Databases

• Academic Search Complete (approximately 1880s to date). Provides abstracts of articles (summaries), and full-text articles from more than 10,000 books, scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, and reference works on a wide variety of topics.
• ComAbstracts (coverage varies; mostly 1970s to date). Furnishes abstracts of articles and books published in the communication(s) field.
• Communication and Mass Media Complete (coverage varies; mostly 1930s to date). Provides abstracts of articles (summaries) of more than 600 journals in areas related to communication and mass media. The database also includes the full text of some 325 journals.
• Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (1973 to date). Indexes articles covering topics in the study of language.
• PsycINFO (1887 to date) Indexes and abstracts the professional and academic literature in linguistics, sociology, education, speech, and more.
• Social Sciences Abstracts (1971 to date). Interdisciplinary database covering more than 400 English-language social science journals.

Databases in Related Disciplines

• Humanities Abstracts (1983 to date). Indexes a broad range of some 500 magazines and journal publications.
• Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984. Indexes nearly 1,200 periodicals in the social sciences and humanities.
• MLA International Bibliography (1963 to date). A comprehensive, international index to articles and books on language, literature, and the dramatic arts.
• Sociological Abstracts (1963 to date). Indexes more than 2,600 journals in anthropology, sociology, demography, and other social sciences.

For a complete listing of databases provided by UMW Libraries, please see Databases A-Z.

selected reference books in simpson library

• Encyclopedia of Communication and Information REFB P 87.5 .E53
• Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications REFB P 87.5 .E535 2003
• International Encyclopedia of Communications REFB P 87.5 .I5 1989

Websites

Virtual libraries

Virtual libraries contain annotated collections of high-quality Internet resources that librarians or other information specialists have carefully selected. Users can usually browse by subject or search.

• Librarians' Internet Index. See especially the Communications section of the Social Science category under Society and Social Science. The subdivisions on the left help you to browse the hundreds of various resources. In addition, you can use the drop-down menu to narrow and focus your search.

Communications Resources

• American Communication Association. A virtual community for scholars and practitioners interested in human communication. Provides access to the American Communication Journal.
• National Communication Association. Professional association dedicated to promoting "the study, criticism, research, teaching, and application of the artistic, humanistic, and scientific principles of communication."