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Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Quality research in areas related to communication and mass media
Communication Source This link opens in a new window
Scholarly literature pertaining to communication, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse, speech-language pathology, media studies and related fields
FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
Includes academic and popular film journals

Rhetoric & Communication Research Network
Open access research papers in communication studies and rhetoric

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive database that covers research across all academic fields

Google Scholar
A freely accessible web search engine that indexes scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive database covering research across fields, with an emphasis on humanities and social sciences

Alexander Street (AVON) This link opens in a new window
AVON includes over 72,000 titles including feature films
Films on Demand: Digital Educational Video This link opens in a new window
Thousands of full-length educational films and video segments on a wide range of topics
Kanopy BASE This link opens in a new window
Kanopy BASE is a multidisciplinary collection of over 10,000 titles supporting arts and the humanities, as well as STEM. Please be aware that not all of the content comes with public performance rights.

American Archive of Public Broadcasting
Video, transcripts, and information about historic public television and radio programs
Moving Image Archive
Thousands of public domain films via the Internet Archive
Public Domain Movies
Feature films in the public domain.

Communication Theories
A comprehensive list of common academic theories in communication studies