Library Guides: Journalism &amp; Mass Communications Research Guide: Visual Communications

Finding Scholarly Sources: Top Databases

These are the top databases for finding scholarly, peer-reviewed articles related to visual communications.

Art Full Text This link opens in a new window
Provides international coverage of magazine and journal articles, yearbooks and museum bulletins in art, architecture, and other art-related topics.
Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Search journals, books and conference proceedings in communication studies, including film and television, journalism and mass media, linguistics, speech and hearing etc.

Find research, statistics, international and national news, trade publications, dissertations, and more.

Dissertations and Theses Global This link opens in a new window
Citations, abstracts, and often full text for dissertations and theses, primarily from North American institutions.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
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Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Access news, business, and legal sources. These include regional, national, and international newspapers, news wires, broadcast transcripts, non-English language news sources, magazines, trade journals, business publications, SEC filings, law reviews, statutory, administrative and case law.