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Research Databases


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Academic OneFile


Academic OneFile is a collection of more than 8,000 journals with full manual indexing and coverage of a variety of academic disciplines. The majority of the content is peer-reviewed and available full-text. Disciplines include science, technology, medicine, and the humanities.
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Ad*Access


The Ad*Access Project presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955.
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ComAbstracts


The ComAbstracts database presents abstracts for articles, books, and other relevant material to researchers and students interested in fields related to human communication studies including:  mass communication, human interaction, rhetoric, health communication, communication and new media, journalism, and communication history.


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Communication & Mass Media Complete


Communication & Mass Media Complete incorporates the content of CommSearch and the Mass Media Articles Index along with other journals in communication and mass media to create a resource with scope and depth encompassing the breadth of the communication discipline. CMMC offers complete indexing and abstracts for over 370 journals and select coverage of 230 more for a combined coverage of over 600 titles. Full text articles are available for more than 240 journals.
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General OneFile (formerly InfoTrac Onefile)


General OneFile, formerly called InfoTrac Onefile, is a large, multi-subject database, with records from 1980 to the present. More than 11,000 sources are indexed, most with full-text coverage. Sources include U.S. and international newspapers, popular magazines, academic journals, trade and professional publications, multimedia, and general reference sources.
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LexisNexis Academic


LexisNexis Academic is an extensive set of full-text electronic databases of news, business, company, and legal information. It contains major archives of federal and state case law, media transcripts, and other full-text material. For more information consult the LexisNexis Academic help documents and/or search tutorial.
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Reference Materials



Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising

- HF5803 .A38 2003
This 3 vol. illustrated work provides a look into how popular culture is created by looking at advertisers, brands, and ad campaigns.
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Business Ethics: A Reference Handbook

- HF5387 .D54 1998
Contains sections on ethical issues for the consumer, corporation, employee, and environment.
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Dictionary of Marketing Communications

- HF5412 .G68 2004
Provides an up-to-date, accurate, comprehensive collection of terms and concepts that are essential for an understanding of the basic promotion functions of marketing.
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Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics

- BJ63 .E43 1997
A four volume set essential for understanding ethics in real-life situations.
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Encyclopedia of Major Marketing Campaigns

- HF5837 .E53 2000
Profiles 500 of the most notable advertising and marketing campaigns of the 20th century.
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Hispanic Fact Pack: Annual Guide to Hispanic Advertising & Marketing

- HF5415.33.U6 H576 2005
"...offers valuable, hard-to-find data about demographic trends, marketer spending by category and company, Hispanic media and an expanded ranking of the top 50 Hispanic ad agencies."
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Marketing Encyclopedia: Issues and Trends Shaping the Future

- HF5415 .M2982 1995
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Web Sources



Ad Council


Includes Public Service Announcements and information on public service ad campaigns.
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Online Communication Studies Resources - Univ. of Iowa


Extensive list of online resources from a great school of communication studies.
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Communication Arts and Sciences Subject Guide Librarian


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