Guides: Communication Studies: Finding Journal Articles

Multidisciplinary Databases

These databases have scholarly journal articles and magazine articles in many different subject areas, including interdisciplinary subjects. JSTOR includes many older articles that are useful for researching the history of a topic.

Wiley Online Library
This very large database includes scholarly articles on many topics. Hold your mouse over "Social and Behavioral Sciences" to find a link to resources in Communication & Media Studies.
ProQuest Central
Includes thousands of full-text scholarly journals, newspapers, magazines, dissertations, and market reports from business, social sciences, humanities, science and technology
Academic Search Complete
Comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.
SAGE Communication Studies Collection
This database includes scholarly journals with full text articles focused on communication issues. It covers subjects such as Journalism, Public Opinion, Political Communication, Mass Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Intercultural Communication, Television/Film Studies, Media Studies, Business Communication, Written Communication, and Rhetoric.
JSTOR
Full text of the back issues (3 years or older) of over 1,200 core academic journals in many disciplines. Ideal for researching the background or history of issues, coverage starts with the first issue published, and continues, ending 3-5 years before the current year. The Library owna current paper issues of many titles in the collections.

Newspaper Databases

Search these databases to find online newspaper articles.

NewsBank: Online Collections
NewsBank contains the electronic editions of record for The Detroit News (1999-date), The Lansing State Journal (1999-date), and over 100 other Michigan newspapers. Paid ads are excluded. The collections also include access to: many regional, national and international newspapers, well known news magazines, and a large database of obituaries and death notices.
Newspaper Source Plus
Full text of over 1,200 newspapers and 40 news magazines as well as TV and radio transcripts. Includes full text of The Washington Post and USA Today
New York Times 1881-2010 (Proquest)
Includes pdf page views of all newspaper issues as well as the full text of articles and advertisements.
Varsity News
http://www.thevarsitynews.net/
Wall Street Journal
Click on anyr of the blue links below the pale yellow line to access articles (note the different date ranges available)

Selected Journals and Newspapers

Several key communication studies journals have moved entirely online, and a few others are scattered among different databases. Here are links to some core journals.

Critical Studies in Media Communication
This journal is available in the Taylor & Francis database going back to 1997.

Columbia Journalism Review
This journal is now freely available online.

American Journalism Review
This journal ceased its print publication and moved completely online in July 2013. Search for articles from before July 2013 in the archive.

New Yorker
Available in the ProQuest Central

New York Times 1980-present

New York Times Historical Newspapers 1851-2010

Nieman Reports
Articles from the Nieman foundation were available at the Niewman watchdog website from 2004 to August, 2012, but the site has been discontinued and articles are now available in at the Nieman Reports website.

Wall Street Journal
Online access going back to 1984

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