Research and Course Guides: Communication Graduate Students: Articles

Articles

Below are databases most closely related to communication studies generally. For both specific contexts (business, medicine, engineering, etc.) and multi-subject databases, see the entire list of article Databases A-Z.

Communication and Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
communication studies, mass media, and journalism (coverage varies; some journals go back to the early 1900s)
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis) This link opens in a new window
news, business, law, and general reference
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) This link opens in a new window
This database abstracts and indexes the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences. The database covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.
Sage Research Methods This link opens in a new window
Full text from SAGE's books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, and selected journal articles and videos plus case studies and data sets. Can be used to help design research projects and learn about specific qualitative and quantitative methods.
Roper iPoll This link opens in a new window
Provided by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University, Roper iPoll is the largest collection of public opinion poll data with results from 1935 to the present. Roper iPoll contains nearly 800,000 questions and over 23,000 datasets from both U.S. and international polling firms. Surveys cover any number of topics including, social issues, politics, pop culture, international affairs, science, the environment, and much more. When available, results charts, demographic crosstabs and full datasets are provided for immediate download.
Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
This expansive collection covers all disciplines with well over 5,000 journals and magazines included. This resource is an upgrade to the Academic Search Complete collection.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
more than 1,300 full-text scholarly journals
Access made possible with funding from the Class of '55 and Callie Jones Shirley Library Endowments
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
psychology and related fields, 1872-present
PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles from major psychology journals, 1987-present.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
psychology and related fields; full-text articles, 1965-present
Sociological Index with Full Text (SIFT) This link opens in a new window
sociology and related fields, 1895-present
Anthropology Plus This link opens in a new window
social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies, late 1800s-present
(limited to 5 simultaneous users)
Anthrosource This link opens in a new window
all aspects of anthropology; coverage dates vary by publication
LGBTQ+ Source This link opens in a new window
all aspects of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender life, coverage dates vary by publication
SPORTDiscus This link opens in a new window
sports, physical fitness, and recreation; 1830-present
Limit: 4 simultaneous users

Newspapers/News in Higher Education

Chronicle of Higher Education
Subscription via Clemson Libraries
Times Higher Education
From U.K.; subscription via Clemson Libraries
Inside Higher Ed
Mostly free access, must sign up
Campus Review
From Australia; mostly free access, must sign up

Selected Journals

Selected journals in Communication available online from Cooper Library (please note older issues are sometimes only in print, ask Ed Rock erock@clemson.edu for assistance):

Locating Full Text

If a full-text link for an article is not available in a particular database, look for a link and click on it. You will be taken to a screen that hopefully has ; click on Article to get to the full-text article. If the Article link isn't present, click on the Journal link; you'll then select the year/volume/issue you need.

If you don't get the above screen, check the Library Catalog for holdings. Select Journal Title from the pull-down menu on the left and type the title of the journal in the search box.

If you're still unable to locate the full text, please Ask a Librarian to help you or request the article through Interlibrary Loan.