Research Guides: COMM 128: Media and Society : The Assignments

Newspaper Exercise

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Times Machine
Browse the newspaper archives, from Volume 1, Number 1 through 2002. Only available to subscribers!
Access World News Research Collection
This is a full-text news resource offering coverage of over 8,200 local, regional, national and international sources from over 200 countries. Browse replicas of popular local newspapers' like the Topeka Capital Journal and Kansas City Star, with full-color layouts of all news articles, graphics, advertisements, classifieds, weather reports, box scores, puzzles, cartoons and more. Available as soon as print editions.

Pop Music and American Society

Music Index
Comprehensive coverage of the music field and every aspect of the classical and popular worlds of music.
Fine Arts Collection
With more than 150 full-text magazines and journals, this collection includes major publications like Billboard, Current Musicology, and more.

Discussion Board Assignment: Foreign Film Analysis

Academic Search Premier
A multi-disciplinary database that provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including approximately 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. Useful for nearly any research topic.
Communications and Mass Media Complete
Brings together information found in more than 400 journals. Nearly 3 million articles on all aspects of the communications field, including advertising, public relations, linguistics, and literature, meet the needs of researchers. Exclusive features, including Topic Finder, InterLink, and a mobile-optimized interface, support and enhance the search experience.
Fine Arts Collection
With more than 150 full-text magazines and journals covered in databases such as the Wilson Art Index and RILM, Fine Arts & Music Collection will provide support for research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. Fine Arts & Music Collection connects researchers with the information they need from a variety of important publications, including Billboard, Cinema Journal, Current Musicology, Daily Variety, Film Criticism, and more!
JSTOR
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources. Forsyth Library provides licensed access to the following collections in JSTOR: Arts & Sciences I, Arts & Sciences VII, and Biological Sciences. These collections include hundreds of different titles across 71 different disciplines.
OmniFile Full Text
Article citations, abstracts, and many full-text articles from thousands of magazines, newspapers and scholarly sources. A good choice for most subjects.