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Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC) Dates Vary CMMC incorporates CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals to crea... Access Database Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC)

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Academic Search 1975 - present Academic Search Premier is a multidisciplinary database that provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including approximately 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. A total of 8,500 journals are index... Access Database Academic Search
Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC) Dates Vary CMMC incorporates CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals to crea... Access Database Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC)
Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive late 1800s - 2000; 19th and 20th centuries An archival research resource containing the essential primary sources for studying the history of the film and entertainment industries, from the era of vaudeville and silent movies through 2000. ... Access Database Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive
Film & Television Literature Index (FTLI) 1988 - to date FTLI indexes 380 film and television periodicals from 30 countries cover-to-cover and another 300 periodicals selectively. Abstracts are included since 2004, and more will be added in the future. A... Access Database Film & Television Literature Index (FTLI)
International Encyclopedia of Media Studies This encyclopedia covers the broad field of "media studies” which includes encompassing print journalism, radio, film, TV, photography, computing, mobile phones, and digital media. Coverage include... Access Database International Encyclopedia of Media Studies
JSTOR Dates Vary JSTOR is a portal to academic journal article, ebooks and primary sources. Particular focus is in the fields of African-American studies, anthropology, architecture, Asian studies, biological scien... Access Database JSTOR
MLA International Bibliography (Ebsco) 1926 - present The Modern Language Association International Bibliography (MLA) is updated ten times per year. The electronic version of the Bibliography dates back to 1925 and indexes critical materials on liter... Access Database MLA International Bibliography (Ebsco)
Nexis Uni Dates vary Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) offers access to more than 17,000 news, legal and business sources, including print and online journals; television and radio broadcasts; newswires and blog... Access Database Nexis Uni
Project Muse Project Muse provides full text access to hundreds of scholarly journals and thousands of ebooks in the humanities and social science from various publishers. Disciplines covered include art, anthr... Access Database Project Muse

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60 Minutes: 1997-2014 1997 - 2014 This online collection provides 350 hours of high-definition video from 17 years of broadcasts, including hundreds of segments not available anywhere else in the world. Each news segment within the... Access Database 60 Minutes: 1997-2014
APA PsycInfo 1800s - present This database from the American Psychological Association (APA) contains more than three million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and technical repor... Access Database APA PsycInfo
Encyclopedia of Communication Theory Searchable, browsable, and with more than 300 entries, this work provides a comprehensive overview of communication theories based in a variety of disciplines. Current descriptions of theories are ... Access Database Encyclopedia of Communication Theory
International Encyclopedia of Communication Current This Encyclopedia includes the breadth of communication studies, including coverage of theories, media and communication phenomena, research methods, problems, concepts, and geographical areas. Edi... Access Database International Encyclopedia of Communication
LLBA (Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts) 1973 - present LLBA provides abstracts of articles on linguistics and its sub-disciplines from approximately 2,000 serials published around the world, complemented with coverage of recent books, occasional papers... Access Database LLBA (Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts)
Media History Digital Library 1904 - 1963 We are a non-profit initiative dedicated to digitizing collections of classic media periodicals such as trade papers and fan magazines that belong in the public domain for full public access. The p... Access Database Media History Digital Library
Moving Image Archive This is Internet Archive's Moving Images library of free movies, films, and videos. This library contains thousands of digital movies uploaded by Archive users which range from classic full-length ... Access Database Moving Image Archive
New Communication Technologies, Their History and Social Influence: An Annotated Bibliography 19th Century - present This annotated bibliography covers scholarship on the history and social influence of new communication technologies. It begins with innovations in timekeeping, the reproduction of visual images, a... Access Database New Communication Technologies, Their History and Social Influence: An Annotated Bibliography
Pravda Archive, 1959-1996 1959 - 1996 Archive of articles published by Pravda, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, between 1959 to 1996. The articles were collected and translated into English by the Fore... Access Database Pravda Archive, 1959-1996
Propaganda and the Chinese Press Global Perspectives, 1946-1996 1946 - 1996 Archive of articles published by Xinhua, or New China News Agency, from 1946 to 1996. As the official organ of China’s Communist Party, the archive provides a view of the country’s perspective on i... Access Database Propaganda and the Chinese Press Global Perspectives, 1946-1996
Sociological Abstracts 1952 - present The Sociological Abstracts database indexes and abstracts 2,000 worldwide journals in sociology. Relevant dissertations have been added since 1986. Also included is the Social Planning Policy and D... Access Database Sociological Abstracts

