LCU Library: Communications : Find Articles

Databases for Communication

Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Full-text, indexing and abstracts for many top communication journals covering all related disciplines, including media studies, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context) This link opens in a new window
Full-text databases providing differing points of view on current social issues.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
EBSCO Business Source Complete provides full text articles and abstracts from a large selection of scholarly business journals. Topics cover every area of business including marketing, management, MIS, POM, economics, finance, accounting, and international business.
Business Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Offering full-text business magazines and scholarly journals, it is an ideal database for those looking to conduct research in any area of business.
Humanities Source Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Full-text database covering literary, scholarly and creative thought. It provides full text, indexing and abstracts for the most noted scholarly sources in the humanities.
Sociology Source Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Contains full text peer reviewed journal articles covering aspects of social behavior and interaction.
Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
Complete full text for more than 50 national (U.S.) and international newspapers and selective full text for more than 80 regional (U.S.) newspapers.
Gale Power Search This link opens in a new window
Search across most of the Gale databases available.
Academic Video Online - Alexander Street Platform This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary video collection. Also available in the ProQuest platform.

Evaluating Websites

Search engines like Google or Bing find websites of all levels of quality and value.

These Web sites were chosen by your librarian based on the following standards. Keep these things in mind when deciding if a website is reliable and appropriate for your research.

author has credibility
objective and unbiased
accurate
recently updated
educational purpose

Always check with your instructor to find out if you can use free (non-Library) websites for your assignments.

Remember, if looking for journal articles, library databases are the most efficient tool for searching.

Recommended Websites for Communications

Scholarly vs. Popular Periodicals

Video created by the Vanderbilt University Peabody Library.

Welcome to the LCU Library

Communications

Subject Librarian

K-Dee Anderson

Databases for Communication

Evaluating Websites

Recommended Websites for Communications

Scholarly vs. Popular Periodicals

Database Searching Tutorials