Mass Communications and Journalism

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SAGE Reference Online
Provides access to 90 full-text specialized encyclopedias that offer excellent background information on a topic.

• 21st Century Communication: A Reference Handbook
  A comprehensive overview of communication theory, offering current descriptions of theories as well as the background issues and concepts that comprise these theories.
• Encyclopedia of Journalism
  The Encyclopedia of Journalism covers all significant dimensions of journalism, including print, broadcast, and Internet journalism; U.S. and international perspectives; history; technology; legal issues and court cases; ownership; and economics.

Communication & Mass Media Complete
The main database for Communication Studies and Mass Communications. Searches over 600 journal titles that support research in communication, mass media, linguistics, language learning and related fields of study.

Academic Search Premier (all topics) from EBSCO
Full-text articles in biology, chemistry, education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion and theology, sociology, etc. Tip: Click the check box to limit to Academic (Peer Reviewed) Journals.



ComAbstracts
The most comprehensive database for the discipline of Communications. Provides 26,000 abstracts of articles drawn from the professional literature on Communications. 

Ethnic NewsWatch
Articles from over 200 newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Provides in-depth coverage of a wide range of current and historical topics. Limit the Source Type to "Scholarly Journals" for peer-reviewed articles.

Ethnic NewsWatch
Articles from over 200 newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Provides in-depth coverage of a wide range of current and historical topics. Limit the Source Type to "Scholarly Journals" for peer-reviewed articles.



Facts on File (World News Digest)
A searchable news and events site, with encyclopedia and almanac. Gives top news stories back to 1940. Special features include maps; photographs; historic documents; and overviews of key issues, newsmakers and events since 1980. Cancelled; access ended on 30 November 2014.

BBC World News
British Broadcasting Corporation, one of the world's most respected news agencies.

Newsbank Special Reports
NewsBank's Special Reports focus on topics of current interest. They include content from sources throughout the world to provide a global perspective, current and background information, statistics, maps, images, websites, and suggested search terms. New information is added daily to featured and current reports.

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Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

AP Images (Associated Press)
A source of over 500,000 current and historic photo images, graphic images, audio files, and publicity. Content may be used for educational purposes.

Films on Demand: Communication
Streaming video on topics in interpersonal and group communication, principles of human communication, mass communications, and more.

For additional Mass Communication videos, search the MnPALS catalog (Limit to movies and video) on the right side of this page.

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Books on Mass Communications have call numbers beginning with P87 - P96

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