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Communication Studies Databases

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• Making of America (Cornell University) Open Access
  Fulltext Articles | Primary Sources | American Social History | Roughly 1800-1925
• Making of America (University of Michigan) Open Access
  Fulltext Books | Primary Sources | Education | Religion | History | Sociology | Technology | Science | Roughly 1800-1925
• MAS Ultra-School Edition
  For High School Students | Full-Text Articles from 500 Popular Publications
• MasterFILE Premier
  This multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,750 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and 164,424 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 453,000 photos, maps & flags.
• MathSciNet Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Abstracts, reviews, and citations for Mathematics books, articles, and conference proceedings.
• MathSciNet/EBSCO Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Abstracts, reviews, and citations for Mathematics books, articles, and conference proceedings. May be cross-searched with EBSCOhost databases on technology and education topics.
• MEDLINE Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Topics: Medicine | Communication Disorders | Health | Nutrition | Psychology | Nursing
• MedlinePlus Open Access
  MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. You can use MedlinePlus to learn about the latest treatments, look up information on a drug or supplement, find out the meanings of words, or view medical videos or illustrations. You can also get links to the latest medical research on your topic or find out about clinical trials on a disease or condition.
• Mental Measurements Yearbook indexed by Buros Test Reviews Online Open Access
  Use the Buros Test Reviews Online free search site to identify test reviews in Mental Measurements Yearbooks located in the Reference Room Ref. Z5814.P8 R93
• Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print
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  Essential for evaluating contemporary testing instruments | Contains full-text reviews for test products in psychology, education, business and leadership.
• Mergent FIS
  US company data | International company data | Annual reports
• Military & Government Collection
  Current News | All Branches of the Military | Government Agencies
• MLA International Bibliography Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Topics: Criticism of Authors & Their Works | Fiction | Short Stories | Drama | Poetry | Rhetoric & Composition | Literary Theory | History, Theory and Practice of Teaching Language and Literature | Includes Indexing for Book Chapters and Dissertations in the Discipline
• Modernist Journals Project Open Access
  Topics: Fulltext Modernist Journals | New Age (1907-1922) | Dana (1904-1905) | Rhythm (1911-13) | Blast (1914-15) | The Owl (1915-1923)| The Blue Review (1913) | The Tyro (1921-1922) | And More!
• Morningstar Investment Research Center
  Real-time access to data | Independent analysis | Stocks| Mutual funds | Exchange-traded funds | Closed-end funds
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• Music Index Online Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  The Music Index, produced by Harmonie Park Press, is the single most comprehensive annual subject-author guide to music literature. Published since 1949, The Music Index contains surveyed data from more than 725 international music periodicals from over 40 countries in 23 languages.

Subject Specific

• Kanopy Streaming Video
  Kanopy is a video streaming solution for colleges offering a "Netflix-like" user experience and a broad selection of over 26,000 documentaries, feature films and training videos from thousands of producers. Touching on all topics, featured producers in Kanopy's collection include Criterion Collection, PBS, HBO, The Video Project, New Day Films, The Great Courses, California Newsreel, Kino Lorber, Media Education Foundation, First Run Features, BBC, and many more. Films can be watched from anywhere, anytime by all staff and students.
• PsycInfo Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Citations and abstracts of peer-reviewed articles, dissertations, and technical reports on all areas of psychology (1887 to present). Articles are available through the Get Full Text link.

Interdisciplinary and Related

• 19th Century UK Periodicals Digital Archive: New Readerships Collection
  Topics: British Magazines | 1800s | Victorian Life and Culture
• American Periodicals Series Online
  Topics: American Magazines | 1740`s - Early 1900`s
• Business Source Elite Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Topics: Business | Management | Economics | Finance | Banking | Accounting | Company Profiles & Financials
• Charleston Times-Courier Open Access
  Archive of the Charleston Times-Courier and the Mattoon Journal Gazette.
• Chicago Tribune (Historical)
  Fulltext Articles | 1849-1990
• Filmakers Online Library
  Streaming Video | Race and Gender | Human Rights | Globalization and Global Studies | Multiculturalism | Criminal Justice | Social Justice | Environmental Issues | Bioethics | Political Science | Current Events | Psychology | Arts | Literature
• Google Scholar with EIU Electronic JournalsResearch Help
  Search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Use the Get Full Text @ EIU link to access Booth Library`s electronic journals. View this tutorial http://booth.eiu.edu/gscholarsettings to learn how to set Google Scholar preferences for EIU journals in the generic Google Scholar.
• Humanities International Complete Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Topics: Authors | Artists | Musicians | Literature & Theater Criticism | Fiction, Short Story, Poetry, Drama Criticism | Photography | Painting | Music | Theater | Graphic Arts | Film | Contemporary Arts | Society & Culture
• Issues and Controversies On File
  This database combines analysis and explanations of opposing points of view for current and historical events. It includes chronologies, illustrations, maps, tables, sidebars, bibliographies and contact information. 
• JSTOR Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Topics: Broad Range of Disciplines in the Humanities, Social Sciences & Field Sciences
• New World Cinema: Major Independent Features and Shorts, 1990 to Present
  Streaming Video | 200 Award Winning Feature Films | 50 Award Winning Short Films | Leading Independent Distributors | Presented at Major Film Festivals
• New York Times (Historical)
  Fulltext Articles | 1851-2010
• ProCon.org Open Access
  "Promoting critical thinking, education, and informed citizenship by presenting controversial issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan primarily pro-con format."
• Public Agenda Online Open Access
  Nonprofit Public Opinion Research Organization | Summaries of Current Social Issues | Education | Health Care | Economy | Environment
• RAND Online Publications Open Access
  Nonprofit Think Tank | Summaries of Research | Arts | Child Policy | Civil Justice | Education | Energy and Environment | Health and Health Care | International Affairs | National Security | Population and Aging | Public Safety | Science and Technology | Substance Abuse | Terrorism and Homeland Security | Transportation and Infrastructure | Workforce and Workplace Issues
• Readers' Guide Retrospective
  Index to Popular Magazines | 1890 to 1982 | Some Linked to Fulltext Articles
• Social Sciences Abstracts Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Citations and abstracts of journal articles in all areas of the social sciences (1983 to present).
• SpringerLink Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Full-text E-books and Chapters | Publication Dates from 2005-2017
  Peer Reviewed Journals (Some Fulltext)