Green River LibGuides: CMST 215 Critical Analysis of the Media: Reference

Pop Culture, Theory, and History Reference

St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture by Tom Pendergast (editor)
Call Number: 306.4 S143
Publication Date: 2000
Reference Collection--in-library use only Later edition (2013) available as an ebook in GVRL (link above).
Encyclopedia of Gender in Media by Mary Kosut (editor)
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 1412990793
Publication Date: 2012
Available online in GVRL
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas by Maryanne Cline Horowitz
Call Number: 903 N532 2005 & ebook
ISBN: 0684313774
Available in the library's Reference Collection and in the Gale Virtual Reference Library database
Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture by Dale Southerton (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2011
Available online in Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL).
Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 1412905303
Publication Date: 2006
Available online in Gale Virtual Reference Library database
Encyclopedia of Media Violence by Matthew S. Eastin (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2013
Available online in Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL).
Postwar America: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History by James Ciment (editor)
Call Number: eBook & 973.9203 P858 2007
Available online in Gale eBooks and at library: Reference Collection--in-library use only

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Search for authoritative information in subject encyclopedias selected for courses and programs at Green River College

"Gender Embodiment"
by Susan Mackey-Kallis
from Encyclopedia of Gender in Media in Gale Virtual Reference Library.

Biography in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Full-text reference entries, magazine and journal articles, primary sources, videos, podcasts, and images covering a vast array of people from historically significant figures to present-day news makers.

American Decades Series Online in Gale eBooks
American Decades, from 1900-2009. Select your volume by decade.

CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Browse by topic or keyword to find information covering a broad range of important issues in health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Weekly reports dating back to 1923.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Full-text viewpoint essays, topic overviews, journal articles, news, and statistics. A great place to find evidence to support argumentative essays.

Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture by Jessie Carney Smith (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2010
Available online in Gale Virtual Reference Library database
Cult Pop Culture: How the Fringe Became Mainstream by Bob Batchelor (Editor)
Call Number: 306.0973 C9683 2012
ISBN: 9780313357800
Publication Date: 2011-12-01
Reference Collection--in-library use only
Blue-Collar Pop Culture by M. Keith Booker (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780313391996
Publication Date: 2012
Available online in Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL).
Latino/a Popular Culture by Michelle Habell-Pall'an
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 0814736246
Publication Date: 2002
Available at Ebook Central
Music in American Life by Jacqueline Edmondson (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2013
Available online in Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL).