LibGuides: Communication: Find Books and Reference Materials

Electronic Books and Reference Materials

Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window Encyclopedias, biographical collections, business plan handbooks, company history compilations, consumer health references, and specialized reference sources from a wide range of disciplines. Terms of Use.
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.
SAGE Knowledge This link opens in a new window Provides full-text access to encyclopedias and handbooks in such subjects as anthropology, communication, criminal justice, education, geography, human resources, political science, psychology, public policy, sociology, and sports medicine. Terms of Use.

Communication Theory, History, and Practice

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.

Culture and Popular Culture

Health Communication

Media and Journalism

Organizational Communication

These textbooks and research materials are freely available online.

Communication in the Real World: An Introduction to Communication Studies
Communication Research Measures These are measures that have been developed by researchers who are, or at one time were, faculty members or graduate students at West Virginia University. They were developed for use by researchers and may be used for research or instructional purposes with no individualized permission.
Communication Theory
Social Science Research: Principles, Methods & Practices
Survey of Communication Study

Find Print Books

These are some Communication subject headings which you can use to search our catalog. To use them, change the dropdown menu from "Keyword" to "Subject" and plug in one of the terms below.

Subject headings:
Communication
Communication -- Dictionaries
Communication -- Encyclopedias
Communication -- Research
Communication in Organizations
Communication in Families
Communication Methodology
Interpersonal Communication
Mass Media
Mass Media and Culture
Oral Tradition
Oratory
Press
Press and Politics
Public Speaking
Speeches, Addresses, Etc.
Storytelling