Databases for Communication
Best Bets
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| Communication and Mass Media Complete |
CMMC offers cover-to-cover ("core") indexing and abstracts for more than 620 journals (over 500 in full text), and selected ("priority") coverage of nearly 200 more, |
1915-present |
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| ComAbstracts |
ComAbstracts primarily indexes scholarly journals but also provides some indexing of scholarly books on communication. |
1937-present |
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| Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) |
Provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,500 serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, and dissertations. |
1973-present |
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| PsycINFO |
PsycINFO, from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains over 3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles (over 2,500 journals), book chapters, books, and |
1887-present |
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| Academic OneFile |
Contains more than 11,000 academic jounals, the majority in full text and peer-reviewed, and podcasts and transcripts from major news sources. |
1980-present |
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| Academic Search Complete |
Provides full text for over 8,500 magazines and journals, and indexing for 4,100 more titles. |
1980-present |
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| Credo Reference |
Credo Reference provides access to hundreds of reference books (encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies, quotations) from over 70 academic publishers. |
2000-present |
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| Journalism and Mass Communication Abstracts |
Journalism & Mass Communications Abstracts, includes abstracts of dissertations and theses accepted for graduate degrees. |
1996-present |
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| Library Catalog |
Holdings for Appalachian State, UNC-A, and Western Carolina University. |
1400's-present |
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| PsycArticles |
PsycARTICLES is a database of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. |
1894-present |
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| Sage Knowledge |
Sage Knowledge provides full text access to more than 150 social science encyclopedias and over 100 handbooks. |
1994-present |
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| Sociological Abstracts |
Sociological Abstracts indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines. |
1952-present |
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| WorldCat |
Contains over 50 million records cataloged by OCLC member libraries throughout the world: Appalachian State University Library is a member (OCLC member code=NJB). |
1000 BC-present |
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