LIBRARY GUIDE TO Communication

Communication & Mass Media Complete:  This resource "offers cover-to-cover (“core”) indexing and abstracts for more than 550 journals, and selected (“priority”) coverage of nearly 200 more, for a combined coverage of 737 titles. Furthermore, this database includes full text for over 440 journals."   Use the Get IT link to check for full text access.

Communication Studies: SAGE Full Text   A more selective listing of communication studies, limited to publications by Sage but with complete full text availability.

JSTOR :  A collection of full text scholarly  journal articles. Interdisciplinary in scope and containing back runs of many journals.  Not every journal in JSTOR is current so it must be supplemented with other databases for up to date information.

PsycINFO :  Contains articles on communication that have appeared in psychological journals.

Encyclopedia of Communication Theory  edited by S.W. Littlejohn and K. A. Foss, Sage, 2009.

Defining Communication Theories -  courtesy of McGraw-Hill Higher Education. Find quick definitions of many communication theories here.

Overview of Communication Theories - courtesy of the University of Twente. This website provides a lengthy overview of numerous communication theories.

ACRL/EBSS Library Resources for Communication Studies

These resources are recommended by librarians from the Education and Behavioral Sciences Section from the Association of College & Research Libraries of the American Library Association. Check it out! Subject areas include:

• Diversity, Race and the Media
• Media Ratings, Data, and Statistics
• Public Speaking
• Women & Media

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