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Cook, R., Cook, G. & Yale, L. (2005). Guide to business etiquette. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. (HF5389 .C655 2005)

Marconi, J. (2004). Public relations: the complete guide. Mason, OH: South-Western Educational Pub. (HD59 .M2578 2004)

Martin, P. R. (2002). Guide to business style and usage. New York: Simon & Schuster. (XPN4783 .W26 2002)

Oliver, S. M. (2004). Handbook of corporate communication and public relations. London; New York: Routledge. (XHD30.3 .H3545 2004)

Academic Search Premier  [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1990 - present. Provides full-text for over 3,400 scholarly journals covering the social sciences, humanities, education, sciences, and more. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL). Need help? Read the Academic Search Premier Visual Guide.

Lexis-Nexis Academic [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1970 - present. Features full text of many newspapers and periodicals.  Also offers business news, legal materials such as federal & state codes, case law and legal journals.

Communication & Mass Media Complete [on-campus]
Coverage: various dates. Provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. This database originated with the acquisition and subsequent merging of two popular databases in the fields of communication and mass media studies -- CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association (NCA)), and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Pennsylvania State University). Communication & Mass Media Complete provides an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and educators interested in any and all aspects of communication and mass media. offers full text for over 200 titles and contains citation coverage for additional sources. In total, several hundred valuable sources are covered.

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Arthur W. Page Society. http://www.awpagesociety.com/
"...A select membership organization for senior public relations and corporate communications executives who seek to enrich and strengthen their profession." Links to many other resources.

Council of Public Relations Firms. http://www.prfirms.org/

International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). http://www.iabc.com
"IABC is a not-for-profit international network of professionals committed to improving the effectiveness of organizations through strategic interactive and integrated business communication management."

Institute for Public Relations. http://www.instituteforpr.com/
Created to "expand and document the intellectual foundations of public relations, and to make this knowledge available and useful to all practitioners, educators, researchers and the corporate/institutional clients they serve."

Meyers, R.J. (2004). Association for Business Communication. http://www.businesscommunication.org/index.html
"The Association for Business Communication (ABC) is an international organization committed to fostering excellence in business communication scholarship, research, education, and practice."

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