Research Guides
Communication Studies: Home
This subject guide is a starting point for communication-related research, including mass media, speech communication, and more.
Welcome!
Class Guides & Asynchronous Research Help
- COM 496 Research PlanMake your own copy and save to your Google Drive
- SAGE Research Methods Project Planner
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Starting Points: Articles
- Communication Source This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journal, magazine, and trade publication articles in communication, mass media, and related fields. - Web of Science This link opens in a new window
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Citation index for the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. - Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly, trade, and magazine articles in all subjects. - Access World News This link opens in a new window
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Regional, national, and international newspapers, 1980's-present. - Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window
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Current international, national & regional newspapers, 1980 - present.
Starting Points: Books & eBooks
See the eBook FAQ for directions to limit your search to ebooks only.
- By Topic - Type in the keywords that broadly describe your topic. For example: journalism activism politics
- By Title - Type in the first few words of the book title in quotations. For example: "postracial resistance black women, media, and the uses of strategic ambiguity".
- By Author - Type in the last name followed by the first name of the author in quotations. For example: "gonzalez carmen g"
Use Google Scholar to find journal articles, conference papers, theses & dissertations, academic websites and more in all subjects. Be sure to set your Google Scholar Settings by clicking on the 
button near the top of the screen. Select Library Links on the left and make sure "University of Washington Libraries - Check for Full-Text @ UW" is checked. This will link your results to UW Libraries e-journals.
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The New York Times digital edition is now available for all current UW and Cascadia College students, staff and faculty via the UW Libraries campus-wide subscription.
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