Communication Studies Research Guide

Index to scholarly articles and books in fields related to human communication studies including mass communication, human interaction, rhetoric, health communication, communication and new media, journalism, and communication history.

Full-text of over 450 journals, some dating back to 1900, along with indexing for more than 200 additional titles. Coverage spans communication and related disciplines, including media studies, linguistics, rhetoric, and discourse analysis.

Index of scholarly and professional journals, magazines, and books focused on film and television studies. Topics include theory, preservation and restoration, screenwriting, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and critical reviews. Many of the most frequently referenced journals in the index are available in full text.

Comprehensive index of international publications in psychology and related fields—including psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work—covering journal articles, book chapters, books, reports, theses, and dissertations from 1967 to the present. Compiled by the American Psychological Association.

Includes MEDLINE, a leading database of scholarly journal articles in the life sciences, with a strong focus on biomedicine. The resource also features additional life science journals and online books, covering disciplines such as behavioral sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering.

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Full text scholarly journals covering 23 subjects in 3 core areas: science & technology, social science & humanities, and medical. Includes archival coverage dating back to volume 1 for many titles.

Comprehensive research platform that indexes high-quality, peer-reviewed journals across disciplines including science, social science, arts, and humanities. It offers powerful tools for citation analysis and enables users to track scholarly references from 1900 to the present.

Full text of over 1,600 e-journals covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities. Coverage is generally 1997-present. The library does not license all content offered on the Wiley site. The 'Full Access' lock icon denotes content available to UM users. Non-licensed content may be requested through Interlibrary loan or Article Galaxy Scholar (AGS) services. See more… for details. 

Published 44 times annually, delivers comprehensive and impartial analysis of political and social issues. It features regular reports on a broad spectrum of topics, with full-text archives available from 1923 to the present.

Continuously updated full text collection of over 1,300 general and subject specific titles from 121 publishers with particular emphasis on encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks.

Index to dissertations and theses from over 3,000 institutions in 88 countries. Full text coverage spans from 1743-present, with citation coverage dating back to 1637. Note: Dissertations & Theses Global may also be searched and accessed via Web of Science, as well as OneSearch.

A news platform exploring controversial social issues and current events, featuring balanced pro/con perspectives, reference materials, interactive maps, infographics, and more.

Indexes international journal articles, book reviews, books, book chapters, and dissertations in linguistics and related fields—including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics—from 1973 to the present.