Communication Studies Guide

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  • Minerva, UofL Libraries' Catalog
  • Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)*
  • Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (CSA)*
  • Sociological Abstracts (CSA)*
  • PsycINFO (Ovid)*
  • PsycINFO (EBSCO)*
  • ProQuest*
  • Communication Abstracts (CSA)*
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Complete List of Communication Studies Databases

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ABI/INFORM

ABI/Inform searches periodicals and news sources covering different aspects of business information, including: scholarly research, businesses traditions and trends, corporate strategies, management techniques, and competitive and product information. Some full-text articles. (ProQuest) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

Books In Print

Comprehensive database of bibliographic records for over 5 million book, audio book, and video titles. Also includes publishers catalogs, lists of 400 awards from 10 countries, and selected reviews. (Bowker) More info

Communication Abstracts

A comprehensive source of information about communication-related publications on a world-wide scale. Covers communication-related articles, reports, papers, and books from a variety of publishers, research institutions, and information sources, as well as international literature in film studies, the role of technology in human communications, risk communication, crisis communication and public opinions. (CSA) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

Communication & Mass Media Complete

Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC) incorporates the content of CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index along with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields. Cover-to-cover indexing and abstracting for more than 420 journals, with selected coverage of nearly 200 more. Includes full-text from 301 journals. (EBSCOhost) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

Dissertations

EBSCO Academic

Indexing and abstracts for over 8000 publications with full-text for over half of the publications. (EBSCOhost) Find It @ UofL Funded by Kentucky Virtual Library Database Help

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe

Access to a wide range of full-text material in News (General, U.S., World, News wires & transcripts, Non-english language, Business, Legal, University, Medical, Arts & Sports); Business (Business News, Industry & Market News, Accounting Literature, Company Information [financial reports, profiles, SEC & EDGAR filings & reports], Business Directories); and Legal (Legal News & Reviews, Case Law, Codes & Regulations [U.S. federal and state], Canadian Legislative Materials, European Union Law, Commonwealth & Foreign Nations, Patent Research Tools, and Legal Career Resources) Database Help More info

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts

A collection of abstracts which reflects the world's literature in language behavior, linguistics, and related disciplines. 1973 - present. (CSA) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

Minerva

Catalog of items owned by the seven University of Louisville Libraries.

Periodicals Index Online

Indexes the contents of older issues (1770-1995) of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences. (Chadwyck-Healey) More info

ProQuest Digital Dissertations

Formerly known as Dissertations Abstracts International. Contains 1.6 million citations for dissertations and theses from over 1,000 graduate schools. Provides indexing back to 1861 and full-text availability to titles back to 1997 (full-text availability varies by author's institution). Free full-text downloads can be sent to an email account. Database Help More info

ProQuest Direct

Includes a cross-section of general periodicals, ABI/INFORM business periodicals, and several national newspapers in full-text. (ProQuest) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

ProQuest Research Library

Search for coverage of a broad range of subjects including arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests. Some full-text. Includes the database formerly known as Periodical Abstracts. (ProQuest) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

PsycARTICLES

Database of full-text journals from the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. PsycARTICLES is only searchable within the OVID version of PsycINFO.

PsycINFO

Provides indexing and abstracting for the professional and academic literature (books, book chapters, dissertations and 1300 journals) in psychology and related disciplines.
  • Ovid: includes PsycARTICLES (links to Minerva show UofL journal holdings); 1872 to the present Find It @ UofL Database Help More info
  • EBSCOhost: 1887 to the present. Find It @ UofL Funded by Kentucky Virtual Library Database Help More info

Social Sciences Index

Index to articles in the social sciences. (H.W. Wilson) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

Social Sciences Citation Index

Indexes more than 1,725 journals spanning 50 disciplines in the social sciences. Includes and is searchable by references cited in each article. Maximum number of simultaneous users: 13 (split between Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Journal Citation Reports). (ISI's Web of Science) Database Help More info

Sociological Abstracts

Abstracts to articles from 2,300 journals on all aspects of sociology. (CSA) Find It @ UofL Database HelpMore info

Sociological Collection

The Sociological Collection is a comprehensive database with nearly 570 full text titles. This database provides information on all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure. (EBSCOhost) Find It @ UofL Funded by Kentucky Virtual Library Database Help More info

WorldCat

Books and other materials in libraries worldwide. (FirstSearch) Funded by Kentucky Virtual Library Database Help More info

 

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