Choosing Databases in EBSCO. Start with Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC)! After that ...
Consider:
* Academic Search Premier (broad coverage of many topics)
* PsycINFO (scholarly articles in psychology)
Use EBSCO's Choose Database » link to search these and related databases
* Last stop: Web of Science. Good place to search last. Find more articles; slightly tricky to use.
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3. Communication & Mass Media Complete aka CMMC Topics covered: journalism mass communication advertising public relations Content types: Scholarly articles Trade articles Newspaper & magazine articles Start w/ CMMC!
4. Next up: Academic Search Premier Broaderthan CMMC Topics covered: History Politics Biology Literature World & national news Content types Scholarly articles Trade articles Newspaper & magazine articles Good for non-JOMC topics
5. Discipline-specific: PsycINFO Topic covered: Psychology Perception Neuroscience Behavior … and other typical psychology / psychiatry topics Content types: Scholarly articles only Wicked awesome search options! Image from http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1072657
6. Other Discipline-specific Databases Business Source Premier = business (articles and data) CINAHL = nursing & allied health (good for health communication) ERIC = Education And more … Criminal Justice Abstracts EconLit Women’s Studies International All in EBSCO: “choose databases”
9. Last Search Engine Web of Science / ISI / Social Science Citation Index Millions of articles, all topics Will identify articles you haven’t yet seen Tougher to search … more later …
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