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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... View Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC) Online

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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... View Academic Search Online
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... View Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC) Online
Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive late 1800s - 2000 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. ... View Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive Online
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... View Film & Television Literature Index (FTLI) Online
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... View International Encyclopedia of Media Studies Online
JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive Dates Vary JSTOR is a full-text journal database which provides access to more than 1,200 titles in the fields of African-American studies, anthropology, architecture, Asian studies, biological sciences, bota... View JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive Online
LexisNexis Academic Dates Vary NOTE: This database will not be available after December 31, 2018; it was replaced with a new platform, renamed Nexis Uni. Access to both platforms will available until March 31, 2018. LexisNexis ... View LexisNexis Academic Online
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... View MLA International Bibliography (Ebsco) Online
MLA International Bibliography (ProQuest) 1926 - present NOTE: Access to MLA International Bibliography moved to the Ebsco platform in 2019, as a result of MLA entering into an exclusive agreement with Ebsco to host their content. The Modern Language Ass... View MLA International Bibliography (ProQuest) Online
Nexis Uni Dates vary NOTE: In early 2018, LexisNexis launched a new platform, Nexis Uni, to replace LexisNexis Academic. Access to both platforms will available until March 31, 2018. Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Aca... View Nexis Uni Online
Project Muse Project Muse provides full text access to more than 300 humanities and social science journals from various publishers. Disciplines covered include art, anthropology, literature, film, theatre, his... View Project Muse Online

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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... View 60 Minutes: 1997-2014 Online
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 ... View Encyclopedia of Communication Theory Online
Encyclopedia of Television The Encyclopedia of Television includes more than 1,000 original essays from more than 250 contributors and examines specific programs and people, historic moments and trends, major policy disputes... View Encyclopedia of Television Online
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... View International Encyclopedia of Communication Online
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... View LLBA (Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts) Online
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... View Media History Digital Library Online
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 ... View Moving Image Archive Online
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... View New Communication Technologies, Their History and Social Influence: An Annotated Bibliography Online
PsycINFO (Psychological Abstracts) 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... View PsycINFO (Psychological Abstracts) Online
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... View Sociological Abstracts Online

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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... View Alt-Press Watch Online
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... View Alternative Press Index and Alternative Press Index Archive (combined) Online
AP Images 1826 - present AP Images 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. ... View AP Images Online
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... View C-Span Video Library Online
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... View Canadian Major Dailies Online
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... View CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) 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... View CQ Researcher (Current Issues) Online
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... View Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) Online
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-... View International Newsstream Online
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... View iPOLL Databank Online
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... View Opposing Viewpoints in Context Online
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... View Polling the Nations Online
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.... View Roper Center for Public Opinion Research Online
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... View Television News Archive Online
Television, Radio & Cable Industry Online Database Grey House Publishing is proud to announce it has acquired the database from Bowker/ProQuest that was published under the name Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook for many years. This great resource is n... View Television, Radio & Cable Industry Online Database Online
World News Digest 1940 - present Facts on File includes 75,000 full-text news articles, weekly updates from the Facts On File World News Digest, and regular wire-service updates from Reuters. In addition, Facts on File contains se... View World News Digest Online

Rhetoric Databases

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... View American Rhetoric: the Power of Oratory in the United States Online
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... View CompPile Online
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,... View Encyclopedia of Rhetoric Online
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 ... View Rhetorica Online

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Independent Voices Drawn from the special collections of libraries here at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, SUNY-Buffalo, Duke University, Northwestern University, and others, the Independent Voices project pro... View Independent Voices Online
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... View International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences Online
London Low Life 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... View London Low Life Online
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... View Mass Observation Online Online

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