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Academic Video Online Streaming video collection spanning a wide range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. Access includes documentary films and series ... Access Database Academic Video Online
Alt-Press Watch 1970 - present A full text database of newspapers and periodicals from the local, national and international alternative and independent press focusing on politics, government, art, the environment, labor, and re... Access Database Alt-Press Watch
Alternative Press Index and Alternative Press Index Archive (combined) 1991 - The combined search of Alternative Press Index and Alternative Press Index Archive includes entries from more than 300 alternative, radical, and left publications. Subjects covered include social a... Access Database Alternative Press Index and Alternative Press Index Archive (combined)
AP Newsroom 1826 - present AP Newsroom includes Associated Press primary source material comprised of captioned photographs, maps, charts, logos, illustrations, news stories, audio clips, etc. from the 1800 s to 48 hours ago... Access Database AP Newsroom
Associated Press Collections Online (1848-2009) 1848-2009 The Associated Press Online Archive is a collection of news stories, in various stage of production, covering major local, regional, and national stories from 1848 to 2009. This fully-searchable da... Access Database Associated Press Collections Online (1848-2009)
C-Span Video Library 1987 - present Videos and transcripts of C-Span programs; includes public affairs programming, Congressional proceedings, news conferences, BookTV non-fiction author talks and interviews, and more. Contains every... Access Database C-Span Video Library
Canadian Major Dailies 1985 - present This is the core of Canadian Newsstand. Included are national and leading regional papers such as National Post, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, Montreal Gazette, Ottawa Citizen, Regina Leader Po... Access Database Canadian Major Dailies
CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) 1991 - present Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is a comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes work... Access Database CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)
CQ Researcher (Current Issues) November 1991 - present CQ Researcher contains weekly, in-depth reports that cover the most current and controversial issues of the day. Reports are written by experienced journalists on such topics as: health, social tre... Access Database CQ Researcher (Current Issues)
Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) Dates vary The HSDL collection provides quick access to important U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as specialized resources such as theses and reports fr... Access Database Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL)
International Newsstream 1980 - present International Newsstream provides the most recent news content outside of the US and Canada, with archives which stretch back decades featuring newspapers, newswires, and news sites in active full-... Access Database International Newsstream
iPOLL Databank 1935 - present The iPOLL Databank at the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is a full-text, question-level retrieval system for United States public opinion back to 1935. Through subject, word, organization... Access Database iPOLL Databank
Middle East and North Africa: Global Perspectives, 1958-1994 1958 - 1994 Collection of primary source materials drawn from newspapers, journals, and radio and television broadcasts from 19 countries in the Middle East and North Africa as well as other nations with regio... Access Database Middle East and North Africa: Global Perspectives, 1958-1994
Nuclear Arms and Weapons of Mass Destruction Global Perspectives, 1945-1996 1945 - 1996 Translated and English-language radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, government documents, and books providing global reaction to the world Arms Race. Contains a mix of governm... Access Database Nuclear Arms and Weapons of Mass Destruction Global Perspectives, 1945-1996
Opposing Viewpoints in Context 1990 - present Opposing Viewpoints in Context draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to pr... Access Database Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Picture Post Historical Archive, 1938-1957 1938 - 1957 This database contains the complete archive of the Picture Post from its first issue in 1938 to its last in 1957—all digitized from originals in full color. In the era before television, the Pictur... Access Database Picture Post Historical Archive, 1938-1957
Polling the Nations 1986 - present Polling the Nations is a compilation of questions and responses from more than 14,000 national, state, local and special surveys in the U.S. and more than 80 other countries. The surveys contain in... Access Database Polling the Nations
Pravda Archive, 1959-1996 1959 - 1996 Archive of articles published by Pravda, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, between 1959 to 1996. The articles were collected and translated into English by the Fore... Access Database Pravda Archive, 1959-1996
Propaganda and the Chinese Press Global Perspectives, 1946-1996 1946 - 1996 Archive of articles published by Xinhua, or New China News Agency, from 1946 to 1996. As the official organ of China’s Communist Party, the archive provides a view of the country’s perspective on i... Access Database Propaganda and the Chinese Press Global Perspectives, 1946-1996
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research 1935 - present The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University is an archive of over 22,000 datasets from polls conducted by survey research organizations, both in the U.S. and internationally.... Access Database Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Television News Archive 1968 - present This resource provides descriptive summaries of over 30,000 television news programs collected in the Vanderbilt Archive since August, 1968, searchable through the TV-NewsSearch database. The Archi... Access Database Television News Archive

