Communication Studies Research Guide
Start here for help browsing, searching, and citing research materials in speech communication.

Speech Communication Handbooks in Reference

Find Information on Current Issues
An online guide to research on the topics of today.

Guide to Locating Print Advertisements on the Internet
A collection of links to websites cataloging print advertising from the mid 1800s to the present.

AdFlip
This database allows you to search and print print advertisements from 1940 to the present.  Search by category, decade, or year. Ask librarian for user name and password. Database allows only one user at a time. Images on this site are protected by copyright. See this link http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html for explanation of "fair use" for educational purposes.

ComAbstracts
A comprehensive database of articles and books in human communication studies, this database offers indexing to over 125 journals. Search by keyword, phrase, or author. Citations and abstracts, not full text, are provided. We may have the journal in full text in another database or in hard copy. To find out if we do have the journal in full text, search the periodical title in “Augustana's Periodicals” found on the library’s web site.

Communication & Mass Media Complete
This database provides an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and educators interested in any and all aspects of communication and mass media. The database offers full text for over 200 titles and contains citation coverage for additional sources.

Family and Society Studies Worldwide
A comprehensive, systematic and non-evaluative source of valuable research literature in the family social sciences. Over 140,000 citations and abstracts are drawn from 800 professional journals, books, popular literature, and other sources.

PsycINFO
Contains over two million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines.  Journal coverage, which dates back to the 1887, includes international material selected from more than 2,100 periodicals in over 25 languages.