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Discover how the expansion of radio and television technology, and the rise of mass media empires, accelerated America's transformation into a consumer-based society through the lens of pioneer David Sarnoff, President of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), and other industry papers. The rise of large media corporations transformed radio from a one-to-one communication tool to a means of broadcasting ideas and information to the masses. The papers in this resource provide insight into the impact of broadcasting innovations on advertising, consumer culture, global conflicts, and the Space Race. The bulk of the material spans the 1920s to the 1970s, representing the decades of David Sarnoff’s career at RCA. Some additional content covers pre-1920s broadcasting developments, and the final years of RCA before its sale in 1986.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.

This annual Gale series of electronic books, from 1993 to present, is intended to help entrepreneurs who seek assistance on creating business plans for their small businesses. The resource mainly provides sample business plans from actual businesses in the manufacturing, retail and service industries. Names and addresses, and sometimes product names, have been changed to maintain confidentiality. Entries cover a wide range of business types, from bakeries to manufacturers of fiber optics or from electronic publishing to disposable medical supplies. Users can search by edition/date, keyword, title, subject, and other parameters. A help feature provides numerous tips on search optimization. Additional features include: a directory of the 750 Small Business Development Centers in the United States that provide support and advice; a glossary of small business terms; and a bibliography for further reading.

Business Source Ultimate is a comprehensive database offering bibliographic and full-text content for scholarly, popular, and professional publications in business-related fields. The Harvard Business Review Magazine is exclusively available in Business Source Ultimate.

C19: The Nineteenth Century Index provides a “bibliographic spine” for research into the 19th Century. It covers multiple content types, providing records for millions of documents ranging from books and newspapers to government documents to periodicals at the article level. Includes Nineteenth-Century Short Title Catalogue, Cotgreave's Index, Cumulative Index to Niles' Register 1811–1849, Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, Stead's Index to Periodical Literature, Poole's Index to Periodical Literature; and the Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals (1824-1900), index coverage for the Times of London (1790-1980), House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, Proceedings of the Old Bailey, and the U.S. Serial Set. In addition, it inlcudes the reference works, The "Bookman" Directory of Booksellers, Publishers and Authors and Dictionary of Nineteenth Century Journalism. 

Cabell's Scholarly Analytics is the source for journal information, evaluation metrics, and submission details for universities of any size. Access to six discipline sets: Computer Science and Business Information Systems, Business, Education, Psychology & Psychiatry, Health, and Mathematics & Science.

With Cabell's Predatory Reports, specialists examine each journal against dozens of evolving criteria, rigorously screening for misleading metrics, irregular publication practices, and other warning signs. Predatory Reports equips you to spot and avoid fraudulent publishing outlets.

This site provides comprehensive access to Cabinet papers from 1915-1988 under restrictions imposed by the 30-year rule. The records of the Cabinet Office are a major contemporary source material for British political history from the early twentieth century. Selected documents are digitized and free to view, others can be digitized on demand for a fee.

Cambridge Core is the online content delivery service for Cambridge University Press’s collection of journals and books across the sciences, social sciences and humanities subject areas. Please note that JHU does not subscribe to all content.

This unique historical reference compendium allows instant access to the renowned texts of the Cambridge Histories series. With access to the most up to date and authoritative scholarly content, Cambridge Histories Online is an invaluable resource, for undergraduates, graduates, lecturers and researchers alike.  To find Cambridge Histories Online, select “Collections & Series” and then “Cambridge Histories”.