Communication
For more information about Language, Literature and Communication resources, contact Molly Susan Mathias.
Contents: Databases | Guides | Web Sites
Library Databases (For Finding Articles) 
- Academic Search
- 1984-present; indexes over 3,400 scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers in the areas of business, social sciences, humanities, general academic, general science, education, and multi-cultural studies. Full-text is available for 2,000 journals starting with January 1985. Guide
- ComAbstracts
- Dates vary; abstracts of articles published in the primary professional literature of the communication(s) field.
- ComIndex
- 1970-present; an author and title index to the core literature of the communication discipline and communication related topics. Students, Faculty, and Staff at UW-Milwaukee may contact Library Automation to receive the ComIndex client and activation code. Guide
This title is available on computers in the library, via the Start menu. Click on thebutton in the lower left corner of your screen, and choose your database from the Programs menu.
- Communication & Mass Media Complete
- Dates vary; Index of articles in communication and mass media, communication sciences and disorders. Includes some full text.
- Communication Abstracts (REF) P 87 .C59733
- CQ Researcher
- 1991-present; Reports from Congressional Quarterly providing analysis on issues in the news.
- Ethnic NewsWatch
- 1990-present; a full-text comprehensive collection of over 250 newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic and minority press. Guide
- HAPI Online (Hispanic American Periodicals Index)
- 1970-present; covers political, economic, social, and cultural issues of Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean as well as Hispanics in the United States. It includes citations to articles, books reviews, and documents indexed in over 500 international journals. Guide
- IngentaConnect [Formerly Carl Uncover]
- Current; free abstracting service covering over 29,000 scholarly journals in many academic fields including engineering, library science, medicine, science, and technology. Full-text of selected journal articles is available to signed in UWM users. Individual users can order articles for a fee. Free e-mail alert service is also available. Guide
- LexisNexis Academic [Formerly Academic Universe]
- Dates vary; full-text of over 4,000 current events/news publications, legal and government information, and business news and corporate information. Guide
- Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
- 1973-present; all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is also given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics. Over 330,000 records. Guide
- Oxford English Dictionary
- Guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. Includes 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources.
- PRISMA (Publicaciones y Revistas Sociales y Humanísticas)
- Dates vary; Full-text scholarly journals in the social sciences and humanities covering Hispanic and Latin America and the Caribbean Basin. Subjects include Anthropology, Business, Economics, History, Literature, Political Science and Sociology. English, Spanish and Portuguese content is available. Bibliographic records are based on the Hispanic American Periodical Index of 500 journals.
- PsycINFO with PsycARTICLES [formerly PsychLIT, aka Psychological Abstracts]
- 1887-present (selected full text via PsycARTICLES 1987-present); provides citations to journal articles, book chapters, technical reports, dissertations, and other documents in the field of psychology and related disciplines, such as linguistics, law, business, and anthropology. PsycINFO covers the academic, research, and practice literature in psychology. It includes over one million citations and summaries,and is updated monthly. Many articles found in PsycINFO are available online via the PsycARTICLES companion service. Look for the "Linked Full Text" option. Guide
- Readers' Guide Full Text
- 1983-present; indexes over 360 popular periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada. Includes current events, news, and many other subject areas. Full-text is available for most journals starting with January 1994. Guide
- Sociological Abstracts
- 1963-present; provides citations and abstracts to journal articles, conference papers, books and dissertations in the field of sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. It covers over 1,700 publications, and is updated monthly. Guide
- Web of Knowledge - Tutorial
- 1987-present; includes three databases within the Web of Science platform: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. It indexes more than 8,000 peer-reviewed journals, providing complete bibliographic data and author abstracts. Also includes ISIHighlyCited.com, which lists the most influential scientific authors, and EndNote Web, an online bibliographic citation manager. Guide
Research Guides
For more information on finding resources, see the following guides.
To find books and other materials in the library, use PantherCat, the online library catalog (guide).
