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Your search for information on the History of Television can include books, periodical articles, online databases, and authoritative Internet resources.

Listed below are reference books that may be useful in your research. Reference books give you valuable background information on your topic and help you become more familiar with the issues surrounding your topic. Online reference databases such as GaleNet can also be used for this purpose.

Use the Cerritos College Library Catalog to find more books on your subject. You can look for books by Author, Title, or Subject.

The general call number for books on aspects of the history of television is PN1992.18. More specific call numbers for your topic may be found by searching the online catalog by Subject.

Try the following Library of Congress Subject Headings. Remember, this list is by no means conclusive. There are many more subject headings related to television in the online catalog.

Television

Television History

Television Broadcasting - United States - History

Television Programs

Journals and magazines usually provide the most current information on a topic. Journal articles are more scholarly or professional while magazine articles tend to be shorter and more general. Newspaper articles, while not usually scholarly or professional, can give you the most current news and some additional facts on your topic. The Library subscribes to several print periodicals that cover the field of television:

Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media

Journal of Popular Film and Television

Journal of Popular Culture

To find articles on your topic, use one of the online indexes listed below. They are available at http://www.cerritos.edu/library/http://www.cerritos.edu/library/e-resources.html.  These online indexes, also called databases, usually provide full-text articles on almost every topic.

Conduct your search in these databases by using subject headings or key words similar to those you used to locate books. The library also has several Print Indexes which must be used to find older articles, generally anything published before 1985. Check with a librarian if you need older articles.