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- Communication & Mass Media Complete (at EBSCOhost)

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Index to literature relating to communication and mass media studies, including some full text. 
- Communication & Mass Media Complete is an index to literature relating to communication and mass media studies, including some full text. The database is the result of the merging of two popular databases in the fields of communication and mass media studies - CommSearch, formerly produced by the National Communication Association (NCA), and Mass Media Articles Index, formerly produced by Penn State University. In addition to the content of these two databases, CMMC offers full text for over 160 major communication and mass media journals that were not previously covered by CommSearch or Mass Media Articles Index. In total, more than 285 journals will be indexed and abstracted in their entirety in CMMI, while approximately 100 more journals will be indexed selectively.
- Coverage Dates: Early 1900s-
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- Database Provider: EBSCO
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- Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) (ProQuest)

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On the nature and use of language. 
- Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts focuses on the nature and structure of human speech, research in speech sounds, sentence and word structure, meaning in language, spelling, phonetics and the pathology of speech, and hearing. This database provides bibliographic citations. Over 2600 journals from 50 nations are reviewed for inclusion, as well as selected books, book chapters, and dissertations.
- Coverage Dates: 1973-
- Updated: Quarterly
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- Languages: English and non-English
- Database Provider: ProQuest-CSA
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- MLA International Bibliography (literature and language)

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Index to articles and books on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. 
Related / Narrower Databases
- Encyclopedia of Human Relationships (2009) (SAGE)


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Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.Explores relationships of many kinds, from roommates to families to coworkers. Some of the many areas of relationship science covered include types of relationships, theories and methods for studying relationships, and communication processes. 
- PsycARTICLES

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Full text articles on general psychology and specialized applied, clinical, and theoretical research. 
- PsycARTICLES covers general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology. Over 25,000 full-text articles are available from 42 journals published by American Psychological Association, Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. Produced and copyrighted (c) by the American Psychological Association.
- Coverage Dates: Varies by title
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- Database Provider: ebsco
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- PsycINFO

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The major index for articles, books, chapters, dissertations, and reports in psychology. The American Psychological Association offers YouTube videos on how to use PsycINFO. 
- PsycINFO contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations, in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines. Some articles are available in full text. Journal coverage includes international material selected from more than 1,700 periodicals from nearly 50 countries. The historic portion of the database comes from from three sources: Psychological Abstracts (1927-1966), Psychological Bulletin (1921-1926), and all journals published by the American Psychological Association plus the American Journal of Psychology from the first issue of volume 1, number 1 in November 1887.
Current chapter and book coverage includes worldwide English-language material published from 1987-present. Over 60,000 references are added annually.
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PsycINFO Search Help/Training Center includes Search Tips and How-To's and a search guide specific to the EBSCOhost interface.
The APA also offers YouTube videos on how to use PsycINFO.
Produced and copyrighted (c) by the American Psychological Association.
- Coverage Dates: 1887 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
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- Database Provider: ebsco
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- SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO)


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Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.Index and abstracts to articles in sociology. 
- SocINDEX with Full Text features more than 2,066,400 records with subject headings from a 19,750+ term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. SocINDEX with Full Text contains full text for 777 journals dating back to 1908. This database also includes full text for more than 820 books and monographs, and full text for 13,947 conference papers.
- Coverage Dates: 1880-present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: ebsco
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- Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest)

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Index and abstracts to articles in sociology. 
Broader Databases
- Academic Search Complete

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Articles from some peer-reviewed journals as well as monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and other sources. 
- Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database is updated daily and features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full-text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 journals.
- Coverage Dates: Dates vary. Some content goes as far back as 1865.
- Updated: Daily
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- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbac
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- Humanities International Complete (EBSCO)


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Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.Index to articles from diverse humanities subject areas. 
- Humanities International Complete is a database covering journals, books and other important reference sources in the humanities. Produced by Whitston Publishing (an imprint of EBSCO Publishing), Humanities International Index provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 2,200 journals and contains more than 2.71 million records. Formerly the American Humanities Index, this database contains bibliographic records from a multitude of U.S. and international publications. Humanities International Index provides citations and abstracts for articles, essays and reviews, as well as original creative works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations.
- Coverage Dates: 1909-present
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- Languages: English
- Database Provider: ebsco
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- LexisNexis Academic

