Subject Guides
Key Databases
ProQuest Social Science Premium Collection
This multidisciplinary database includes articles from scholarly journals and the
popular press. Search topics on the newspaper industry, journalism, polls and surveys,
interpersonal communications, employee relations and more.
ProQuest Research Library: Social Sciences
This subset of the Proquest Research Library database includes journals that cover
communications, sociology, and linguistics.
Points of View Reference Source
Covers current issues in the news and society. Contains point and counterpoint essays,
articles, news transcripts, and more. It also includes helpful guides for developing
arguments, writing position papers, and preparing for debates
Websites
Other Resources
Academic Search Complete
Over 6,400 active, full-text journals, more than 5,700 of which are peer reviewed
titles, providing access to critical information on all topics, including Communication,
unique to this database.
ERIC
Coverage of topics like speech communication, computer mediated communication, nonverbal
communication and interpersonal communication
Online Newspapers
Mahoney Library's collection of news sources, as well as a guide to bias-checking
Communciation in Digital Commons
Free articles and research from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide
Historic Newspapers
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1963 by keyword and limit results
by state, date range, or publication. From the Library of Congress.
Early U.S. History: Nineteenth Century Newspapers
Full text editions of early nineteenth century regional newspapers, mostly from the
south.
Google News: Newspapers
Search archive of newspapers dating back to the 18th century by keyword, date, region,
and publication.
New York Times Archives
Searchable archive of the New York Times from 1851 to 2002. Limited to a few free
samples
Encyclopedia
Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies
Detailed compendium of personal, group, mass-media, and internet communication for
those interested in how communication affects our lives.
Streaming Video
Films on Demand: Communication Video Collection
Over 1,000 videos on communication, advertising and public relations, broadcasting,
digital media, film, video & audio production, journalism, publishing, media & society.
Citing Sources
APA Style Guide
MLA Formatting and Style Guide
Zotero
A citation generator and management tool, Zotero can help you keep all of your citation
information together and generate a bibliography for you.