Subject Resources: Communication and Journalism
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![]() | 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers | |||
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![]() | 19th Century British Library Newspapers | |||
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![]() | ABI/INFORM Global
Business and management database providing extensive coverage of North America and the world | |||
| 1971-present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Accessible Archives
Archival 18th- and 19th century Northeast newspaper resources. | |||
| varies (18th- and 19th-century) | ![]() | |||
![]() | AccuNet: AP Multimedia Archive
Electronic library containing the AP's current year's photo reports and a selection of photos from their 50 million image print and negative library. | |||
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![]() | African American Newspapers: The 19th Century
Covers African-American newspapers from the 19th century. | |||
| 19th century; varies by title | ![]() | |||
![]() | Alt-HealthWatch
Full-text database focusing on alternative approaches to healthcare and wellness. | |||
| 1990 to the present | ![]() | |||
![]() | ArticleFirst
Table of contents pages for more than 13,000 journals | |||
| 1990 to the present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Britannica Online
Online version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary | |||
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![]() | Chicago Defender | |||
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![]() | Communication Abstracts
Reviews recent literature in communication studies | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | v. 21, no. 1 (1998) -- v. 26, no. 2 (2003) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Communication and Mass Media Complete | |||
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![]() | CQ Library
Index and full text access to the CQ Weekly and The CQ Researcher. | |||
| 1983 to the present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Current Research at University of Southern California:USC Disserations
A listing of dissertations and theses from USC. Includes full text in pdf format. | |||
| 1996- | ![]() | |||
![]() | Dissertation Abstracts
Covers every doctoral dissertation completed in the U.S. at accredited institutions for the last150 years | |||
| First Search (OCLC) See More Info for access information. | 1861- (indexing); 1980- (abstracting dissertations); 1988- (abstracting theses) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Early American Newspapers
Early American Newspapers (1690-1876) is an archive of Americana that provides a fascinating glimpse into our nation's past. | |||
| Readex | 1690-1876 | ![]() | ||
![]() | Ethnic NewsWatch
Full-text newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. | |||
| Proquest | 1990 to the present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Expanded Academic ASAP
Articles from more than 1,500 scholarly, trade and general-interest publications, many in full-text. | |||
| 1980 -- present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Facts on File News Archive
Events, issues, statistics and people of the last 20 years. | |||
| 1980 to present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Gartner intraWeb
Gartner intraWeb provides articles, analysis and insight into leading-edge technology and the IT industry. | |||
| 1996 to the present | ![]() | |||
![]() | GenderWatch
Full text database of publications focusing on the impact of gender across subject areas. | |||
| Proquest | 1970 to the present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Global NewsBank
News articles covering politics, economics, culture, business, science, technology, and the environment. | |||
| 1996-Current | ![]() | |||
![]() | HarpWeek
Electronically reproduced and enhanced pages of Harper's Weekly from The Civil War Era and Reconstruction I and II (1857-1874). | |||
| 1857 -- 1912 | ![]() | |||
![]() | Historical Newspapers
Access 18th-, 19th- and 20th-century indexes to The Times (London) and the New York Times. | |||
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| HOMER
Catalog of the Information Services Division's library materials (all libraries except Health Sciences Libraries and Law Library catalogs) | ||||
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![]() | LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe
Full text business, financial, legal, medical, biographical, government and domestic and international newspaper resources. | |||
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![]() | Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
Non-evaluative abstracts of articles from approximately 2,000 serials published worldwide. | |||
| Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) | 1973 to the present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Los Angeles Times (Proquest) | |||
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![]() | NetLibrary
Collection of full-text electronic books. | |||
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![]() | New York Times | |||
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![]() | NewsBank InfoWeb
