Media Communication Technology

Starting your Research

Starting your Research

Encyclopedias, handbooks and subject specific dictionaries will help provide useful background information, as well as terms to use when searching the databases. For example:

Arabi, A. A. (2008). Comprehensive glossary of telecom abbreviations and acronyms. Boca Raton, Fla.: Auerbach Publications.	Fenn, A. J. (2008) Adaptive antennas and phased arrays for radar and communications. Boston, Mass.: Artech House.
Bates, R., & Gregory, D. (2007). Voice and data communication handbook. New York: McGraw-Hill.	Sundararajan, D. (2008). A practical approach to signals and systems. Singapore: Wiley.

E-books on this topic can be accessed from ITPro.
A GOOGLE search can also help find background information and suggestions for more keywords.

Keywords & OPAC

Keywords & OPAC

Use OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) to find books, journal titles and audio-visual materials in the Library. When searching for information, you need to use keywords. See below for some suggestions.

Broadband	Digital communications	Internetworking
Media design	Multimedia communications	Radio relay systems
Telecommunication

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Finding Articles Online

Finding Articles Online

The articles inside magazines, journals & periodicals are very useful sources of information. Articles are different from books because:

• they are much more up-to-date
• they are shorter (less to read!)
• they concentrate on topics or specific aspects of topics
• there are many articles being published all the time so you have more choice.

The library catalogue, OPAC, does NOT tell you what articles the Library has, only which journals or periodicals, so the easiest way to find articles is to use the online databases.

• Academic Search Premier

• Global Market Information Database (GMID)

• ProQuest Science Journals

• ScienceDirect Subject Collections

Newspaper Articles

Newspaper articles are also very useful sources of information, and can be found in the LexisNexis Academic and the Factiva databases.

• Factiva (Dow Jones)

• LexisNexis Academic

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Recommended Websites

Recommended Websites

iDA Singapore - keep up-to-date on the latest happenings in the infocomm industry at home.

Telecommunications Magazine - provides objective and informative analyses of operator and carrier strategies across the globe as well as news headlines, AudioCasts, Webinars, and email newsletters.

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