Research Databases

Communications

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Database available through OCLC FirstSearch. Request password at Library Circulation Desk

1. AccuNet/AP Photo Archive
   Search here for downloadable political, cultural and historical images dating from the 1840s by the Associated Press. 
   
   Availability: 
   JBU Library computer. Request for CD-ROM at the Reserve Desk.
   
   
2. Contemporary Women's Issues
   Search here for online FULL-TEXT articles on topics and issues for women including health, human rights, the workplace, legal status and more. 
   1992-present. Updated weekly.
   
   Availability: 
   Any computer with an Internet Connection
   
   
3. DataTimes Newspaper Abstract and Index
   Search here to find citations of articles from U.S. and non-U.S. newspapers including sources such as The Christian Science Monitor and Commerce Business Daily. 
   1996-present. Updated daily.
   
   Availability:
   Any computer with an Internet Connection
   
   
4. Electronic Collections Online
   Search here to find citations of articles in scholarly journals in all disciplines. Contains online FULL-TEXT articles. 
   1995-present. Updated daily.
   
   Availability:
   Any computer with an Internet Connection
   
   
5. Index to Legal Periodicals and Books
   Search here for citations of law reviews and articles from journals, yearbooks and bar association publications in all areas of jurisprudence including court decisions, legislation and original scholarship.
   1981-present. Updated monthly.
   
   Availability: 
   Any computer with an Internet Connection
   
   
   
6. National Geographic on CD-ROM
   This is the archive of National Geographic Magazine, 1888 to present. Search or browse through full-paged spreads of text and graphics. Color printer attached.  
   
   Availability: 
   JBU Library computer. Request for CD-ROM at the Reserve Desk.
   
   
7. Newspaper Abstracts
   Search here for citations and abstracts of articles from U.S. national and regional newspapers such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune and the Atlanta Journal.
   1989-present. Updated weekly.
   
   Availability:
   Any computer with an Internet Connection
   
   

4. PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) International Database  
   
   Search here for citations of periodical articles, books, hearings, gray literature and government publications from 120 countries on global public policy and social issues.
   1972-present. Updated monthly.
   
   Availability: 
   Any computer with an Internet Connection
   
   
5. Periodical Abstracts
   Search here for citations of articles from popular and academic periodicals. Contains online FULL-TEXT articles and transcripts of news-oriented television and radio shows.
   1987-present. Updated weekly.
   
   Availability: 
   Any computer with an Internet Connection
   
   
6. ProQuest Direct 
   Search here to find citations of articles on all topics including current events, social and cultural trends. Contains online FULL-TEXT articles from communications periodicals such as Journalism History, News Media and the Law and Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media.
   Newspaper articles can be retrieved by selecting Newspapers under Publication Type field. 
   1986-present. Updated daily.
   
   Availability: 
   All networked computers on main campus and Advance Program Centers
   Graduate and Advance Program students should request for password for off-campus access
   A standalone version is available in JBU Library
   
   
7. SIRSResearcher  
   Search here for citations and abstracts of articles exploring social, scientific, historic, economic, political and global issues. Contains online FULL-TEXT articles extracted from domestic and international newspapers, magazines, journals and government publications. 
   1988-present. Updated monthly.
   
   Availability:
   Any computer with an Internet Connection
   
   
8. Social Sciences Index
   Search here for citations of articles from core periodicals in economics, geography, law and criminology, politics, sociology and international relations. Contains online FULL-TEXT articles.
   1983-present. Updated monthly.
   
   Availability:
   Any computer with an Internet Connection
   
9. Wilson Select Plus
   Search here to find citations of articles on all topics. Contains online FULL-TEXT articles. Complements ProQuest Direct as a research database. 
   1994-present. Updated weekly.
   
   Availability:
   Any computer with an Internet Connection
   
10. EBSCO's Academic Search Elite
    Index and full-text articles on research-quality information in the social sciences, humanities, engineering and computer sciences, natural sciences and medical sciences, and education.
    
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11. EBSCO's Newspaper Source
    Selected full text for more than 180 regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, newswires, newspaper columns and other sources as well and indexing and abstracts for national newspapers.
    
    Availability:
    - All networked computers at main campus.
    -Advance Program Centers
    -Any computer with an Internet connection (get username/password from library circulation desk)
    
12. EBSCO's TOPICsearch
    Current events database with full-text articles from more than 1500 periodicals.
    
    Availability:
    - All networked computers at main campus.
    -Advance Program Centers
    -Any computer with an Internet connection (get username/password from library circulation desk)
    
13. WorldCAT
    Search this catalog to find records of books, videos and computer files in major libraries in the United States. 
    Updated daily.
    
    Availability:
    Any computer with an Internet Connection