NYU Journalism Toolbox (Bobst Library)

Getting Started
Take a look at NYU Libraries Education Research Guide.

On the Beat: Covering Education
Free online tutorial geared towards journalists; you must register with News University. Developed in partnership with the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media.

Course Description from News U.
“This course is designed to give journalism students and reporters new to the education beat a brief introduction to the most pressing issues facing the educational system today, along with tips on how to cover this beat.”

• ERIC [NYU-Only]
  The education database. A freely searchable version is available at www.eric.ed.gov

• Education Full Text [NYU-Only]

Finding Statistics

NCES: National Center for Education Statistics

Education Blogs

Favorite Education Blogs 2008
From Jay Mathews of The Washington Post.

Identify a non-profit organization

• Encyclopedia of Associations [NYU-Only]

Info about a non-profit

• Guidestar
  Free with registration. Search for basic info, links to 990s.

Understanding a 990

• Demystifying the 990 (from the Foundation Center)

Articles about Nonprofits

• LexisNexis [NYU-Only]
  Good for industry news. Includes Chronicle of Philanthropy.

• PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) [NYU-Only]
  Provides a more scholarly look at the nonprofit sector. Includes titles such as Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.

SRDS Media Solutions [NYU-Only]
Click on Newspaper Advertising Source link and then click on Quick Title Search.

Editor and Publisher Yearbook [NYU Only]
NetID and Password required. Once you are in, click on Search Newspaper Directories.

State of the News Media: An Annual Report of American Journalism

Readership Institute at Northwestern University 

LexisNexis
To search transcripts, checkmark Transcripts. Transcripts are included from: NPR, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and the News Hour with Jim Lehrer, among others.

Factiva
To search transcripts:

• Choose Source
• From the Select Source Category pulldown menu, select Publications -Type
• Click on Transcripts; this adds this to your search

Similar coverage as compared to LexisNexis. Includes The Oprah Winfrey Show.

Additional Sources of Transcripts at Bobst

• Try searching Bobcat. Keyword search for your network/television show AND transcripts
• CBS News Daily News Broadcasts, 1963-1986. Available via Microfiche
  Call number: Microfiche 524
  Transcripts of CBS news broadcasts from 1963-1986, including daily broadcasts, special reports, Face the Nation, and Sixty Minutes. For a more complete description see the Index, under Access, below.Use the CBS News Index, 1975-1986 in the (REFERENCE 1 PN4888 .T4C64a.) to locate transcripts. Annual volumes provide detailed subject coverage. Date and pages of transcripts are listed with codes for morning broadcasts (A), evening broadcasts (P), Sixty Minutes (60m), etc. The CBS News Index was not published for the years 1963-1974.