Collection of primary source databases and access to world maps. | |||
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![]() | NewsBank NewsFile Collection
Full-text news resource covering over 500 national and international news sources. | |||
| 1991 to the present | ![]() | |||
![]() | NewsBank Retrospective
Full-text newspaper resource for contemporary American history (1971-1991). | |||
| 1971-1991 | ![]() | |||
![]() | Newspaper Abstracts
Abstracts of national and regional U.S. newspapers. | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | 1989 to the present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Noticias en Espanol
Full text Spanish language news articles relevant to Hispanics, Chicanos and Latinos in the U.S. | |||
| 1992 to the present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Official Index to the Times | |||
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![]() | Polling the Nations
Database of public opinion polls. | |||
| 1986 to the present. | ![]() | |||
![]() | Poole's Plus:The Digital Index of the Nineteenth Century
American popular periodicals and government information in the 19th century. | |||
| 1790s-1918 | ![]() | |||
![]() | ProQuest
Access databases of resources for arts, business, humanities, social sciences, science and newspaper resources. | |||
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![]() | ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times | |||
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![]() | ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times | |||
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![]() | Roper Center iPOLL | |||
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![]() | SIRS Researcher
General reference database containing thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, historic, economic, political, and global issues. | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | 1988 -- present (indexing); 1994 -- present (summaries) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Social Sciences Citation Index
Citation database for the social sciences | |||
| 1965 to present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Times Digital Archive | |||
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![]() | Union Lists of Periodicals
Holdings for journals and other covered items among OCLC member libraries. | |||
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![]() | Web of Knowledge (Web of Science)
Web of Science is part of ISI's Web of Knowledge which also includes Arts & Humanties and Social Sciences citation databases. | |||
| 1900-present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Wilson Book Review Digest Plus
Book reviews from current English-language periodicals. | |||
| H.W. Wilson | 1983 to the present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Wilson Humanities Full Text
An index of articles in the humanities. | |||
| H.W. Wilson | Indexing 1982+, Abstracting 1984+, ?select? Full Text 1994+ | ![]() | ||
![]() | Wilson Readers' Guide Full Text
Articles from popular periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada. | |||
| H.W. Wilson | Indexing 1982+, Abstracting 1984+, “select” Full Text 1994+ | ![]() | ||
![]() | Wilson Readers' Guide Retrospective
Index to periodicals. Coverage 1890-1982 | |||
| H.W. Wilson | 1890 -- 1982 | ![]() | ||
![]() | Wilson Social Sciences Full Text
International, English-language periodicals in sociology, anthropology, geography, economics, political science, and law | |||
| H.W. Wilson | Indexing 1982+, Abstracting 1984+, “select” Full Text 1994+ | ![]() | ||
![]() | World Development Indicators
This is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of statistical data about development. | |||
| 1960 -- present | ![]() | |||
eJournals | ||||
![]() | American Periodicals: A Journal of History, Criticism, and Bibliography | |||
| Project Muse | v. 13 (2003) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Artificial Intelligence
International forum for research involving artificial intelligence | |||
| ScienceDirect | v. 72, no. 1 (1995) -- present | ![]() | ||
| Brecha
Uruguayan news magazine. In Spanish. | ||||
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| Caretas
A magazine of current events and culture from Peru. In Spanish. | ||||
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![]() | Common Knowledge | |||
| Project Muse | v. 8, no. 1 (2002) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Communication Abstracts
Reviews recent literature in communication studies | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | v. 21, no. 1 (1998) -- v. 26, no. 2 (2003) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Communication Booknotes Quarterly | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | v. 32, no. 1 (2001) -- v. 33, no. 4 (2002) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Communication Education | |||
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![]() | Communication Research
Interdisciplinary forum for the presentation of new research in communication. | |||
![]() | First Search (OCLC) | v. 25, no. 1 (1998) -- 2004 | ![]() | |
![]() | Sage | v. 26, no. 1 (1999) -- present | ![]() | |
| Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine | ||||
| v. 1, no. 1 (1994)--v. 6, no. 1 (1999) | ![]() | |||
![]() | Critical Studies in Media Communication | |||
| MetaPress | v. 18, no. 2 (2001) -- current | ![]() | ||
| Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries
Focuses on the digital divide. Contemporary trends in Information & Communication Technology within a fully global context. | ||||
| Directory of Open Access Journals | 2000 -- Present | ![]() | ||
| etceter@
Etceter@ is the online version of Etcetera, a journal of politics and culture from Mexico. In Spanish. | ||||
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![]() | European Journal of Communication
Covers comparative communication theory, analysis and research and in comparisons between Europe and other parts of the world. | |||
![]() | First Search (OCLC) | v. 13, no. 1 (1998)-- 2004 | ![]() | |
![]() | Sage | v. 12, no. 1 (1997) -- present | ![]() | |
![]() | Human Communication Research | |||
| Oxford University Press | ![]() | |||
![]() | International Journal of Satellite Communications
Forum for all aspects of satellite communications | |||
| Wiley Interscience | Vol. 14, no. 1 (1996)--present | ![]() | ||
| Interpersonal Computing and Technology Journal
Pedagogical issues surrounding the use of computers and technology in educational settings | ||||
| Vol. 1, no. 1 (1993)--Vol. 5, no. 1-2 (1997) | ![]() | |||
![]() | Issue: A Journal of Opinion
Examines the political landscape of the African continent and Africanist communities throughout the world | |||
| JSTOR | v. 1 - 27 (1971 - 1999) | ![]() | ||
| JAC Online
Provides abstracts for JAC: A Journal of Composition Theory. | ||||
1.1 (1980)--16.3 (1996), full-text v. 17.1 (1997)--present, abstracts only | ![]() | |||
| Japan Media Review | ||||
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![]() | Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media | |||
| LEA | v. 49, no. 1 (2005) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of Communication | |||
| Oxford University Press | v. 48, no. 1 (1998) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of Communication Inquiry
Interdisciplinary study of communication and mass communication phenomena. | |||
![]() | First Search (OCLC) | v. 22, no. 1 (1998)-- 2004 | ![]() | |
![]() | Sage | v. 23, no. 1 (1999)-- present | ![]() | |
![]() | Journal of Electronic Publishing
Peer-reviewed journal on electronic publishing and scholarly communication. | |||
| v. 1, no. 1 (1995)-present | ![]() | |||
| Directory of Open Access Journals | 1995 -- Present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of Mass Media Ethics
The journal deals with all aspects of mass media ethics. | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | v. 12, no. 1 (1997)-- v. 17, no. 4 (2002) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of Media Economics
Articles on the economic aspects of mass media. | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | v. 10, no. 1 (1997)-- v. 15, no. 4 (2002) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of the ACM
Presentation of theoretical research in the core areas of computing | |||
| Vol. 32., no. 1 (1985)--present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Forum for new research in information transfer and communication processes | |||
| Wiley Interscience | Vol. 52, no. 1 (Jan. 2001)--present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Language & Communication | |||
| v. 15, no. 1 (1995) -- present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Law and Human Behavior
Publishes articles about the relationships between human behavior and the law, our legal system, and the legal process. | |||
| MetaPress (Springer) | v. 21, no. 1 (1997) -- present | ![]() | ||
| MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship
Practical and scholarly information on issues concerning academic media librarianship. | ||||
| v. 1, no. 1 (1993)--present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Media History | |||
| v. 6, no. 1 (2000) -- present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Media, Culture and Society
Publishes anything about media, culture and society | |||
![]() | First Search (OCLC) | v. 20, no. 1 (1998)-- 2004 | ![]() | |
![]() | Sage | v. 21, no. 1 (1999)-- present | ![]() | |
![]() | Mobile Networks and Applications
Addresses the convergence of mobility, computing and information organization, access and management | |||
| Vol. 1, no. 1 (1996)--present | ![]() | |||
| Nacional Online
Venezuelan online news journal | ||||
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| Online Journalism Review (OJR) | ||||
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![]() | Organization Science
Publishes fundamental research about organizations, including their processes, structures, technologies, identities, capabilities, forms, and performance. | |||
![]() | Extenza | v. 1, no. 1 (1990) -- present | ![]() | |
![]() | JSTOR | Vols. 1 - 12 (1990 - 2001) | ![]() | |
![]() | Organization Studies
Leading scholarly journal which addresses issues of organization theories and practice. | |||
![]() | First Search (OCLC) | v. 22, no. 1 (2001) -- 2004 | ![]() | |
