Mass Media Complete
• Hoovers Company Records

TIP for Advanced Researchers: Set up a "Journal Title Alert" for your favourite journal and you'll be notified when the latest issue is available electronically. You can also set up a "Topical Search Alert" to monitor mention of a company in the news. For help with this, see our Search Alert guide

Selected Online Reference Tools

• Encyclopedia of British Columbia - a comprehensive online reference source for BC-related information, containing articles, sound files, images, maps, charts and graphs.
• Oxford Reference Online - Provides access to 100 key Oxford dictionaries and reference works across a broad subject spectrum.

Selected Journals & Magazines

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• Advertising Age - S
• Business Communication Quarterly - R
• Columbia Journalism Review - R
• Communication World - O
• Journal of Business Communication - R
• Journal of Communication - L,R
• Journal of Public Relations Research - O
• Public Relations Tactics - R,O
• Public Relations Strategist - R
• Public Relations Quarterly - O

Citation Styles

• APA - American Psychological Assoc. guidelines

Select Print & AV Resources

• Anatomy of a Press Release
  REF HD 59 W9 2003 R
• Public relations : strategies and tactics 
  HM 1221 W55 2010 R
• Encyclopedia of public relations
  REF HD 59 E48 2005 R
• The new PR toolkit : strategies for successful media relations
  HD 59 B74 2003 R
• News, public relations and power
  PN 4751 N49 2003 R
• The public relations handbook
  HD 59 T474 2008 R
• Public relations practices : managerial case studies and problems
  HM 263 C332 2003 R
• Handbook of mass media ethics
  P 94 H355 2009 R
• Associated Press Stylebook
  REF PN 4783 A83 R
• Canadian Press Stylebook
  REF PN 4783 C32 R
• Globe and Mail Style book
  REF PN 4783 M34 R
• Moment of Truth (DVD)
  HD 30.23 M634 2008 S - AV Workroom
• Ethics for Everyone (DVD)
  HF 5387 E83 2003 S - AV Workroom

Subject Headings

You can find more books through our Library Catalogue by searching under the following subject headings:

• Advertising
• Business Writing
• Communication in Organizations
• Journalism Authorship
• Journalism Style - Manuals
• Public Relations
• Special Events - Planning
• Public Relations Vocational Guidance

Call Numbers

If you don't have a particular book in mind, then try browsing our collections using the following call numbers:

PN 4700-5650: Journalism
HD 31-37: Management
HD 58.7: Organizational Behavior
HM 263, HD 59: Public Relations
PN 4121-4130: Public Speaking
HM 251-291: Social Psychology

• Copyblogger.com
• IPR - Institute for Public Relations
• JournalismNet - includes a section devoted to Public Relations resources
• Online Public Relations
• PRDaily
• PR-Education.org - Web portal to public relations education
• PR Newswire
• PR Place - includes a section devoted to Publications in Public Relations (directories, newsletters, magazines and journals)
• PR Watch
• InsidePR

TIP: Don't believe everything you read! Evaluate web sources very carefully for their accuracy, authority, and currency. Here are some evaluation criteria to help you.

• Canadian Public Relations Society
• Council of Public Relations Firms
• Public Relations Society of America
• International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) - access the on-line publication for students called "Student Connection"