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American Rhetoric: the Power of Oratory in the United States This resource is dedicated to public communication and rhetoric of all kinds and includes a speech bank, movie speeches, audio figures of speech, the top 100 American political speeches of the 20th... Access Database American Rhetoric: the Power of Oratory in the United States
CompPile 1939 - present CompPile is a composition studies resource and an ongoing, searchable inventory of publications, blogs, new books and other resources in post-secondary composition, rhetoric, ESL, and technical wri... Access Database CompPile
Encyclopedia of Rhetoric The Encyclopedia of Rhetoric is a comprehensive survey of one of the Western world's oldest disciplines. Its 150 entries, written by leading scholars, bring together expertise in classical studies,... Access Database Encyclopedia of Rhetoric
Pravda Archive, 1959-1996 1959 - 1996 Archive of articles published by Pravda, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, between 1959 to 1996. The articles were collected and translated into English by the Fore... Access Database Pravda Archive, 1959-1996
Rhetorica The Rhetorica Network offers analysis and commentary about the rhetoric, propaganda, biases, and spin of journalism. This site features the Media Rhetoric Journal web log, comprehensive news media ... Access Database Rhetorica

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American Proxy Wars: Korea and Vietnam: Global Perspectives, 1946-1975 1946 - 1975 Translated and English-language radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, government documents, and books covering the Korean and Vietnamese conflicts. This collection of primary so... Access Database American Proxy Wars: Korea and Vietnam: Global Perspectives, 1946-1975
American Race Relations : Global Perspectives, 1941-1996 1941 - 1996 Collection of translated newspapers, magazines, government statements, and radio and television broadcasts from around the world on American race relations, dating from the early 1940s to 1996. Inc... Access Database American Race Relations : Global Perspectives, 1941-1996
Apartheid: Global Perspectives, 1946-1996 1946 - 1996 Fully searchable, digitized collection of television and radio broadcasts, periodicals, newspapers, and government documents translated into English, originally written by the people who experience... Access Database Apartheid: Global Perspectives, 1946-1996
Cold War: Global Perspectives on East-West Tensions, 1945-1991 1945 - 1991 Digital archive of reports, publications, and news broadcasts offering firsthand analysis, descriptions, and viewpoints of every facet of the Cold War, with a particular focus on the news outlets l... Access Database Cold War: Global Perspectives on East-West Tensions, 1945-1991
Immigrations, Migrations and Refugees: Global Perspectives, 1941-1996 1941 - 1996 Archive of translated and English-language radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, government documents and books providing global insight on immigration in the mid-to-late 20th c... Access Database Immigrations, Migrations and Refugees: Global Perspectives, 1941-1996
Independent Voices Open access digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advo... Access Database Independent Voices
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences Current (2015) The International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences is a fully revised and updated second edition of the 2001 publication. It includes nearly 4000 articles curated by 71 section edit... Access Database International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
London Low Life 19th Century Taking as its subject Victorian London, the content ranges from salacious ‘swell’s guides’ to scandalous broadsides and subversive posters, the material sold and exchanged on London’s bustling thor... Access Database London Low Life
Mass Observation Online 1937 to 1967 Source Library: Special Collections, University of Sussex. Mass Observation Online makes available original manuscript and typescript papers created and collected by the British Mass Observation or... Access Database Mass Observation Online
Middle East and North Africa: Global Perspectives, 1958-1994 1958 - 1994 Collection of primary source materials drawn from newspapers, journals, and radio and television broadcasts from 19 countries in the Middle East and North Africa as well as other nations with regio... Access Database Middle East and North Africa: Global Perspectives, 1958-1994
Nuclear Arms and Weapons of Mass Destruction Global Perspectives, 1945-1996 1945 - 1996 Translated and English-language radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, government documents, and books providing global reaction to the world Arms Race. Contains a mix of governm... Access Database Nuclear Arms and Weapons of Mass Destruction Global Perspectives, 1945-1996
Pravda Archive, 1959-1996 1959 - 1996 Archive of articles published by Pravda, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, between 1959 to 1996. The articles were collected and translated into English by the Fore... Access Database Pravda Archive, 1959-1996
Propaganda and the Chinese Press Global Perspectives, 1946-1996 1946 - 1996 Archive of articles published by Xinhua, or New China News Agency, from 1946 to 1996. As the official organ of China’s Communist Party, the archive provides a view of the country’s perspective on i... Access Database Propaganda and the Chinese Press Global Perspectives, 1946-1996

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