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Research Guide:  Communication Studies
Finding Background Info  [help]
     Tip:  use these sources for quick overviews, to develop vocabulary for searching and/or for more sources
  Oxford Reference Online Database - access to over 140 online reference books  
  CQ Electronic Library --  a series of databases focusing on American government. The collection includes original content, current information, statistics, analysis, and comprehensive coverage in a range of government-related topics
  CQ Researcher  --  covers weekly in-depth original non-biased reporting on major, controversial issues with complete summaries and bibliographies since 1923
  International Encyclopedia of Communication  -- Spans the breadth of communication studies, including coverage of theories, media and communication phenomena, research methods, problems, concepts, and geographical areas
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Finding Articles [help]
  ComAbstracts   -- contains abstracts of articles and books published in the primary professional literature of the communication(s) field as well as bibliographic records and audio materials
  Communication & Mass Media Complete  -- incorporates CommSearch produced by the National Communication Association and Mass Media Articles Index produced by Penn State.  Major areas of coverage include:  Communications, Mass Media, Journalism, Television, Radio, Communication Theory and more! 
PsycNET  -- Search both PsycARTICLES & PsycINFO for Psychology articles, dating back to 1872
  SocINDEX  --   Full text of journal articles, and indexing and abstracts for "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895
  Social Science Citation Index -- Provides access to more than 1,700 scholarly social sciences journals covering more than 50 disciplines
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Finding Books [help]
  Library Catalog -- search by subject, keyword, author or title!
Web Resources
  Too many to list on this page!  Click here for some selected WWW resources!
   
Related resources:

  Film Studies: Starting Points


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