PennWest University Libraries: Communication Research Starter: Start Here

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Welcome to the Communication Research Starter. This guide will help get you started with research for your assignments and projects. If you need assistance, please visit the Help page.

Research Starters

Looking for a good place to start your research? Try one of these recommended resources from the Libraries:

Communication Source This link opens in a new window Offers abstracts and indexing as well as full-text content from publications worldwide pertaining to Communication, Linguistics, Rhetoric and Discourse, Speech-Language Pathology, Media Studies and other fields relevant to the discipline.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window Noted for its award-winning in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the economy; each single-themed report is researched and written by a seasoned journalist, footnoted and professionally fact checked. Reports are published online 44 times a year by CQ Press, an imprint of SAGE Publications.
Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window Find overviews, news, and opinions on hundreds of today's important social issues.

Other Databases

OneSearch This link opens in a new window OneSearch combines most of the library's resources into a single database. Rather than search databases separately, you can do just "one search." OneSearch includes articles, ebooks and books, and more.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window A comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. This is the world's largest full text psychology database offering full text coverage for nearly 400 journals.
SocINDEX w/ Full Text This link opens in a new window The world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database. This database features more than 2.1 million records with subject headings from a 20,000+ term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window Use this link to show PennWest full text in your Google Scholar results.