Research Hub: Mass Communication: Find Articles

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Allison Quam

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Krueger Library 130A
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Subjects: Arts Administration, English, Film Studies, Library and Information Science, Mass Communication, Music

WSU Periodical Finder

Find our if WSU has specific journals, magazines, or newspapers. Type in the Periodical title here (not article title).

WSU Periodical Finder

Core Mass Communication library databases

Use these databases to find the best articles from Mass Communication journals.

Some databases provide article citations, but not full text. The Find It! button will link to full text across databases. If full text is not available, request it via Interlibrary Loan.

Communication & Mass Media Complete
The major database for mass communications, communication studies, marketing, and related fields. Combined coverage of over 770 titles. Some full text.
JSTOR
Access to thousands of academic journals, books, and primary sources covering the social sciences, humanities, and arts. Some journal issues extend back to the 19th century. Full text.
Academic Search Premier
Broad database with both academic and general articles. Many are full text, but some are citation only.
Business Source Premier - Standard Interface
Business Source Premier contains full text from the world's top management and marketing journals including Harvard Business Review, California Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Industrial & Labor Relations Review, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Marketing Management, Journal of Marketing Research (JMR), Journal of Marketing, Journal of International Marketing, etc.
Additional full text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses. Business Source Premier contains PDF images for the great majority of journals; many of these PDF's are native (searchable) or scanned-in-color.
The database also includes other sources of full text information such as country economic reports from the EIU, Global Insight, ICON Group and CountryWatch and detailed company profiles for the world's 10,000 largest companies. Business Source Premier provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals including Academy of Management Journal is available back to 1958, Accounting Review to 1926, Administrative Science Quarterly to 1956, California Management Review to 1958, Industrial & Labor Relations Review to 1947, Journal of Accounting Research to 1963, Journal of Finance to 1946, Journal of Marketing to 1936, Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) to 1964, Management Science to 1954, Operations Research to 1956, etc.
CQ Researcher
In-depth, non-biased coverage of the most important and controversial issues of the day, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy.
Topic overviews for political, social, and cultural issues.
America: History and Life
Covers U.S. and Canadian history. Also strong in the social sciences and humanities. Access over 1,700 journals published worldwide, including state historical society journals. Citations for books, media, and dissertations as well. Coverage from 1954.

READ: Select an Article Database (A step-by-step guide)

A database is a searchable electronic index of published articles and/or article citations. To locate articles, select one (or more) of the Krueger Library's databases that is appropriate for your topic.

Search for Databases by Subject

From the Library homepage, you can either
1. Click on the green Databases button.
2. Or select the drop-down menu Search > Databases A-Z
Either find a database by its Name using the A-Z list or Filter by Subject to choose a database by a subject area. For example:
- Looking for articles on peer pressure and social media? Filter with the Psychology or Communication Studies databases.
- Looking for articles on caring for "prenatal care" and infants? Filter to Nursing and health related databases

Newspaper Databases

The WSU Library provides access to an array of newspaper databases. These are essential for mass communication research and newsgathering.

Winona City Newspaper Database
Open access to Winona-area newspapers from the mid-1800s-1976. Presented by Krueger Library with the support of the Minnesota Historical Society and the cooperation of the Winona County Historical Society.
New York Times Historical (1851 - 2019)
Full text and full image articles from the New York Times (1851-2021)