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Recommended Databases: Communication

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Academic Search Elite via Ebsco
Broad coverage —including biological sciences, economics, communications, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences and women's studies. MORE DETAILS...

Abstracts: 1984+
Full text: 1990+

ComAbstracts
Abstracts articles published in the primary professional literature of the communication(s) field covering communication studies, rhetoric, journalism, mass communication, speech and more.
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Communication & Mass Media Complete
Provides research in areas related to communication and mass media. CMMC incorporates the content of CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index along with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study.
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Linguistics Abstracts Online
The online edition of Linguistics Abstracts annually indexes and abstracts articles from some 300 journals in linguistics studies worldwide. MORE DETAILS...


1983+

Social Sciences Citation Index
Published by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI); Delivered via the Web of Science platform.
The Social Sciences Citation Index® (SSCI®) and Social SciSearch® provide access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in over 1,700 of the world's leading scholarly social sciences journals covering more than 50 disciplines. They also cover individually selected, relevant items from approximately 3,300 of the world's leading science and technology journals. MORE DETAILS...


1991+

Sociological Abstracts via CSA
Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. MORE DETAILS...


1963+
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Arts & Humanities Search via FirstSearch
Online version ISI's Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Covers world's leading arts and humanities journals in a broad range of disciplines and more. MORE DETAILS...

1980+
Current Contents Connect
A multidisciplinary current awareness Web resource providing access to complete bibliographic information from over 8,000 of the world's leading scholarly journals and more than 2,000 books. MORE DETAILS...

1998+
Dissertations & Theses via Proquest
The database includes citations for materials ranging from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those accepted as recently as last semester; those published from 1980 forward also include 350- word abstracts, written by the author. Citations for master's theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Of the millions of titles listed, UMI offers over 1.8 million in full text.

The database represents the work of authors from over 1,000 North American graduate schools and European universities. MORE DETAILS...

Humanities Full Text part of WilsonWeb's OmniFile
Feature articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, reviews of plays, operas, ballets, dance, musicals, movies, and TV and radio programs.
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Abstracts: 1984+
Full text: 1995+

then search within Omnifile
Journalism & Mass Communication Abstracts
The database includes abstracts of dissertations and theses accepted for graduate degrees.
MasterFile Select via Ebsco
Full text from over 750 general reference, business, consumer
health, general science, humanities, and multicultural periodicals. MORE DETAILS...

Abstracts: 1984+
Full text: 1990+
MLA International Bibliography
Produced by the Modern Language Association covers literature, languages, linguistics, folklore, etc. MORE DETAILS...

1963+

PsycINFO via Ebsco
PsycINFO extensively covers psychological literature and includes relevant materials from related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, education, social work, law, criminology, social science, and organizational behavior.
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1967+
Reader's Guide Full Text part of WilsonWeb's OmniFile
Covers the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the US and Canada. MORE DETAILS...

1994+

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Research Library via ProQuest Direct
Provides access to full-text journals across a wide range of subject areas, including business, education, literature, political science, and psychology.MORE DETAILS...

1971+

Sirs Renaissance
Select full-text articles covering cultures, architecture, philosophy, religion and visual arts. MORE DETAILS...


1992+

Social Sciences Full Text part of WilsonWeb's OmniFile
Covers the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, law and criminology, political science, social work, sociology, etc. MORE DETAILS...


Abstracts: 1994+
Full text: 1995+

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