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ComAbstracts
Description: An important source for research in communication - covers a range of topics in the subject area, including mass communication, human interaction, rhetoric, health communication, communication and new media, journalism, and communication history. Also includes ComVista, a guide to programs of study in communication-related departments in North American higher education.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Communication Abstracts
Description: Covers communication literature and literature in other disciplines that is relevant to communication researchers. Also covers the international literature in film studies, the role of technology in human communications, risk communication, crisis communication and public opinions.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Communication and Mass Media Complete
Description: Access to journals in communication, mass media and other closely-related fields of study.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications
Description: Explores the ways that editorial content--from journalism and scholarship to films and infomercials--is developed, presented, stored, analyzed, and regulated around the world.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
LexisNexis Academic
Description: Indexes newspaper articles, wire service reports and transcripts of TV and radio broadcasts; with full text in English and other languages.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
1Academic Search Premier
Description: Indexes journals in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multicultural studies and education.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Dates Covered: 1975-present
Use to locate: Articles
FULL TEXT Full-text available for many items.
2Access World News
Description: Contains local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as full-text content of key international sources including newspapers, magazines, broadcast transcripts, newswires, and news videos.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Use to locate: Newspapers, Transcripts, Video
FULL TEXT Full-text available for many items.
3AP Images
Description: Access to photos, captions, and photo reports from the current year, plus a selection of photos from the Associated Press 50-million image print and negative library. Also includes audio files dating from the 1920's. Limited to 5 simultaneous users.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Use to locate: Images
4ComAbstracts
Description: Provides access to articles and books in fields related to human communication studies (mass communication, human interaction, rhetoric, health communication, communication and new media, journalism, communication history).
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Dates Covered: 1989-present
Use to locate: Articles
5Communication Abstracts
Description: Covers communication literature and literature in other disciplines that is relevant to communication researchers. Also covers the international literature in film studies, the role of technology in human communications, risk communication, crisis communication and public opinions.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Dates Covered: 1977-Present
Use to locate: Articles
6Communication and Mass Media Complete
Description: Access to journals in communication, mass media and other closely-related fields of study.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Dates Covered: 1920-present
Use to locate: Articles, Reviews
FULL TEXT Full-text available for many items.
7LexisNexis Academic
Description: Indexes newspaper articles, wire service reports and transcripts of TV and radio broadcasts; with full text in English and other languages.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Use to locate: Articles, Newspapers, Transcripts
FULL TEXT Full-text available for many items.
8PsycInfo
Description: Indexes journals, dissertations, books and book chapters in all areas of psychology. Many full-text articles; some articles have abstracts only.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Dates Covered: 1887-present
Use to locate: Articles, Dissertations & Theses
FULL TEXT Full-text available for many items.
9Social Sciences Abstracts
Description: Indexes social science, business and political journals; with abstracts.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Dates Covered: 1983-present
Use to locate: Articles, Reviews
10Sociological Abstracts
Description: Indexes journals, book chapters, association papers and dissertations in the social sciences; with abstracts since 1974.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Dates Covered: 1963-present
Use to locate: Articles, Dissertations & Theses
1Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications
Description: Explores the ways that editorial content--from journalism and scholarship to films and infomercials--is developed, presented, stored, analyzed, and regulated around the world.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
FULL TEXT Full-text available for many items.
2Encyclopedia of New Media
Description: Reference work in the field of new media, covering topics such as broadband, content filtering, cyberculture, cyberethics, digital divide, freenet, MP3, privacy, telemedicine, viruses, and wireless networks.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
FULL TEXT Full-text available for many items.
3Encyclopedia of Political Communication
Description: Covers major theoretical approaches to the field of political communication, including direct and limited effects theories, agenda-setting theories, sociological theories, framing and priming theories, and other past and present conceptualizations.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
FULL TEXT Full-text available for many items.
4International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
Description: Provides coverage of films and filmmakers, including actors and actresses, directors, writers and other production artists. Entries include a detailed essay written by an expert; biographies; filmographies; comprehensive credits; major awards; and updated bibliographies, as well as photographs.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
FULL TEXT Full-text available for many items.
5International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Description: More than 4,000 articles and 90,000 bibliographic references as well as comprehensive name and subject indexes.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Search for this resource in the library catalog
FULL TEXT Full-text available for many items.
6Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film
Description: Provides an introduction to film and film studies, covering such aspects as production, national traditions, studios, genres, critical theory and film history.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
FULL TEXT Full-text available for many items.
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1Communication Research
Description: Publishes both theoretically driven and original research with an emphasis on important contemporary issues relating to communication.
2Human Communication Research
Description: This highly-ranked title concentrates on presenting the best empirical research in a variety of topic areas including language and social interaction, nonverbal, organizational, mass, health, and interpersonal communication and developmental issues in communication.
3Journal of Communication
Description: An interdisciplinary publication with broad coverage of communication policy, practice, research and theory. A major journal in this subject area.
4Vital Speeches of the Day
Description: Access the full-text of important speeches by national leaders in all areas including politics, business, education, health, economics, labor, and law.
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1Academic Search Premier
Description: Indexes journals in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multicultural studies and education.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Dates Covered: 1975-present
Use to locate: Articles
FULL TEXT Full-text available for many items.
2Access World News
Description: Contains local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as full-text content of key international sources including newspapers, magazines, broadcast transcripts, newswires, and news videos.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Use to locate: Newspapers, Transcripts, Video
FULL TEXT Full-text available for many items.
3AP Images
Description: Access to photos, captions, and photo reports from the current year, plus a selection of photos from the Associated Press 50-million image print and negative library. Also includes audio files dating from the 1920's. Limited to 5 simultaneous users.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Use to locate: Images
4ComAbstracts
Description: Provides access to articles and books in fields related to human communication studies (mass communication, human interaction, rhetoric, health communication, communication and new media, journalism, communication history).
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Dates Covered: 1989-present
Use to locate: Articles
5Communication Abstracts
Description: Covers communication literature and literature in other disciplines that is relevant to communication researchers. Also covers the international literature in film studies, the role of technology in human communications, risk communication, crisis communication and public opinions.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Dates Covered: 1977-Present
Use to locate: Articles
6Communication and Mass Media Complete
Description: Access to journals in communication, mass media and other closely-related fields of study.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Dates Covered: 1920-present
Use to locate: Articles, Reviews
FULL TEXT Full-text available for many items.
7Communication Research
Description: Publishes both theoretically driven and original research with an emphasis on important contemporary issues relating to communication.
Restrictions: None
Use to locate: Journals
8Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications
Description: Explores the ways that editorial content--from journalism and scholarship to films and infomercials--is developed, presented, stored, analyzed, and regulated around the world.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Use to locate: E-books, Encyclopedias
FULL TEXT Full-text available for many items.
9Encyclopedia of New Media
Description: Reference work in the field of new media, covering topics such as broadband, content filtering, cyberculture, cyberethics, digital divide, freenet, MP3, privacy, telemedicine, viruses, and wireless networks.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Use to locate: Encyclopedias
FULL TEXT Full-text available for many items.
10Encyclopedia of Political Communication
Description: Covers major theoretical approaches to the field of political communication, including direct and limited effects theories, agenda-setting theories, sociological theories, framing and priming theories, and other past and present conceptualizations.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Use to locate: Encyclopedias
FULL TEXT Full-text available for many items.
11Human Communication Research
Description: This highly-ranked title concentrates on presenting the best empirical research in a variety of topic areas including language and social interaction, nonverbal, organizational, mass, health, and interpersonal communication and developmental issues in communication.
Restrictions: None
Use to locate: Journals
12International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
Description: Provides coverage of films and filmmakers, including actors and actresses, directors, writers and other production artists. Entries include a detailed essay written by an expert; biographies; filmographies; comprehensive credits; major awards; and updated bibliographies, as well as photographs.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Use to locate: Encyclopedias
FULL TEXT Full-text available for many items.
13International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Description: More than 4,000 articles and 90,000 bibliographic references as well as comprehensive name and subject indexes.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Search for this resource in the library catalog
Use to locate: Books, E-books, Encyclopedias
FULL TEXT Full-text available for many items.
14Journal of Communication
Description: An interdisciplinary publication with broad coverage of communication policy, practice, research and theory. A major journal in this subject area.
Restrictions: None
Use to locate: Journals
15LexisNexis Academic
Description: Indexes newspaper articles, wire service reports and transcripts of TV and radio broadcasts; with full text in English and other languages.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Use to locate: Articles, Newspapers, Transcripts
FULL TEXT Full-text available for many items.
16PsycInfo
Description: Indexes journals, dissertations, books and book chapters in all areas of psychology. Many full-text articles; some articles have abstracts only.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Dates Covered: 1887-present
Use to locate: Articles, Dissertations & Theses
FULL TEXT Full-text available for many items.
17Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film
Description: Provides an introduction to film and film studies, covering such aspects as production, national traditions, studios, genres, critical theory and film history.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Use to locate: Encyclopedias
FULL TEXT Full-text available for many items.
18Social Sciences Abstracts
Description: Indexes social science, business and political journals; with abstracts.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Dates Covered: 1983-present
Use to locate: Articles, Reviews
19Sociological Abstracts
Description: Indexes journals, book chapters, association papers and dissertations in the social sciences; with abstracts since 1974.
Restrictions: DePaul users only
Dates Covered: 1963-present
Use to locate: Articles, Dissertations & Theses
20Vital Speeches of the Day
Description: Access the full-text of important speeches by national leaders in all areas including politics, business, education, health, economics, labor, and law.
Restrictions: None
Use to locate: Journals
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