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Communication Source
An upgraded version of Communication and Mass Media. Provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media.
Business Source Complete
Comprehensive scholarly business database, providing the leading collection of bibliographic and full text content for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886.
PsycINFO
The premier and most expansive database for searching psychological literature. Includes over 4 million records. Provided via the American Psychological Association.
American Periodicals Series
Contains periodicals published between 1740 and 1940, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines and many other historically-significant periodicals.
CQ Researcher
Contains original, comprehensive reports and analysis on issues in the news. CQ Researcher is part of CQ Collections.
Associated Press Stylebook Online
Provides guidelines on spelling, grammar, punctuation and usage for all writers, editors, students, and public relations specialists.
Oxford English Dictionary
An accepted authority on the English language, the OED is unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words, past and present, from across the English-speaking world.