Research Guides: Comm 159 Global Media Microclimates: Databases/Articles

About article databases

The databases below allow you to search through a LOT of different periodicals (journals, magazines, newspapers, etc.) at once. Some of them are very broad and include periodicals from a variety of different academic disciplines (for example, ProQuest Research Library and JSTOR). Others are more subject-focused, and include only journals or periodicals related to a specific discipline (for example, Communication and Mass Media Complete). Always keep in mind what kinds of resources are included, in whichever database you choose.

Suggested databases

ProQuest Research Library
Indexes over 2,300 journals and magazines covering all fields and topics, academic and popular, beginning as early as 1971.

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Access limited to current UM students, faculty and staff
Communication and Mass Media Complete
Provides coverage of more than 500 journals in the communication and mass media fields, including full-text for more than 230 journals. Coverage for significant titles in the field goes back to their very first issue (as far back as 1915).

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Access restricted to current UM students, faculty and staff.
JSTOR
Provides full-text access to the archives of core scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences.
MLA International Bibliography
Subject index for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. Other topics include literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts (film, radio, television, theater), and history of printing and publishing.
Project Muse
Full-text access to hundreds of scholarly journals and e-books in the arts and humanities, social sciences and mathematics published by scholarly and university presses.
Google Scholar
Google search for scholarly documents on the World Wide Web, with the added feature of MGet IT links from UM-Ann Arbor that connect you to the online and print versions held by the UM Library. Especially useful for interdisciplinary subject areas.

Readers Guide Abstracts (with Full Text)
Includes hundreds of popular, general-interest magazines published in the U.S. & Canada. Useful when researching how a particular person, event, topic, etc., was treated in the popular media.

Indexes and briefly summarizes articles from 375 popular periodicals published in the U.S. & Canada, covering current events & news, fine arts, fashion, education, business, sports, health and nutrition, consumer affairs, etc. Includes full text for many of the articles indexed.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
Doctoral dissertations and master's theses, sometimes with full-text. Useful for researching relatively recent topics.

News Databases

Not sure where to start? These online databases allow you to search through thousands of articles, from many different newspapers, at the same time.

ProQuest News and Current Events
Access to several news databases from ProQuest, which include business news, historical newspapers (19th and 20th century), ethnic and alternative newspapers. Includes Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune.
Access World News (Newsbank)
Search hundreds of U.S. newspapers at the same time, along with some international. Includes many local and regional US papers.
Lexis Nexis Academic
Click "Search the News" to search through US and international newspapers, some radio and TV broadcast transcripts, non-English news sources, and business and industry news. Includes New York Times and Washington Post from recent years.
Library Press Display
View *images* of the last 60 days of over 300 newspapers from around the world. The newspapers include the same content and are in the same format as the print edition of the newspaper. Includes photographs and advertisements.
Factiva
This database offers full text articles in 6,000 trade publications, newspapers, newswires and magazines as well as company and industry financial data and news stories.