Resources for Communication Studies 

 

Research Guide (click on "Communication")

 Includes reference sources, citation guides, databases, websites and more.

 

How to find an article listed in a bibliography

 

 

How to Find Books

 

 

How to request articles or books (Interlibrary Loan)

 

 

How to Cite Your Sources

 

 

 

Databases

 

 

 

Communication & Mass Media Complete

 

 Contains the full-text of over 350 journals covering all aspects of communication studies.  Click the link above, and then click on the title in the alphabetical list that appears.  Next, check the box for Communication Studies and click "Continue" at the top of the page.  You can also search more than one of the databases by checking more than one box and clicking Continue. View these video tutorials to learn how to search and use special features of this database:

 

 

 

 

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Communication Studies: SAGE Full-Text

 

 

Contains the full-text of 19 journals which cover "journalism, public opinion, political communication, mass communication, interpersonal communication, cultural studies, intercultural communication, tv/film studies, media studies, business communication, organizational/management communication, written communication, rhetoric, and literacy studies". 

 

 

Click the link above, and then click on the title in the alphabetical list that appears.  Next, check the box for Communication Studies and click "Continue" at the top of the page.  You can also search more than one of the databases by checking more than one box and clicking Continue.

 

 

 

 

 

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Wilson OmniFile

 

Wilson Databases2.ppsx (Tutorial)

 

 

 

 An multi-disciplinary database containing citations, citations with abstracts, and full-text articles.  Coverage goes back to 1982 with full-text coverage for some sources beginning in 1994. 

 

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InfoTrac Tutorial2.ppsx

 

 

A group of 22 databases, 17 of which can be searched at the same time.  Click the link above, then click on "InfoTrac Databases".  A list with all 22 databases and their descriptions will appear.  Check one or more databases, then click Continue at the top of the page. 

 

To search one of the 5 databases which must be searched separately, scroll down to the bottom of the list and click on the database's title.

 

Note to non-students:  This database is also available through the State Library of Kansas with a free Kansas State Library card. Click here for more information

 

 

 

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