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Top Communication and Media Studies Resources

This guide recommends resources for the field of Communication and Media Studies.

The following databases, contain mostly journal articles but also professional magazines, conference papers, theses, and other documents.

Communication and Media Studies Databases

Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing and abstracts for over 550 journal titles related to communication and mass media. Includes full text for approximately 230 titles.
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Scholars Portal Journals This link opens in a new window
Scholars Portal is a digital repository of over 15 million scholarly articles drawn from from over 8400 full text journals covering every academic discipline.
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Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Business subject coverage including management, accounting, marketing, economics, etc. Offers full text for scholarly business journals, magazines, trade journals, country economic reports, market research reports, and company and industry profiles.
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ABI/INFORM Complete This link opens in a new window
Now part of ProQuest One Business. Features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals, country-and industry-focused reports, and major news sources. International coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world. Includes access to ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Dateline and ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry.
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Project MUSE Humanities & Social Sciences This link opens in a new window
Provides full text to over 300 humanities, arts, and social sciences journals.
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CBCA This link opens in a new window
Canada’s most comprehensive and diverse full-text online database. Broad coverage from a Canadian perspective spans agriculture, business and economics, education, government and politics, health sciences, history, literature, medical sciences, social sciences, and many more subject areas.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary database of over 450 full text e-journals from the very first issue of a journal to those published within the last 3-5 years i.e. no current volumes. JSTOR or Journal Storage is an archival database.
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Web of Science This link opens in a new window

Market Research

The following databases contain articles, reports and documents that cover market research. Market research includes consumer behaviour, research, advertising and sales.

Market Research Databases

Conference Board of Canada This link opens in a new window
After logging in to the database with their network login, users must create a personal account using their Ontario Tech email. Provides business research reports on risk management, corporate social responsibility, human resource management, leadership, public policy etc. as well as economic trends and indices (e.g. Consumer Confidence Index).
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Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Business subject coverage including management, accounting, marketing, economics, etc. Offers full text for scholarly business journals, magazines, trade journals, country economic reports, market research reports, and company and industry profiles.
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ABI/INFORM Complete This link opens in a new window
Now part of ProQuest One Business. Features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals, country-and industry-focused reports, and major news sources. International coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world. Includes access to ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Dateline and ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry.
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Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing and abstracts for over 550 journal titles related to communication and mass media. Includes full text for approximately 230 titles.
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Scholars Portal Journals This link opens in a new window
Scholars Portal is a digital repository of over 15 million scholarly articles drawn from from over 8400 full text journals covering every academic discipline.
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Newspapers and Current Affairs

News Sources

Canadian Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Access current Canadian news content with archives as far back as the 1970s, from over 360 news sources. Newspapers including The Globe and Mail and Toronto Star along with newswires and broadcast transcripts in full-text format. Updated daily.
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New York Times Digital This link opens in a new window
Users must create an account using a valid @ontariotechu.ca or @ontariotechu.net account. Once you have created an account you will be able to use it to login to New York Times online and mobile apps. Includes access to NYT Learning Network with learning resources for students and instructors. Subscription does not include access to New York Times games, crossword or cooking content.
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Lexis Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Provides the full text of over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications. Includes mainly U.S. newspapers, laws, business news journals, company financial information, and industry and market news. Limited Canadian and other international legal research sources.
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CPI.Q This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing for approximately 700 Canadian periodicals with 240 available in full-text. Content includes news, biographies, company profiles and historical information.
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Citation

APA Style Guide, 7th Edition
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Based on the 7th edition (2020) of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Legal Citation (McGill 9th edition)
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Based on the 9th edition (2018) of the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (the 'McGill Guide". Last revised December 2019.

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