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Communications Studies is so cross-disciplinary that it makes sense to begin with
Articles Plus, which searches across our hundreds of databases all at once.
The next stop would be our subject's 2 major databases
- Communication and Mass Media CompleteIf you are doing research on the communicative aspects of linguistics, such as discourse analysis or semantics, this would be a good database to try.
- Communication AbstractsAn article database like CMMC, but it has more book chapters, and citations from communication adjacent fields like linguistics. EBSCO. "CommAbstracts"
Next, it makes sense to find books using ALICE, the catalog of the library.
Another good starting place is a communications encyclopedia, such as
The International Encyclopedia of Communication, 12 Volume Set by Call Number: e-bookISBN: 9781405131995Publication Date: 2008If you are researching a topic in communication that is new to you, I highly recommend the International Encyclopedia of Communication. You can find descriptions of many communication-related topics as well as suggested further readings.
And if you need any help along the way, please just ask me.