![]() | Sage | v. 24, no. 1 (1999)-- present | ![]() | |
| Panama America en linea | ||||
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| Pendulo (Mexico - Spanish) | ||||
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![]() | Philosophy and Rhetoric
Articles on relations between philosophy and rhetoric. | |||
| Project Muse | v. 32, no. 2 (1999)--present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Poetics
Journal of Empirical Research on Culture, the Media and the Arts | |||
| ScienceDirect | v. 23, no. 1 (1995) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Political Communication
Encompasses all substantive aspects and research methodologies germane to the field. | |||
| v. 14, no. 1 (1997)-present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Population and Development Review
The journal contains articles on advances in theory and application, policy analysis, sociographic studies | |||
| Blackwell-Synergy | v. 25, no. 1 (1999) -- Present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Public Opinion Quarterly
Studies the development and role of communication and opinion research. | |||
| JSTOR | v. 1 - 63 (1937 - 1999) | ![]() | ||
| RhetNet: a dialogic publishing (ad)venture
Online journal of writing and publishing. | ||||
| Feb. 1995-Sep. 1997 | ![]() | |||
![]() | Rhetoric & Public Affairs
A new interdisciplinary journal devoted to the history, theory, and criticism of public discourse. | |||
| Project Muse | v. 3 (2000) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Science Communication
Forum for critical and analytical articles addressing communication issues in Science | |||
![]() | First Search (OCLC) | v. 20, no. 3 (1999)-- 2004 | ![]() | |
![]() | Sage | v. 20, no. 3 (1999)-- present | ![]() | |
| Science Fiction Weekly
Weekly e-journal of news, reviews and interviews. | ||||
| v. 20, no. 2 (May 6, 1996)--present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Speech Communication | |||
| ScienceDirect | ![]() | |||
![]() | SubStance
Major interdisciplinary journal with an appeal to a general audience. | |||
| Project Muse | v. 28, no. 2 (1999)--present | ![]() | ||
| Telecommunications Electronic Reviews
Materials that relate to networking and telecommunications | ||||
| Vol. 1, no. 1 (1994)--present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Telecommunications Policy | |||
| v. 19, no. 1 (1995) -- present | ![]() | |||
| Web Journal of Modern Language Linguistics
Online journal of linguistics. | ||||
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![]() | Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory
A narrative bibliography of work in the field of critical and cultural theory | |||
| Oxford University Press | v. 9, no. 1 (2002) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Youth & Society
Cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural journal on youth in society. | |||
![]() | First Search (OCLC) | v. 30, no. 1 (1999) -- 2004 | ![]() | |
![]() | Sage | v. 30, no. 3 (1999)-- present | ![]() | |
eBooks | ||||
![]() | Britannica Online
Online version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary | |||
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| Elements of Style
Classic reference book is a must-have for any student and conscientious writer | ||||
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![]() | NetLibrary Collection
Collection of full-text electronic books. | |||
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Web Sites | ||||
| Ad*Access
Selection of historical advertisements from U.S. publications | ||||
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| American Radicalism Collection
Resources on radicalism in America | ||||
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| Biblioteca Virtual de Prensa Historica (Spain) | ||||
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![]() | Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective
Over 11,000 newspaper articles from both sides of the war. | |||
| November 1, 1860 -- April 15, 1865. | ![]() | |||
| Clamor Publico, El
Entire run (1855 to1859) of 233 issues of this Spanish language newspaper | ||||
| 1855-1859 | ![]() | |||
| Directory of Electronic Journals, Newsletters and Academic Discussion Lists Archive
Listings of journals, newsletters, etc. accessible via the Internet | ||||
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| Google.groups [Usenet archive]
Indexed archive of Usenet news. | ||||
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| Historic Newspaper: Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online (1841-1902) | ||||
| 1841-1902 | ![]() | |||
| La Opinion | ||||
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| LANIC
Links to wide range of country and subject information on the internet related to Latin American and Chicano and Latino studies. | ||||
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| LAVA: Latin American Video Archives
Latin American video finding aid. | ||||
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![]() | New Left Review | |||
| no. 1, 2000 -- present | ![]() | |||
| Obituary Daily Times
Daily index of published obituaries. | ||||
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