Databases
- Most Important Resources
- Articles (Journals & Magazines)
- Related Resources (Social Sciences & Humanities)
- Biographies
- Dissertations
- Library Catalogs
Most Important Resources
Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMI) (1915 to present)
- Provides indexing and abstracting of articles in several hundred journals in the fields of human communication and mass media.
- Includes the fulltext of articles from over 240 journals, including most years of all the journals from the National Communication Association.
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PsycINFO (1872 to present)
- Indexes over 2,000 journals in psychology and related disciplines, including most aspects of communication. Also indexed are some books and dissertations.
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Articles (Journals & Magazines)
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ProQuest Research Library
- When searching for communication theories or models, click on Advanced Search (tab across the top). Choose "Citation and Document Text" from the drop down menu and type your theory.”
- To limit a search to some of the main/core communication journals, choose Advanced Search from the tabs across the top. Type Communication in one of the boxes and choose Publication Title from the drop-down menu.
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- Choose the following three databases by clicking in the boxes beside them: Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, and MasterFILE Fulltext.
- These databases index a few thousand popular magazines and scholarly journals in all subject areas, including interpersonal communication, organizational communication, political communication, small group communication and related areas
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- A single database covering a few thousand popular magazines and scholarly journals in all subject areas, including all areas of communication
- In most cases, limit your search to “refereed publications” to assure that your information comes from scholarly journals
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Related Resources (Social Sciences & Humanities)
Contemporary Women's Issues (1992 to present)
- Provides full text access to information on women in 150 countries from journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, as well as government and international agencies
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Gender Studies (1972 to present)
- Indexes and sometimes abstracts journals, books and other publications on gender studies.
- Use the Advanced Search for more focused searching for communication topics.
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- Indexing and abstracting of more than 400 education journals.
- Includes some full text from approximately 185 education journals.
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- Provides citations and abstracts to all aspects of educational research and resources taken from professional journals and education related reports, conference proceedings and other non-journal literature (ERIC Documents)
- More info on ERIC via EBSCO
Humanities & Social Science Retrospective (1907-1984)
- Covers hundreds of English-language journals in communication, archaeology, classics, art, performing arts, philosophy, history, music, linguistics, literature, religion, and rhetoric.
- Indexes articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, and bibliographies.
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LLBA: Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (1973 to present)
- Abstracts books, technical reports, articles in approximately 2,000 journals; indexes book reviews and dissertations.
- Covers language behavior, linguistics (including psycholinguistics, phonology, syntax, semantics, morphology, sociolinguistics,) nonverbal communication, phonetics, and hearing and speech physiology and pathology (communication disorders).
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Sociological Abstracts (1963 to present)
- Abstracts for over 2000 journals, plus books, conference papers, and other materials in sociology, social psychology, social work, community development, demography, and feminist studies.
- International in scope.
- Many foreign language titles.
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Biographies
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
- Indexes more than 3,700 volumes covering 15 million biographical sketches of contemporary and historical persons.
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- Additional resources are listed on the Biography reference page.
Dissertations
Dissertation Abstracts International
- Indexes all dissertations from U.S. colleges and universities and a few from foreign universities
- Provides abstracts from 1980 to date
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Library Catalogs
- A catalog for the holdings of most academic and public libraries primarily in the US and some foreign countries as well. Includes books, manuscripts, journals, newspapers, films, videos, and maps in print, microform, and electronic format. Does not index individual periodical articles.
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Communication Studies Resources
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Nancy Fogarty
Communication Studies Librarian
