LibGuides: SPCH4190 Computer Mediated Communication Research Guide: Finding Articles/Databases

Top Communication Databases

Communication Source This link opens in a new window
Includes coverage of over 1,000 Core titles and features full text for more than 600 active periodicals, including 150 full text titles not found in other EBSCO academic databases. Also included is backfile coverage of top titles in Communication reaching deep into the 20th century.
SAGE Journals This link opens in a new window
SAGE Journals provides access to article published in 1,200 research journals extending back to 1996.

Multidiciplinary Databases

ProQuest Social Science Premium Collection This link opens in a new window
Includes full text articles from over 2,400 research journals across social science disciplines. Also includes working papers and doctoral dissertations.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides broad coverage of most academic areas including business, social sciences, humanities, general academic, general science, and in the scholarly and general periodical literature. Contains indexing and abstracts for more than 13,000 journals, with full text for more than 9,000 of those titles.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Access to an extensive archive of journals in 30 subject disciplines in the Arts and Sciences, including classical studies, ecology, economics, history, language and literature, mathematics, music, the history and study of art and architecture, cultural studies, film, folklore, performing arts, philosophy, political science, sociology, and religion.
Web of Knowledge/Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Provides access to the Science citation index expanded from 1900 to the present, Social sciences citation index from 1956 to the present, and Arts & humanities citation index from 1975 to the present.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global Full Text This link opens in a new window
PDF copies of over 2.7 million dissertations extending back many decades.

Psychology

PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new window
This database provides full text articles on current issues in psychology from scholarly journals published by the American Psychological Association.
PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
Covers articles published in 1,400 periodicals in psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, social work, business, political science, and law.

Sociology/Linguistics

Gender Studies Database This link opens in a new window
This database includes more than 921,000 records with coverage spanning from 1972 and earlier to the present.
Web of Knowledge/Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Provides access to the Science citation index expanded from 1900 to the present, Social sciences citation index from 1956 to the present, and Arts & humanities citation index from 1975 to the present.

Statistics

Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista offers over 1 million statistics ranging across a myriad of social, economic, and market-related topics. Data may be exported in PPT, XLS, PDF, and PNG formats.
ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new window
Beginning with 2013, ProQuest has published this annual compilation of statistics compiled by both government and private sources. Tables may be downloaded in both PDF and Excel formats.
Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Social Explorer is an online research tool designed to provide quick and easy access to historical census data and demographic information. It creates fast, intuitive, and appealing maps and reports to help users visually analyze and understand demography and social change throughout history.

Communication Sources

This page contains a list of databases containing articles for your research topic. Communication Source is probably your best bet, however depending on your topic other databases will have relevant information as we. For example, if you are looking for emerging markets you might try the business databases. If you are looking more for information about culture and communication you might try JSTOR or Project Muse.