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Databases

Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window A research and reference resource of unprecedented scope and depth encompassing the breadth of the communication discipline, with abstracts for more than 500 journals and full text for over 380. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1901-present.
International Encyclopedia of Communication Online This link opens in a new window Coverage spans the breadth of communication studies, including coverage of theories, media and communication phenomena, research methods, problems, concepts, and geographical areas. Terms of Use. Coverage: 2008-2010.
Routledge Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window Chapman’s access includes specific Asian Studies, Communication and Media, Health and Social Care, History, Music, Performance, Philosophy, and Security Studies collections. To access, click a subject in the middle of the page, then check "Full access only". | Terms of Use. Coverage: 2010-2016.
CIOS This link opens in a new window Publishes interrelated census-level databases providing different views on the communication field's scholarship, people, and academic departments. Includes the Visual Communication Concept Explorer, ComAbstracts, ComIndex Online, ComVista, and ComAnalytics.
Communication Abstracts This link opens in a new window International coverage of major journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1947-present.

Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from journals and reference sources covering the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature, and other subjects. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1980-present.
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window A multi-disciplinary database providing access to scholarly journals articles, newspapers, popular magazines, and reviews. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1975-present.
CQ Researcher Plus Archive This link opens in a new window In-depth analysis reporting on the most current and controversial issues of the day. Each issue features a look ahead, a pro-con section that presents opposing viewpoints, a chronology, and annotated bibliographies to point the way to additional research. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1923-present.
eBook Academic Collection This link opens in a new window Over 250,000 multidisciplinary e-book titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter, including titles from leading university presses. Terms of Use. Each book is restricted to 1 download at a time (requires Adobe Digital Editions or the EBSCO Mobile App). Unlimited users may read in browser.
Emerald Journals This link opens in a new window Coverage of current and backfile content in over 150 peer-reviewed journals. The back files provide access to to a digitized collection of more than 100 years of management research, including over 68,000 articles from more than 120 journals. Terms of Use.
ERIC (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window A digital library of education research and information sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) at the U.S. Department of Education. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1966-present.
General OneFile This link opens in a new window Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from journals and reference sources covering the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature, and other subjects. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1980-present.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window An interdisciplinary ebook and journal platform to support scholarship and teaching. Provides access to select current subscriptions as well as the archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Terms of Use.
OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window Serves as a multi-disciplinary database providing the complete content from six full-text databases: Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text Mega, Social Sciences Full Text, and Business Abstracts with Full Text. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1982-present.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window Includes millions of citations to dissertations and theses from 1861 to present around the world with over one million full-text dissertations available to download in PDF format. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1861-present.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window Contains over 5 million citations and summaries of peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and dissertations from the behavioral and social sciences in 29 languages from 50 countries. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1872-present.
SAGE Research Methods Online This link opens in a new window A tool to learn about research methodologies through books, reference content, videos, case studies, and more. Helps users design research projects, understand particular methods or identify a new method, conduct their research, and write up their findings. | Terms of Use.
Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window Journals in the social sciences encompassing the literature of a range of interdisciplinary fields, including the latest concepts, trends, opinions, theories, and methods from both the applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1983-present.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1952-present.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window Provide access to the world’s leading scholarly literature and indexes in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, proceedings, Current Chemical Reactions, Index Chemicus, and more. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1898-present.

Chicago Tribune Historical (1849-1988) This link opens in a new window Includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue and offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1849-1988.
Christian Science Monitor Historical (1908-1998) This link opens in a new window Includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue and offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1908-1998.
Los Angeles Times This link opens in a new window Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1985-present.
Los Angeles Times Historical (1881-1988) This link opens in a new window Includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue and offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1881-1988.
New York Times Historical (1851-2008) This link opens in a new window Provides access to digitized pages of the New York Times back files, including news articles, editorials, obituaries, marriage and birth announcements, reviews, and advertisements. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1851-2008.
US West Newsstream This link opens in a new window Search regional news content from Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Archives feature newspapers, newswires, news sites, trade journals, and magazines. Click here for a list of publications covered in US West Newsstream. | Terms of Use. Coverage: 1968-present.
Wall Street Journal This link opens in a new window The financial newspaper of record offering in-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as coverage of hard news. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1984-present.
Wall Street Journal Historical (1889-1994) This link opens in a new window Includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue and offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1889-1994.
Washington Post Historical (1877-1995) This link opens in a new window Includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue and offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1877-1995.

Journals

Below are a few important journals in the field of communication. For a full listing of peer-reviewed communication-related journals carried by the Leatherby Libraries, browse the "Communication" subject listing in our Journal A-Z List (Publication Finder).

International Association for Media and Communication Research Open Access Journals A list of open-access, some peer-reviewed online journals in the field of media and communications.
American Communication Journal
Communication Methods and Measures
Communication Research Reports
Health Communication
Human Communication Research
Intercultural Communication Studies
International Journal of Communication
Journal of Applied Communication Research
Journal of Communication Studies
Journal of Health Communication
Journal of Language and Social Psychology
Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation
Language and Communication