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ComAbstracts - CIOS
Abstracts of more than 80 core communication journals and other primary professional literature. Access via Communication Institute for Online Scholarship (CIOS).
Communication Studies: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
Includes the full text of 16 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, encompassing over 5,000 articles. It covers journalism, political communication, mass communication, interpersonal communication, intercultural communication, television/
Communication Source
Developed from a merger of Communication & Mass Media Complete and Communication Abstracts databases. Includes many unique sources. Offers abstracts and indexing as well as full-text content from global titles pertaining to many fields of communication studies. Subject-specific thesaurus.
Journalism and Mass Communication Abstracts
Abstracts of dissertations and theses accepted for graduate degrees in journalism and mass communication.

Encyclopedias

SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society

5 volumes

21st Century Communication: a Reference Handbook

The Sage Encyclopedia of Intercultural Competence [electronic resource]

The International Encyclopedia of Communication [electronic resource]

Published in association with the International Communication Association, this encyclopedia spans the breadth of communication studies, including coverage of theories, media and communication phenomena, research methods, problems, concepts, and geographical areas.

Communication Studies