Research Guides: Communication: Articles

Databases for Communication: Best Bets

Academic Search Complete
Broad database with articles on many topics from scholarly journals and magazines. Full text for many articles and books.
Communication & Mass Media Complete
Communications and mass media e-books and articles from scholarly journals and magazines. Full text for many articles.
Newspaper Source Plus
Provides a full text digital collection of the world's major news content, including millions of articles from newspapers, newswires, and news magazines.

New York Times with Index
Full text coverage from 1851-2019 of the largest daily metropolitan newspaper in the United States. New York Times has been published since 1851.
JSTOR
Full text scholarly articles and e-books in many disciplines. Most recent 3-5 years full text not included. Access to JSTOR Arts & Sciences I-VII and Life Sciences archive collections. Journal subscriptions to The College Mathematics Journal, 2006-; The William and Mary Quarterly, 2001-; The American Mathematical Monthly 2006-. All e-books in JSTOR are digital rights management-free (DRM-free).
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Films on Demand
Streaming video platform with content spanning all subjects, including the Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences, Business, Economics and Health. All films have public performance rights.
A free Films on Demand app is available for both Android and Apple devices. Downloading one of these apps is not required, but they are available for those who prefer to use them.
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NOTE: Bibliographic records access to the flagship journal for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication is available at Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly. Citations for these articles may also be found in our databases.

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Scholarly vs. Popular

SCHOLARLY	POPULAR
Credentials of the author	No author, only a name provided, no credentials
Peer reviewed
Length of article (usually 10+ pages)	Short in length (usually under 5 pages)
Specialized vocabulary	Generalized vocabulary
Written for an academic audience	Written for a broad audience
Bibliography/References/Footnotes	No citations supporting article information