LibGuides at USA: CA 501: Communication Research Methods I: Finding Articles

Selected Databases

Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Over 700 journals in communication and media studies indexed, with full text for 380.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
SAGE Journals Online This link opens in a new window
Full-text available for 574 journals.

Communications and Mass Media Collection (Gale/InfoTrac)
191 full-text journals which contain articles on all aspects of the communications field.

Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
Access is to 1997 to current. Backfiles available for the Psychology, Business & Management, Biotechnology, Biochemistry & Biophysics, and Earth & Environmental Sciences collections.
SpringerLink This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to 1,961 journals, 1997-current. Also contains a collection of over 29,000 electronic books from Springer Publishing for the years 2005 to 2011. Sort your results by date so that the books we have access to will appear first. You can also tell if a book is part of our collection if the square to the left of the title is green.
Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
Over 1500 professional and scholarly journals in education.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Includes trade journals, country economic reports, industry reports and market research reports. Full-text.

Newspapers

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Database of news, business and legal research. For educational activities only.
ProQuest US Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window
Index to 143 US and international newspapers.
Mobile Press-Register This link opens in a new window
1992 - present. Data from 10/01 to 1/10/03 is currently unavailable.
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Small ethnic newspapers

African American Historical Newspapers, 1827-1998
Can browse by historical eras in American History

Selected Journals

To view individual journal titles, use the Our Journal List link on the library homepage. You can search by journal title, or browse by discipline, as shown in the screenshot below.

Journal/E-Book List
The list of newspapers, magazines, and journals subscribed to by the library. Use this to search a specific periodical or to locate a citation.
American Rhetoric's list of communication journals

Finding Dissertations

USA Dissertations are located in the reference area of the Marx Library on the 2nd floor, north side. They may be checked out. USA dissertations are also listed in the library catalog (SOUTHcat) and in ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. Additionally, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses provides access to dissertations from other universities.

Dissertations & Theses This link opens in a new window
Use this database to find dissertations from many universities. YOU WILL ONLY HAVE ACCESS TO USA DISSERTATIONS.
Dissertation Express This link opens in a new window
Free access to the citations, without abstracts, of the dissertations in Dissertation Abstracts. Ordering database only. Search by author, title, or UMI order number.