Library Databases for Communication Research
From the library home page search box, you'd open the drop menu, you can simply type in a database name or select Databases, and open the Browse Databases by Subject or Name link.
1. Open the library databases A-Z list
2. Databases by subject: Communication
3. Select Communication and Mass Media Complete
- Select Publications to see list of all of the Communication research journals it searches.
Do an example search with me
Example research question: "Does the coverage of protests by journalism and news impact public perception of the movements?"
Keywords and synonyms: protests, journalism, news, public perception
1. Search: protests = 4,382 articles.
2. Use the suggested OR terms: protests OR demonstrations OR activism = 10,277 articles.
3.Add journalism or reporting = 1,697 articles.
4. Add public perceptions or attitudes or opinion = 187 articles.
5. Limit to: Peer Reviewed and Publication Date (use 2013-2023) = 89 articles.
- Each article result contains an Abstract. In just a few seconds, you can determine if the article is a good fit or not.
- Use the citation generator to create your APA 7 citation.
- Keep your article by downloading it or by using the permalink.
Start searching using the broadest keyword concepts
In this case, the broadest keyword concept is all-things-climate change. In a search, use this first and get a big number of results before adding keywords.
