Communication Studies

Coverage: 1975 - present
ASP provides comprehensive content, including PDF backfiles to 1975 for nearly 140 journals and searchable cited references for more than 1,000 titles. As a leading scholarly database, it provides access to acclaimed full-text journals, magazines, and other valuable resources.
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Coverage: varies 
CMMC offers full text and cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for journals covering communication, mass media, linguistics, discourse, rhetoric, socio-linguistics, communication theory, language, logic, organizational communication and other closely related fields of study. CMMC incorporates the content of CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study.

Coverage: 1764 - present
Search a collection of 7 News databases at once. Access to current news along with the historical archives of The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Coverage: varies
PQC allows you to search multiple top databases within one platform.

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Coverage: varies
Project MUSE is a leading provider of digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community around the world. For over 20 years, Project MUSE has been the trusted and reliable source of complete, full-text versions of scholarly journals from many of the world's leading universities and scholarly societies. 

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SAGE Knowledge is home to an expansive range of SAGE eBook and eReference content containing over 5,100 titles. Content includes reference works, academic books, professional development titles and more. 
The Library subscribes to the SAGE knowledge books, reference, navigator and CQ Press - we do not have access to the Video titles or the business cases.

SAGE Journal Collection covers multidisciplinary topics and also includes their deep backfile collection.

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More than 72,000 titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.
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Primary source material spanning the 15th – 21st centuries.
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Coverage: 1990 - present
Search for and view both journals' tables of contents and individual article citations in ArticleFirst. Contains citations to journal articles covering the humanities, popular culture, science, technology, business and the social sciences. Updated daily.

Coverage: 1861 - present 
Doctoral dissertations & masters theses from worldwide institutions. Note: Some titles are Full Text, others provide a 24 page preview. Widener dissertations published after 1997 are full text.
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This database gives access to the dissertations and theses produced by Widener University students. Note: Widener dissertations published after 1997 are available in Full Text
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Contains electronic books across many academic disciplines. Some books may be "checked out" for a limited period of time.
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Coverage: 1995 - present
Indexing and browsable tables of contents for over 2,800 journals in all subject areas, with full text for the 351 of them subscribed to by Widener University.

Contains electronic books across many academic disciplines. Some books may be "checked out" for a limited period of time.
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Coverage: 1965 to present 
Search all EBSCO databases all at once.

Coverage: Varies 
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources. 
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Coverage: 1980 - present
Newspaper articles published in the main sections. 
Note: not full image.

Coverage: 1851 - 2001
Search for New York Times articles published from 1851 up to 2001. Includes the complete paper with full-page and article images in PDF format.

Coverage: 1860 - 2001
Search for historical local, regional and national news from The Philadelphia Inquirer articles published from 1786 up to 2003. Includes the complete paper with full-page and article images in PDF format.

Coverage: 1786 - 2003
Search for historical local, regional and national news from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette articles published from 1786 up to 2003. Includes the complete paper with full-page and article images in PDF format.

Coverage: varies
Taylor and Francis Online is a multi-disciplinary site that offers full-text access to many journals in a variety of subject areas.

Coverage: 1988 - present
Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world national news, entertainment and more.

Coverage: varies
One of the largest and most authoritative collections of online journals, books, and research resources, covering life, health, social, and physical sciences. All articles are available Full Text.

WorldCat Dissertations and Theses houses dissertation, theses, and some published materials from member libraries.