LibGuides: Media Communications &amp; Journalism at Webster University Library: Article Databases

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Note: Media is a very interdisciplinary field.

The databases below are merely suggestions. Depending on your research question, you may need to seek information on other topics such as business, gender studies, politics, or many others. Expand your horizons, and consider searching in more than one database. Contact a librarian for help selecting a database: libanswers.webster.edu

Databases

Use these databases to find scholarly articles, videos, and more.

Communication & Mass Media Complete
Includes the content from two established indexes, CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index, as well as other major journals in these disciplines.

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
A scholarly multidisciplinary database of periodical articles, most with full-text, through Ebscohost.
Artstor
Great collections of the arts, architecture and photographs with strong coverage of world cultures throughout history.
Credo Reference
Searchable online collection of over 3,470,168 full text articles in 880 encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, biographies, language dictionaries, and other reference titles.
eBook Collection (EBSCO)
One of the Library's collections of online, full-text books contains current and classic eBooks in a variety of subject areas.

Film & Television Literature Index
Film theory, preservation and restoration, cinematography, etc.

Films on Demand
Streaming video databases with over 6,000 clips and full length educational films and documentaries from Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, BBC, PBS and more.
Gale eBooks
Gale eBooks provides a combined search of a number of dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference sources in various subject areas.

New York Times Online
Offers full-page-images and article images from the New York Times from its first issue in 1851 to three years ago. An excellent source for finding film reviews.

ProQuest Central
ProQuest Central brings together databases to create a comprehensive, diverse, and relevant multidisciplinary research database. The collection includes thousands of full-text scholarly journals, newspapers, magazines, dissertations, and much more.
Philosopher's Index (EBSCO)
Provides citations and abstracts to scholarly research in the fifteen fields of philosophy, published in journals and books since 1940. (4 simultaneous users)
SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO)
Includes anthropology, sociology, gerontology, minorities, etc.
Statista
Specializing in consumer and market data, Statista provides access to statistics from a wide range of topics. Access data sets, charts, infographics, survey results, studies, forecasts and more through Statista.
Global Consumer Survey (Statista)
Compare global and regional trends in consumer behavior worldwide. The data from the Global Consumer Survey comes alive in an interactive browser-based analysis tool on the Statista platform. Users can create their individual target groups and analyses and export their findings into Excel or PowerPoint.