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Communication Abstracts

Articles specifically about Communication research and scholarship.Fewer articles, but more that are likely to be relevant for Communication studies.

Academic OneFile

Articles in many topics/fields: a good source for Communication studies. Includes many scholarly journals among the millions of articles.

Academic Search Complete

Lexis - Nexis Academic

Newspapers, wire services, and legal articles and documents (e.g. court cases). Good for politics and current events and journalism sources.

PAIS

Public Affairs Information Service: articles about politics, including government documents. Good source for public policy issues and controversies.

PsycInfo & PsycArticles

Psychology articles including clinical studies and research. Good source for quantitative research studies.

Sage Premier

Articles from scholarly journals published by Sage: emphasis on social issues and questions ranging from business to anthropology and sociology. Includes Communication journals.

Sociological Abstracts

Articles in Sociology and related fields including Communication. Primarily scholarly.

Periodicals

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Periodicals

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Some select Communication titles:

Communication Culture & Critique	Communication Monographs	Communication Quarterly
Communication Research	Communication Research Reports	Communication Research Trends
Discourse & Communication	European Journal of Communication	Global Media and Communication
Human Communication Research	Journal of Communication	Journal of Communication Inquiry
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	Qualitative Research Reports in Communication	Quarterly Journal of Speech
Speech Communication	Written Communication

Reference Sources

Gale Virtual Reference Library

includes:

Encyclopedia of Communication and Information
Encyclopedia of Social Theory

Editor and Publisher: International Yearbook.
(Ref 070 Ed48) Annual.

Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents and the Media.

(also online, Dec 2009) Sage, 2007. 2 volumes

Encyclopedia of Communication Theory.

Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, c2009. 2 volumes. (Reference Room: 302.203 L732).

also available in Sage online: (302.203 Online.)

Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media

Intercultural Communication. Los Angeles: Sage, 2010. 4 volumes

The Sage Handbook of Intercultural Competence.

Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, c2009 (Reference Room: 303.482 D347).

The Sage Handbook of Media Processes and Effects.

Los Angeles: SAGE, c2009. (Reference: 302.23 N112).

The Sage Handbook of Media Studies.

Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, c2004. (Reference 302.23 D759h)

Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications.
(Ref 302.23 J6422) 4 vols. San Diego: Academic, 2003.

International Encyclopedia of Communication.
Available online from Blackwell Reference (Wiley).

International Encyclopedia of Communications.
(Ref 302 B266) 4 vols. New York: Oxford, 1989.

Library Resources for Communication Studies - Browse the subject guides for great starting off points for research.

Scholarly Associations

American Communication Association - The national professional organization of scholars, students, and practitioners in the field of communication.

American Society of Newspaper Editors - Read the latest issue of the journal The American Editor, research recent topics, and other editorial and journalistic Web links.

Editor and Publisher: International Yearbook.
(Ref 070 Ed48) Annual.

Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media.
(Ref 071.3 G131a) Detroit: Gale, Annual.

International Communication Association

The purposes of the Association are (1) to provide an international forum to enable the development, conduct, and critical evaluation of communication research; (2) to sustain a program of high quality scholarly publication and knowledge exchange; (3) to facilitate inclusiveness and debate among scholars from diverse national and cultural backgrounds and from multi-disciplinary perspectives on communication-related issues; and (4) to promote a wider public interest in, and visibility of, the theories, methods, findings and applications generated by research in communication and allied fields.

National Communication Association

the largest national organization dedicated to communication

News Media Yellow Book: Who's Who Among Reporters, Writers, Editors, and Producers in the Leading National News Media.
(Ref 070.1 N4742) New York: Monitor Leadership, Annual.

Society for Cinema & Media Studies

Devoted to the Scholarly Study of Film, Television, Video & New Media

Society of Professional Journalists - Includes sources pertaining to current controversies over journalism codes of ethics.

Television and Cable Factbook.
(Ref 384.55 T236) Washington, DC: Warren, Annual.

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