Introduction
Databases are tools to help you find information and are organized by discipline, format, or both. Subject specific databases contain resources relating to subject areas like like Communication & Mass Media Complete contains resources relating to Communication Studies and Mass Communication. Multidisciplinary databases like Academic Search Premier have a variety of resources on several disciplines. Read the descriptions to learn more about what is in each individual database.
Academic Articles
Keywords
Resource Sharing
Resource sharing, sometimes referred to as Interlibrary Loan (ILL), allows you to get books, book chapters, DVDs, and articles that aren't available in Krueger Library.
Physical items, like books and DVDs, can take a week or longer to arrive. Online articles or book chapter scans often arrive faster and are sent directly to your email.
To learn more about resource sharing including how to make a request, check out the Borrow and Renew section of the library's website.
Mass Communication Databases
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Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Broad database with both academic and general articles. Many are full text, but some are citation only.
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Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
The major database for mass communications, communication studies, marketing, and related fields. Combined coverage of over 770 titles. Some full text.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new windowAccess 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.
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Project Muse This link opens in a new windowFull text journals from Johns Hopkins University Press, emphasizing the humanities and social sciences.
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ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowScholarly articles, mostly in the sciences, though some social sciences. Citations from 1980. Some full text starting in 1993, more full text from 1997.
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Business Source Premier - Standard Interface This link opens in a new window
Access 1018 active full-text journals, including Harvard Business Review, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Management Science, Marketing Science, MIS Quarterly, Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, Fortune, and many others.
See a complete indexing list.
Advanced Search Techniques
- Boolean Searching = using the AND, OR, and NOT operators to broaden or narrow a search
- OR = includes either or both terms in your results
- AND = retrieves results with both terms
- NOT = excludes search word or phrase
- Phrase Searching = telling the database to search a string of words as a phrase rather than individually
- “communication privacy management theory” retrieves fewer, more relevant results than searching without “”
- Truncation = using an * to find alternate endings to root words
- Self-disclos* will retrieve results containing self-disclose, self-disclosed, self-disclosure, self-disclosures
- Subject Linking = using the hyperlinked subject terms to find relevant information
- Subjects are assigned to a source to classify what it's about
- Searching or using the hyperlinked subject terms retrieves more relevant results
Use in combination across several searches!