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Full text news, business, legal, medical, and reference information. 
- LexisNexis Academic contains approximately 5,000 publications, virtually all include full text. Many types of publications are included: newspapers (in English, other languages, and translations of international papers), legal news, general interest magazines, medical journals, trade publications, company financial information, transcripts, wire service reports, government publications (such as the federal case law, U.S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional Testimony, etc.), law reviews, and reference works (such as the Forbes Annual Directory, the Official Guide/American Marketplace and the US Global Trade Outlook).
If you wish to search for articles published in only a specific publication, click on 'Sources' in the black bar at the top of the screen. Search for the publication, click on 'Find Title', then choose "Search This Title" next to the publication you want to search. This will paste the name of the publication into the search screen, and will ensure that you are searching the correct section of LexisNexis.
- Coverage Dates: Dates of coverage vary by publication
- Updated: Varies by publication (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, annually)
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- Languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Database Provider: lexis_nexis
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zxau
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- Web of Knowledge

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Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.Provides access to the Web of Science suite, Current Contents Connect, and Journal Citation Reports. 
Conference Papers/Proceedings
- COS Conference Papers Index (ProQuest)

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For scientific and technical proceedings. 
- Coverage includes scientific and technical proceedings in animal and plant science, biochemistry, biology, chemistry, computer science, environmental science, experimental medicine, geology, marine science, mathematics, and pharmacology.
- See also: zccp:Backup Site (Ohio)
- Coverage Dates: 1989 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: Cambridge
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- PapersFirst (conference papers)

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Index of papers presented at conferences. 
- The PapersFirst database provides access to individual papers presented at conferences worldwide, PapersFirst is a major new research aid, covering every congress, symposium, exposition, workshop, and meeting added to The British Library Document Supply Centre's vast proceedings collection since October 1993. Users may order the full text of papers cited in PapersFirst from The British Library using the FirstSearch online ordering service.
- Coverage Dates: 1993 to present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: firstsearch
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- ProceedingsFirst (conference proceedings)

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Index of conference proceedings. 
- The ProceedingsFirst database provides tables of contents of papers presented at conferences worldwide. Each ProceedingsFirst record contains a list of the papers presented at each conference. Like its companion, PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst provides access to The British Library Document Supply Centre's vast collection of conference proceedings.
- Coverage Dates: 1993 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: firstsearch
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Organizations/Associations
- American Communication Association
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- ACA was created to promote academic and professional research, criticism, teaching, practical use, and exchange of principles and theories of human communication. Their community embraces researchers, teachers, business persons, and specialists located in North, Central, and South America and in the Caribbean.
- URL: http://www.americancomm.org
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- American Rhetoric's List of Communication Associations
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- A comprehensive list of communication associations from around the world.
- URL: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/communicationassociations.htm
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- International Speech Communication Association
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- The ICSA is a non-profit organization. Its statutes were deposited in Grenoble, France on March 27, 1988 by Rene Carre.
- URL: http://www.isca-speech.org
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- National Communication Association
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- Founded in 1914, NCA is a non-profit organization of researchers, educators, students, and practitioners, whose academic interests span all forms of human communication. NCA is the oldest and largest national organization serving the academic discipline of Communication.
- URL: http://www.natcom.org
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- Southern States Communication Association
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- Their web site states that their "purpose is to promote the study, criticism, research, teaching, and application of the artistic, humanistic, and scientific principles of communication. SSCA, a not-for-profit organization, exists for educational, scientific, and literary purposes only.
- URL: http://ssca.net
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Web Subject Guides
- ComWeb MegaSearch
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- A web site that provides full text searching of 86,000 web pages from 350 communication, journalism, speech, and rhetoric related web sites.
- URL: http://cios.org/www/comweb.htm
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- Propaganda Critic
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- The propaganda site is inspired by the pioneering work of the Institute for Propaganda Analysis (IPA). From 1937 to 1942, the IPA was dedicated to promoting the techniques of propaganda analysis among critically-minded citizens.
- URL: http://www.propagandacritic.com
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- Speech and Transcript Center
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- Compiled by Librarian Gary Price at George Washington University, this site provides an excellent starting point for users seeking speeches, congressional hearings, or transcripts of radio and television news programs.
- URL: http://www.freepint.com/gary/speech.htm
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- Speech Communication Listservs
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- A good list of speech communication email listservs that one can subscribe to.
- URL: http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/resources/listserv.html
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