Guides: Communication Studies: Articles & Journals

Frequently used article databases

Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
400 journals indexed/abstracted, (200 full-text)
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
8000 journals indexed/abstracted (4600 full-text) in various disciplines
SocINDEX (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
SocINDEX offers comprehensive coverage of sociology and related areas of study. There are 500 "priority" coverage journals as well as 1,390 "selective" coverage journals; links to full-text in Academic Search Premier.
APA PsycINFO (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
2000 international psychology journals, books, chapters, dissertations indexed/abstracted, links to full-text in ASP & PsychArticles.
CBCA Complete (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
With over 4.5 million records and more than 1,680 titles, CBCA Complete is ideal for anyone interested in current events, business, science, the arts, and education as produced in Canada. Includes 640 full-text periodicals and daily news sources (over 480 of which are Canadian), plus indexing to an additional 1,100 other titles (over 95% Canadian). Updated daily with full-text content (1985 to present) and bibliographic content (1971 to present).

Multidisciplinary databases relevant to Communications

Gender Studies Database (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Hundreds of journals indexed/abstracted related to women’s studies, sexual diversity, men’s studies; links to full-text in ASP
LGBTQ+ Source (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
index for world literature on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues. At present there is a limited full-text component.
Philosopher's Index (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
The Philosopher's Index is a comprehensive subject and author index to Philosophical articles, books, and anthologies. More than 550 journals from more than 40 countries are indexed.
Business Source Premier (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
8,060 journals indexed/abstracted of which 7,608 are full text and 1,112 are full text and peer-reviewed. Full text is also provided for industry and market research reports including SWOT analysis.

Journal Collections

A list of all journals (electronic and print) subscribed to by the MSVU Library can be found under our Journal Titles A-Z list. It is searchable only by journal title.

The following journal collections are searchable either by journal title or by article keywords:

SAGE Journals (CRKN) This link opens in a new window
There are 44 journals under the subject "Communication and Media Studies".
Taylor & Francis: Social Sciences and Humanities Collection (CRKN) This link opens in a new window
A collection of 662 electronic journals in the humanities and social sciences. There are 30 journals under the category "Communication Studies".
Wiley Online Library (CRKN) This link opens in a new window
There are 29 journals under the subject "Communication and Media Studies".
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers.
JSTOR (CRKN) This link opens in a new window
The Arts & Sciences I and II Collections include the complete back runs of over 240 multidisciplinary academic journals.

The Ecology & Botany Collection contains twenty-nine titles in the biological sciences.

Citation Indexes

Citation indexes allow you to find articles which have cited other works. You can think of it as a reference list in reverse.

Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
The “Cited by” feature allows you to see details of later articles that have cited the article whose citation appear in the results list of a search Google Scholar provides citations (publication details) of books, conference proceedings, journal articles and theses from a variety of scholarly publishers, societies and organisations.