Communication Studies: Start Here

Provides indexing and full-text of peer-reviewed journals in the physical and social sciences, the arts, diversity studies, psychology, homeland security, and other subjects.

Provides over 200 full-text journals in communications studies, mass media and communication disorders, as well as indexing of major journalism reviews, recent encyclopedias and communications studies handbooks. Incorporates the content of CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, linguistics, rhetoric, language, logic, and other closely related fields.

Access World News Research Collection is a full-text news resource consisting over 9,700+ local, regional, national and international sources (6,200+ US and 3,500+ international sources). Updated daily, it offers researchers and students valuable primary source information on today’s issues and events from newspapers, newswires, transcripts, video clips, web only, and blogs. Through convenient Web-based access to comprehensive news and information the researcher can easily find varying perspectives on a wide variety of topics, including economics, business, political science, environmental issues, health and welfare topics, social problems, consumer affairs, education, local government, international affairs and defense, laws, sports and much more. Offering a variety of perspectives from all over the world, the important news sources in this collection are ideal for comparing and contrasting views on both local and global issues.