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Welcome to Communication Studies Research at JMU Libraries!
This page lists resources commonly needed by SCOM students. You can find additional information, including streaming video tutorials about how to do SCOM research, on the Communication Studies Research Guide page. [more info]
Articles (from journals)
Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO)
Article index with some full text in the fields of communication and mass media studies. [more info]
Campus/Remote
ABI Inform (ProQuest)
  For organizational comm. topics. Be sure to add a comm. term to your search! [more info]
Campus/Remote
PsycINFO (EBSCO)
An index with abstracts to journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines (sociology, linguistics, anthropology, education, medicine, law, physiology, business, psychiatry, nursing, pharmacology). [more info]
Campus/Remote
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Index and full-text source for scholarly journals and magazines ... [more info]
Campus/Remote
ComIndex (CIOS)
Author and title index to journals in communications and mass media... [more info]
Carrier Lib. Reference Desk
Sociological Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, book reviews, abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Articles (from magazines)
Consumer Health Complete (EBSCO)
  [more info]
Campus/Remote
Citation Searching
Scopus (Elsevier)
Indexing, abstracts, and citation searching for science and social science scholarly literature... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Web of Science (ISI)
This resource will cease as of 1/1/2010. Please begin using other resources, such as Scopus. Not my first choice, but sometimes good for interdisciplinary communication topics [more info]
Campus/Remote
Polls / Surveys
ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) (University of Michigan)
A vast archive of social science data for research and instruction, available for download and re-use.... [more info]
Campus/Remote
General Social Survey (GSS)
Search on 4697 to get theGeneral Social Surveys, 1972-2006 [Cumulative File] [more info]
Campus/Remote
Polling the Nations
Max limit of 4 simultaneous users.  Log out when you're done! More than 14,000 surveys conducted by over 1000 polling organizations in the United States and 100 other countries from 1986 to the present time... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Harris Poll
Survey data on a wide variety of subjects [more info]
Internet
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
Survey data about the press, politics and public policy issues [more info]
Internet
Selected Social Science Databases for Test / Survey Searching (CSA) (CSA)
add 
questionnaire* or scale* or survey* or checklist* or instrument* or test*to your search to help find measurement instruments
[more info]
Internet
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Statistics & Datasets
ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) (University of Michigan)
A vast archive of social science data for research and instruction, available for download and re-use.... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Tests and Test Information
Communication Research Measures
Research measures you can use for research / instructional purposes, without specific permission... [more info]
Internet
Tests and Measures in the Social Sciences
Excellent free index of noncommercial tests found in book-length compilations. Use LEO Library Catalog or Interlibrary loan to get the book with the test you need. [more info]
HAPI (Health and Psychosocial Instruments) (Ovid)
Descriptions of behavioral tests and measurements in health fields, psychosocial sciences... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Selected Social Science Databases for Test / Survey Searching (CSA) (CSA)
add 
questionnaire* or scale* or survey* or checklist* or instrument* or test*to your search to help find measurement instruments
[more info]
Internet
Selected Social Science Databases for Test / Survey Searching (EBSCO) (EBSCO)
Use 
questionnaire* or scale* or survey* or checklist* or instrument* or test*
if you're searching for tests
[more info]
Internet
PsycINFO (EBSCO)
An index with abstracts to journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines (sociology, linguistics, anthropology, education, medicine, law, physiology, business, psychiatry, nursing, pharmacology). [more info]
Campus/Remote
Videos
Vanderbilt Television News Archive
Streaming video of news from CBS (1968 to date) and CNN (1995 to date) plus indexing of television network news from all the major networks, 1968 to date. [more info]
Campus/Remote
Great Speeches Online EVG On Demand
Click 'more info' to find out what Great Speeches are available...Watch Malcolm X, JFK, Bill Clinton, and many more! [more info]
Internet
Legislative & Congressional Information
CQ Press Congress Collection (CQ Press)
Nonbiased analysis of votes and other data relating to the U.S. Congress and its legislation... [more info]
Internet
Reference Information
Communication Research Measures: A Sourcebook
[more info]
Carrier Reference Desk, P 91.3.C62 2004
Sage eReference
Reference books are the authoritative equivalent to Wikipedia!  Search for communication topics by keyword and read essays written by faculty, researchers, and other qualified experts in the field! Specific titles of interest within Communication & Media Studies include Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media, Encyclopedia of Public Relations, and Encyclopedia of Political Communication, but this resource covers other important areas like Psychology, Social Issues, and Research Methods. [more info]
Campus/Remote, AE5.S244
Websites
American Rhetoric Speech Bank (American Rhetoric)
Index and full text of over 5000 audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches... [more info]
Internet
ComVista (CIS)
A guide to programs of study in communication-related departments in North American higher education. One year trial subscription. [more info]
  
Related Subjects
Communication & Psychology
Communication & Sociology
Communication in Education
Communication in Organizations
Family Communication
Health Communication
Polls, Surveys, & Public Opinion
Public Relations
Related Links
SCOM 280 Guide
See more Communication Studies Resources by type of information:
Articles (from journals)
Articles (from magazines)
Citation Searching
Help / Research Guides
Legislative & Congressional Information
Polls / Surveys
Reference Information
Statistics & Datasets
Tests and Test Information
Videos
Websites
Communication Studies Librarian's Lists of Resources:
Accents -- Article Indexes
Comm. Studies Research Guides
Public Speaking -- Images
Public Speaking -- Research Databases
Public Speaking -- Speeches
Contact the Communication Studies Librarian:
Kathy Clarke