Databases by Subject -- Communications

Find Articles in Databases

Use the following databases to find articles in scholarly journals, magazines, conferences, etc.

Academic OneFile (Partial Full-Text)
1980 - present
Comprehensive database with millions of articles from journals and other reference sources. Includes articles on a variety of subjects such as: business and small business, communications and mass media, computers, criminal justice, diversity, education, environmental studies, health and medicine, landscaping and horticulture, military and terrorism, pop culture, psychology, religion and philosophy, and science. Includes the full-text coverage of The New York Times from 1995 to present.

General OneFile (Partial Full-Text)
1980 - present
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images.

OmniFile Mega (Partial Full-Text)
1982 - present
A one-stop multidisciplinary database covering many subjects such as: education, sciences, humanities, social sciences, etc. Contains everything (all the indexing, abstracting, and full-text) in the six other Wilson databases: Education Index, Science Index, Humanities Index, Readers' Guide Index, Social Sciences Index, Business Index.

LexisNexis Academic (Full-Text)
Find general, legal and news information. Includes U.S. and world news, wire service reports, television and radio news broadcasts, transcripts, blogs, business news, and web publications. Also locate U.S. and state laws, court cases, and legal reviews, as well as company information, and biographical information on business, political, legal, national and international figures.

SIRS (Full-Text)
Current
Provides access to full-text articles and internet resources on a variety of subjects such as economics, health, history, business, science, literature, the arts, philosophy, film, etc. An excellent source for government information and U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

Find an e-Journal

If you are looking for a list of journal or magazine titles about Communications, go to the Full-Text online versions of these titles.

Useful Books Located in the Library

Encyclopedia of Television. (3 Vols.)
Newcomb, Horace. ed.
Publisher: Chicago : Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997.
Reference Room (3rd Floor) - [Ref] PN1992.18 .E53 1997

The Encyclopedia of American radio.
Lackmann, Ron.
New York : Facts On File, 2000.
Reference Room (3rd Floor) - [Ref] PN1991.3.U6 L29 2000

History of the Mass Media in the United States : an Encyclopedia.
Blanchard, Margaret A.
Chicago : Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998.
Reference Room (3rd Floor) - [Ref] P92.U5 H55 1998

Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media. (4 Vols.)
Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research, c1990-
Reference Room (3rd Floor) - [Ref] Z6951 .A97

Call Numbers for Browsing

P 87-96	Communication. Mass Media.
P 94.7	Interpersonal Communication.
P 95-95.6	Oral Communication. Speech.
P 99.5-99.6	Non-Verbal Communication.
P 301-301.51	Style, Composition, Rhetoric
PN 1990-1992.92	Broadcasting

Selected Web Sites

Broadcast Education Association

BEA's web page; includes scholarships, research, media.

Journalistic Resources Page

Resources designed to serve scholars, journalists and other professional to access information on the Internet.

Voice of the Shuttle (VOS) - Media Studies Page

Covers Internet sites related to media studies, journalism, film studies, TV, radio, and media theory and history.

Yahoo! Directory for Communications