Research Guides
Communication Studies: Articles
This subject guide is a starting point for communication-related research, including mass media, speech communication, and more.
Find Articles for Communication research
If the fulltext of the article is not available directly in a database such as PAIS Index, click on the 
button to find out if the UW has an electronic or paper copy of the journal article that you need. If there is no button, search for the journal title in the UW Libraries Search to determine if the UW owns a copy. Still not sure, contact Jessica!
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Scholarly journal articles in communication, mass media and related fields. - Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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Includes sources on most research topics. Use the "Choose Databases" link to select and then search other databases provided by EBSCO, including Communication Source & America History and Life. - America: History & Life with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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The premier American History database provides citations to scholarly journal articles, book chapters, and dissertations. - Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
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Articles covering many topics related to Communication including advertising, media/entertainment corporations, finances, and more. - Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive This link opens in a new window
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Core 19th to 21st century US and UK trade magazines covering film, music, broadcasting, theater, and video gaming. - Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Articles on film and television theory, preservation and restoration, screenwriting & more. - Historical Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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World history from 1450 AD to date. Provides citations to thousands of articles, books, dissertations on Greek history. - Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journal articles and more covering all aspects of linguistics.
- Oxford Bibliographies Online. CommunicationScholar-selected books and articles covering an array of communication topics.
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Indexes and abstracts articles from a wide range of sources; especially strong on political science, government policies and publications. - PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
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Search to find articles if your research topic is related to psychology or psychological topics. - Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Many sociologists research and publish about communication-related topics. Search this database to find articles on many communication topics. - Web of Science This link opens in a new window
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Includes citations for scholarly journal articles on most subjects. - Westlaw Campus Research This link opens in a new window
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Federal and state court cases, statutes, & regulations; law reviews & journals; legal research encyclopedias; and some international legal resources, company information, and news. Campus Research is not available to the law school or the office of the general counsel.
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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.Know your sources
Ulrichsweb is a directory to 300,000+ journals and other serials. Ulrichsweb will help you to:
- Identify which library database provides indexing and abstracting for a journal
- Identifies if a publication is scholarly or popular
- Identifies if a journal is
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