Welcome to the Communications & Journalism Subject Guide. Use the tabs above to navigate the guide. Specialized sources of information are found under the "More..." tab. Please do not hesitate to email Stephen Bales at sbales@lib-gw.tamu.edu if you have questions or need help locating information

Online Databases and Indexes:

• Academic Search Complete : All purpose article database containing both scholarly and popular material.
  
• Arts & Humanities Citation Index : Multidisciplinary index covering most every field in the humanities. Indexes 1,114 journals.
  
• ComIndex : Communication bibliographic index available only in the library.
  
• Communication & Mass Media Complete
  The most comprehensive Communication and Journalism database/search engine.
• Communication Studies: A SAGE Full-Text Collection  : Contains full-text articles for forty SAGE journals. Covers communication studies, cultural studies, mass media communication, journalism, and many more communication sub-disciplines.
• Compile : An ongoing inventory of publications in post-secondary composition, rhetoric, ESL (English as a second language), and technical writing.
• Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications : Online Encyclopedia with 200 articles covering communication and mass media concepts.
  
• ERIC : Government sponsored database of education oriented articles. Contains over one million abstracts.
• ICPSR : A source of freely available datafiles covering politics and social sciences
  
• JSTOR : Archive of historically important academic journals in science, social science, and humanities. Many articles are full-text.
  
• PsychInfo : Psychology database. Great for interdisciplinary research.
  
• Social Sciences Citation Index : Covers all areas of social science.
  
• Sociological Abstracts : Contains abstracts from sociology and related disciplines.
• Vanderbilt Television News Archive : Access video to television news broadcasts since 1968.
  
• The West Campus Library's Business Database Guide

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E-Journals

• American Communication Journal
  
• Communication Review
• Communication Theory
• Howard Journal of Communication

• Journal of Applied Communications Research
• Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media
• Journalism & Mass Communications Quarterly
• More specialized e-journals

More Resources by Type

• Health
• Organizational
• Rhetoric and Public Affairs
• Telecommunications
• Journalism
• Science Communication/Journalism
  

Selected Print Reference Sources

• ABC-CLIO Companion to the Media in America : Provides essays on American media and biographical sketches.
  
• Consider the Source: A Critical Guide to 100 Prominent News and Information Sites on the Web : Critical reviews on online news and information sites
  
• Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies : Provides concise entries on media and comm studies topics. Includes a topics guide summarizing areas of research.
  
• Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications : 219 articles focusing on world media. Each article contains a glossary and bibliography.
  
• International Encyclopedia of Communications : 569 signed articles covering the gamut of communications disciplines. Includes over 1000 illustrations.
  
• Law of Mass Communications : A standard text covering the history and major issues in mass communication law, including libel, freedom of speech, and obscenity.
  
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Selected Online Resources

• First Monday Online, peer-reviewed journal devoted to  issues concerning the Internet
• Federal Communications Commission (FCC) : Online FCC news and regulations.
• Media and Communication Studies Index : Index of articles and  Web resources for a variety of communications disciplines. Maintained  by Aberystwyth University (Wales).
  

• More specialized Online Resources
  

Selected Disciplinary Reviews of the Literature

• Communication Yearbook
• Progress in Communication Sciences

Academic and Professional Associations

• Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)
• Association for Multimedia Communications (AMC)
  
• Coalition for Health Communication (CHC)
  
• International Communication Association (ICA)
  
• National Communication Association (NCA)
• Utilities Telecom Council (UTC)

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