1. Concerning Exploration of Sources

Cultural Studies as taught in Sabanci University has three major subcategories: Media Communications, Gender, and Popular Culture analysis. Below you will find a list of useful websites when going research on these three headings. However you have to remember that not all resources are available to everyone to access and use. There are some sites to which you have access only while you are on campus or can have off-campus access after following a certain procedure.

Through this exploration you will become more familiar with:

  1. the variety of resources and formats of information on Media Communications, Gender, and Popular Culture analysis available on the Web
  2. the key web pages that focus particular on Media Communications, Gender, and Popular Culture analysis and also
  3. start your own collection of useful websites

Let us start right away with the list of different sources and formats of information:

  • Formal Institutions:
    Libraries and Archives, Museums, Civil Society Organizations
  • Publications:
    Books and E-books, Course books, Theses, Conference papers, Article index, Some important journals
  • Media:
    Newspapers and networks, Videos and DVD
  • Informal Institutions:
    Special Interest Groups, Blogs, Email lists
  • Meta Research Sites:
    Encyclopedias, handbooks and dictionaries, Subject gateways