For a subject guide on this topic:
http://libguides.wvu.edu/communication_studies
Offers a good starting point for research on nearly any topic, covering most areas of academic study and containing full text for 5,500 periodicals, including 4,600 peer-reviewed publications....
CIOS (Communication Institute for Online Scholarship)
Research databases from CIOS support research and education in communications-related disciplines (human communication studies, speech communication, rhetoric, journalism, mass communication, etc....
A comprehensive database of article and book abstracts from the scholarly literature of the communication field....
A system for the comparative assessment of article publication productivity for individual scholars and for academic departments....
Communication and Mass Media Complete
Provides references to journal articles, handbooks, and encyclopedias related to communication and mass media....
Quickly and efficiently scan and review new communication studies research articles in your area of interest....
An interactive directory of scholars and degree programs in communication and the best guide to leading graduate programs....
All EBSCOhost databases, cross-searchable, providing coverage for journal articles and other information in academic disciplines....
FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Plus
Offers coverage of academic and popular film journals....
Film & Television Literature Index With Full Text
Indexing and abstracts for more than 270 publications (and selected coverage of more than 300), as well as full text for more than 70 journals....
Streaming video of speeches by public figures from all walks of life, from Babe Ruth to the Dalai Lama to Senator Robert Byrd....
HAPI (Health & Psychosocial Instruments)
Health and Psychosocial Instruments provides access to information on measurement instruments (i....
ICPSR -Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
ICPSR is the world's largest collection of digital social science data which can be used for secondary research, instructional activities, and to write articles, papers or theses - set up MyData account to begin....
International Encyclopedia of Communication
Spans the breadth of communication studies, including coverage of theories, media and communication phenomena, research methods, problems, concepts, and geographical areas....
Journal impact factors and citation data for 7,500 scholarly and technical journals....
JSTOR is an archive of more than 1,000 scholarly, interdisciplinary journals, with full coverage for all but the most current 3-5 years....
Mental Measurements Yearbook With Tests in Print
A comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments, produced by the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska....
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
This database is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses, spanning from 1861 to the present day and offering full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997....
Contains two million references and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations, all in the field of psychology....
Social Sciences Citation Index
Part of the Web of Science, covers high impact research journals in each field of the social sciences and offers cited reference searching as an option for tracing scholarship....
