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Welcome to the Communication Studies research guide! Use this guide as a starting point for your research in this subject area.
(c. 1915 to present) Citations to articles from over 770 journals covering the fields of communication studies, journalism, and mass media; 450 of the journals are full text.
Issues & Controversies covers the hotly debated issues of the day. It combines authoritative factual analysis, clear explanations of opposing points of view and numerous special features, so students and other users can quickly grasp the essentials of even the most complex topics. Chronologies, illustrations, maps, tables, sidebars, bibliographies and contact information augment the balanced, accurate coverage of current and historical events.
(1923 to present) Provides in-depth coverage of the most important issues of the day. Our reports are written by experienced journalists, footnoted and professionally fact-checked. Full-length articles include an overview, historical background, chronology, pro/con feature, plus resources for additional research. Graphics, photos and short "sidebar" features round out the reports. Shorter "Hot Topics" articles provide a solid introduction to subjects most in demand by students.
Search across most EbscoHost article databases; interdisciplinary in scope. Note: this search excludes America: History & Life and Historical Abstracts.
Now our largest collection of full-text article databases!
(c. 1800 to present) Multidisciplinary collection of full-text journal, magazine, and newspaper articles, e-books, dissertations, and more. Also contains citations to additional materials. Includes all of our ProQuest databases.
Includes the following:
-- ABI/Inform Complete
-- Accounting & Tax
--Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection
--AGRICOLA
--Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
--Arts & Humanities
--Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B)
--Banking Information Source
--BioOne Abstracts & Indexes
--Biotechnology Research Abstracts
--Canadian Newsstand Complete
--CBCA Complete
--COS Conference Papers Index
--Criminal Justice
--Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science
--eLibrary
--Environmental Science Collection
--ERIC
--Health & Medical
--Healthcare Administration
--Hoover's Company Profiles
--Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A)
--Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
--Nursing & Allied Health
--OxResearch
--PAIS International
--Periodicals Archive Online
--Periodicals Index Online
--Physical Education Index
--PILOTS: Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress
--Pollution Abstracts
--ProQuest Asian Business & Reference
--ProQuest Biology Journals
--ProQuest Career and Technical Education
--ProQuest Computing
--ProQuest Criminal Justice
--ProQuest Deep Indexing: Environmental Sciences
--ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text
--ProQuest Education Journals
--ProQuest Entrepreneurship
--ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
--ProQuest Environmental Science Journals
--ProQuest European Business
--ProQuest Family Health
--ProQuest Health & Medical Complete
--ProQuest Health Management
--ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Atlanta Constitution
--ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Baltimore Afro-American
--ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index
--ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Wall Street Journal
--ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post
--ProQuest Military Collection
--ProQuest Materials Science Database
--ProQuest Newsstand
--ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source
--ProQuest Political Science
--ProQuest Psychology Journals
--ProQuest Religion
--ProQuest Research Library
--ProQuest Science Journals
--ProQuest Social Science Journals
--ProQuest Sociology
--ProQuest Telecommunications
--Risk Abstracts
--Snapshots
--Social Services Abstracts
--Sociological Abstracts
--Sustainability Science Abstracts
--Toxicology Abstracts
--TOXLINE
--The Wall Street Journal
--Water Resources Abstracts
--Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
