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Resources for Communication Studies
Library Databases for Communication
Here are a few databases offered to University of Louisiana at Lafayette students and faculty that have articles on communication. To use the databases off-campus, log in using your ULID.
- Academic Search Complete | EBSCO ** This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive scholarly, multidisciplinary full text database with more than 5,300 periodicals, including 4,400 peer reviewed journals.
- Access World News - Historical and Current | NewsBank ** This link opens in a new windowNews content from printed and online newspapers, blogs, journals, newswires, broadcast transcripts and videos.
- Communication & Mass Media Complete | EBSCO ** This link opens in a new windowProvides research in areas related to communication and mass media. Includes indexing and abstracting for more than 770 journals, with full text for 450-plus titles.
- eBook Collection | EBSCO ** [see Note] This link opens in a new windowProvides access to an extensive collection of e-book titles online.
- JSTOR ** This link opens in a new windowA comprehensively scholarly, multidisciplinary full text database of peer-reviewed journals.
- Nexis Uni ** This link opens in a new windowProvides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information.
- Project Muse ** This link opens in a new windowPeer-reviewed scholarly journals across a wide range of disciplines.
- SocINDEX with Full-Text | EBSCO ** This link opens in a new windowFull text sociology database with more than 1,600,000 records with subject headings from a 15,600 term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and lexicographers.
- Web of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive index of the top scholarly research journals in the social sciences.
Finding Peer-Reviewed Articles
What does "peer-reviewed" mean?
A peer-reviewed article is reviewed by subject experts before being approved for publication in order to ensure that it meets specific criteria and standards. Journals that use peer review in their selection process are generally considered to be of higher quality and more trustworthy than those that don’t use the peer review process.
How do I find peer-reviewed articles?
You can find peer-reviewed articles by searching our databases. Most databases give you the option to select for peer-reviewed articles when conducting your search. Check the "Peer Reviewed" box to ensure all the articles in your search results come from peer-reviewed journals.
Microforms at Dupré Library
The Microform Department offers microform copies of newspapers going back as far as 1736. Copies from microform are free. For more information, call the Microforms Department at (337) 482-1191.