Research Guides: Media and Journalism Studies: Article Databases

Library Tools

Encore - Tri-C's Library Catalog
Find books, magazines, journals, newspapers, and audio visual materials.

OhioLINK Library Catalog
A combined catalog of over 7.8 million books and other library materials from many of Ohio's universities, colleges, community colleges, and the State Library of Ohio.
OverDrive
Explore 1000s of downloadable e-books in a variety of subjects, including academic areas, classic literature, fiction, and more.
Electronic Journal Finder
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Use the Electronic Journal Finder to determine whether a particular journal (and article) is available online.
Electronic Journal Center (EJC) (OhioLINK)
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Contains full text articles from more than 10,000 academic journals from top scholarly publishers, academic societies, and university presses. The EJC covers a wide range of disciplines and contains just published scientific research as well as historical journal articles.

Academic Search Complete
Contains full-text articles on topics in multiple disciplines, useful as a starting point for most subjects.

Cleveland.com
Features content like real-time news, sports, entertainment, lifestyles, politics and business news from Ohio's largest newspaper, The Plain Dealer. Thanks to Sun News and its 11 publications, it is also home to news and information covering more than 50 cities and neighborhoods across Northeast Ohio.

It also features content from the Associated Press and user generated content.

Communication & Mass Media Complete
A research and reference resource in the communication and mass media fields. Includes indexing and abstracts for over 300 journals, and selected coverage of over 100 more, for a combined coverage of over 400 titles.
Film & Television Literature Index
A comprehensive bibliographic and full text database covering the entire spectrum of television and film. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.
MasterFILE Premier (popular magazines)
Provides full text of popular magazines covering general reference, business, consumer health, general science, and multi-cultural topics.
New York Times : 1980 - Present
Full-text coverage of the US newspaper of record. Offers superb coverage of national and international news, plus coverage of important speeches and documents, Supreme Court decisions, and presidential press conference transcripts.
Newspaper Source
Newspaper Source provides full text for 185 national (U.S.) and international newspapers, including Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Times (London), Toronto Star, etc.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
An online resource that includes articles from academic journals, newspapers, magazines; audio; videos; opinion essays; and primary sources on current controversial issues. A good source of topic ideas for papers and speeches.