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Introduction
The purpose of this guide is to help students in COMM 4300 find scholarly articles, newspapers, and other resources about social movements for their assignments. If you would like personalized assistance in finding resources, please contact Reference & Instruction Librarian Meli Taylor at taylolm@bgsu.edu
Use Databases to Find Communication Research Articles
Out of the hundreds of library research databases, the one most often used for communication studies topics is Communication and Mass Media Complete. This database offers full text for nearly 200 journals and abstracts for over 300 more.
- Communication & Mass Media CompleteIndexing, abstracts and full text for journals in communication studies, covering topics such as journalism, mass media, and communicative disorders.
- Click on Communication and Mass Media Complete in the box above
- Enter your search terms
- When your results come up in the database, click on "All filters" under the search bar, then select "Academic Journals" on the right side of the screen and click "Apply." This will eliminate SOME of the magazines/journals that are not appropriate for research assignments.
- Select an article that interests you; check the name of the journal the article is published in to make sure it is on the instructor's approved list.
- Note: Even if you limit to "Academic Journals" within the database, you still need to evaluate the article to make sure it meets the criteria for a scholarly article. You may stumble onto book reviews or editorials published within academic journals not considered appropriate for research.
- SummonYou can use Summon to search through all of BGSU's resources, both online and in-print. To narrow your search, use the "refine your search" filters on the left side of the results screen. You can narrow your results by content type, discipline, date, and more. Try clicking on the "Journal Article" and Discipline: Journalism and Communications" filters.