Databases by Subject: Communication Studies

CIOS (Communication Institute for Online Scholarship) 

Full Text: Partial 
Description:  The Communication Institute for Online Scholarship is a  not-for-profit organization supporting the use of computer technologies in the service of communication scholarship and education. They are the providers of CIOS Journal Index and ComAbstracts, as well as other products found on this web page. To view full-text, users may need to install a free viewer (djvu plugin) to open/read the full-text articles. There is an "install djvu plugin" button next to the "read article (djvu)" button at the bottom of all articles with full-text.

CIOS Open Journals Index

Dates Covered: varies by title, updated annually
Full Text: No 
Description:  Indexing of articles published in academic journals that serve the communication discipline.

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Dates Covered: varies by title 
Full Text: Partial 
Description: The ComAbstracts database 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. To view full-text, users may need to install a free viewer (djvu plugin) to open/read the full-text articles. There is an "install djvu plugin" button next to the "read article (djvu)" button at the bottom of all articles with full-text.

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Full Text: Partial 
Description: Communication & Mass Media Complete provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. This database originated with the acquisition and subsequent merging of two popular databases in the fields of communication and mass media studies -- CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association (NCA)), and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Pennsylvania State University). Communication & Mass Media Complete provides an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and educators interested in any and all aspects of communication and mass media.

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Sage Journals Online

Full Text: Yes
Description: Sage Journals Online is a comprehensive collection of subject databases including more than 256 journals, over 360,000 full-text articles, book reviews, and editorials, and more with all the original graphics, tables, and page numbers. The Collections are comprised of the most popular peer-reviewed journals in Communication Studies, Criminology, Education, Health Sciences, Management & Organizational Studies, Materials Science, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Urban Studies & Planning published by SAGE Publications and participating societies.

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Academic OneFile (Gale)
Dates Covered: 1980-present
Full Text: Partial
Description:  This multidisciplinary index contains articles, many in full-text in the areas of physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more. Scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers are all included.

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Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)

Dates Covered:  1975-present
Full Text:  Partial
Description: The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. 

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Alternative Press Index (FirstSearch)

Dates Covered: 1991-present
Full Text: No
Description: Available both on and off campus with a username and password through the FirstSearch interface. This index covers the humanities and social sciences through international and interdisciplinary coverage of alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and journals.

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Also available as a print index 1990-2002, Shelved in Reference AI3 .A27
For Earlier Articles:  1969-1990, Use Alternative Press Index Archive (FirstSearch)

Education Full Text

Dates Covered: 1983-present
Full Text: Partial 
Description: Education Full Text (formerly Education Abstracts) is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles of at least one column in length from English-language periodicals and yearbooks published in the United States and elsewhere. English-language books relating to education published in 1995 or later are also indexed. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Abstracts range from 50 to 300 words and describe the content and scope of the source documents. Full-text coverage begins in January 1996. 

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For Earlier Articles: See Education Index 1929-June 2004 REF L11 .E38

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)

Dates Covered: 1966-present
Full Text: Partial 
Description: ERIC indexes journal articles, teaching guides, conference papers books, and documents in the field of education. Some of the documents may be available full-text in our microfiche collection, and some ED # documents may be full text within this product. This product also links to full text in other products using the Article Linker web link. Access available to off campus users through the proxy server. This index also includes links to "Scholar Universe", a directory of faculty and organization profiles.

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Ethnic NewsWatch

Dates Covered: 1990-present
Full Text: Yes 
Description: This database is a full text general reference database of the 240 newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press dating from 1990 to the present. It is searchable in both English and Spanish, and contains titles in a wide range of current and historical topics in both languages.

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Dates Covered: 1970-present
Full Text: Yes
Description: This index is a full text database comprised of 175 periodicals and other publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas. GenderWatch supports programs in business, education, literature and the arts, health sciences, history, political science, public policy, sociology and contemporary culture, gender and women's studies and more. Publications include academic and scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, booklets and pamphlets, conference proceedings, and government, n-g-o and special reports. GenderWatch contains some archival materials from the 1970's, making this an important repository on the historical perspective of the evolution of the women's movement and the changes in gender roles over the last fifteen to twenty years.

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Dates Covered: Indexing begins with first issue/first volume of each title indexed. Current 3-5 years of each title not included.  
Full Text:  Yes
Description: JSTOR contains a moving wall of back issues of 522 journals in full-text format. Generally the last 3-5 years of publication of each title are NOT included in this index. Bush Library subscribes to the Arts and Sciences collections I, II, and IV, the Complement, and the Language and Literature Collection.

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Some titles indexed in JSTOR, are also indexed and available full-text in Project Muse (including more recently published articles); or check Journals @ Hamline for a specific title.

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) CSA Illumina

Dates Covered: 1973- present
Full Text: No
Description: This database covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. It may be especially useful to ESL students and those studying a foreign language. This index includes links to "Scholar Universe", a directory of faculty and organization profiles.

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Dates Covered: varies by title
Full Text: Yes 
Description: This database indexes full-text articles in 220 journals which are published by 37 scholarly publishers. They cover the disciplines of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.

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Earlier Articles available: Some titles are indexed and full text in earlier dates in JSTOR

Dates Covered: 1840-present
Full Text: No, but links to full-text in PsycARTICLES
Description: Use this database to find information on psychology, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, law, and social work.

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The print equivalent is: Psychological Abstracts BF1 .P65

Sociological Abstracts CSA Illumina

Dates Covered: 1963 - present
Full Text: No
Description: CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. This index also includes links to "Scholar Universe", a directory of faculty and organization profiles.

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Available in print format: 1953-1995 HM1 .S67