Skip to content
Penn State University Libraries
University Library Home > Communications

Communications & Media Studies

 

Contact

Debora Cheney
Larry and Ellen Foster Communications Librarian, and, Head, Library Services to the World Campus/Penn State Online
814-863-1345

Communications Librarians

or Your Campus Librarian

 

Resources

NewsCAT (Online finding tool for Newspapers in the University Libraries collection)

Did You Know? (Watch NML's new videos and learn more)

Related Guides

Advertising

Film/Video Studies 

News & News Sources

Communications Research Guides

Articles and Databases

Try These First

LionSearch

 

 

 

  • Communication & Mass Media Complete
    • Comprehensive resource of scholarly journals and other periodicals related to communications and mass media, most containing full-text articles
    • Good source of information on communication issues on a worldwide scale, from a variety of publishers, research institutions and information sources
    • Directs users to location of full-text articles, or prompts for articles that can be obtained through Inter library loan
  • Academic Search Complete
    • Multi-disciplinary database with full text periodicals, trade publications and peer-reviewed journals
    • Includes monographs (books), reports, and conference proceedings
    • Many articles in PDF format

In Addition

  • PsycINFO 1806-current 
    • Indexes journals, dissertations and some books in the international field of psychology
  • Sociological Abstracts 
    • Abstracts and indexes international literature in sociology and related disciplines
  • Business Source Premier 
    • Full text database of periodicals, trade publications and scholarly journals
    • Covers all business disciplines

Encyclopedias