Suggested Resources for Communication

Indexes & Databases to Articles
Good places to start your research ...

Info	Database Name	Access	Database Description
	Academic OneFile		Interdisciplinary index of major academic periodicals
	Academic Search Premier		Interdisciplinary index to academic journals; provides full-content for over 3400 titles
	ComAbstracts		ComAbstracts contains abstracts of articles and books published in the primary professional literature of the communication(s) field.

Indexes & Databases to Articles
For further research ...

 

Info	Database Name	Access	Database Description
	Alternative Press Index		Indexes 250 alternative, radical, and left publications
	America: History and Life (EBSCO)		Index to articles on United States and Canadian history
	Arts and Humanities Citation Index		Author citing index to articles in the arts and humanities citation database, 1980 - present. (Available through Web of Science, 1997-)
	Business Source Premier		Provides full text for scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more
	CIOS (Communication Institute for Online Scholarship)		Index to citations (no abstracts) to 30 titles
	CQ Researcher		CQ Research report offers in-depth non-biased coverage of political and social issues.
	CQ Weekly		CQ weekly reports nonpartisan news and analysis from Congress.
	Elsevier Science Direct		Elsevier Science journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences
	Emerald Online		Full-text access to 130 management, applied science, and library and information science titles.
	Ethnic News Watch		Full-text newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native presses.
	Gallup Brain		Public opinion results to more than 136,000 questions, and responses from more than 3.5 million people interviewed by The Gallup Poll since 1935.
	Historical New York Times Digital Archive		Full page images of the New York Times, from its first issue in 1851 to 2000. Includes digital images of every page from every issue, cover to cover, including the New York Times Book Review.
	LLBA (Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts)		Index to citations and abstracts about the nature and use of language
	NewsStand		Online access to over 250 national and international newspapers
	PAIS International		Indexes articles on public affairs
	Points of View Reference Center		Points of View is designed to assist researchers in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects.
	Psychology Journals (Proquest CSA)		Full-text of nearly 300 academic journals in psychology and related fields
	PsycINFO		Indexes more than 1,400 journals on psychology, psychiatry, sociology, education, linguistics and physiology
	Sage eReference		Electronic reference books published by Sage.
	SAGE Premier		Provides access to 485+ SAGE journal titles in the social sciences, humanities, medicine, engineering, and physical and life sciences, with backfile to 1999.
	Social Sciences Citation Index		Social Sciences Citation Index for the years 1997- to the present is now available via the internet through a product called Web of Science. The paper version of Social Sciences Citation Index is available in the General Index Area of the library under the call number H1 .A3 S67x and covers the years 1970-1998.
	Sociological Abstracts		Indexes articles in sociology and social policy

 

 

Web Sites

 

American Communication Association

International Speech Communication Association

National Communication Association

 

Research Help

 

  

For searching assistance or help using any of the above databases, contact:

Jodi Carlson, Reference Librarian

Email:jlcarlso

Phone:726-7880

L274

University of Minnesota

416 Library Drive

Duluth MN 55812-2495