Communication Studies

• Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window

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  Access to scholarly/peer-reviewed articles in the fields of communication and media studies.

• Research Tutorial: Comm & Mass Media Complete Tips & Tricks

  This video walks you through searching for and selecting scholarly articles in this database. 19 min.

• Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window

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  Multidisciplinary index and full text source for scholarly journals and magazines.
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  Find journals, books, ebooks, films, sound recordings, and government documents available to JMU users.
• Kanopy This link opens in a new window

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  Contains over 25,000 videos, documentaries, training films, theatrical releases, and more.
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  Access to NYTimes.com, including breaking news, multimedia, international content, reviews, blogs, apps, and more.
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