Communication Capstone Seminar
COMM 4395
YOUR RESEARCH will likely involve one, two, or all three of the following types of content:
Scholarly material: Peer-reviewed, high-quality research makes scholarly books and journal articles the most authoritative sources you can use. While not as timely as trade content, scholarly journal articles are the primary arena for ideas and informed arguments, as well as case studies, critical models, and quantitative analyses.
Books & Media
For you interpretive theory people, much of the best sources are in book and
book chapter form. A good place to start is the COMM 2302, Media
Interpretation and Criticism
bibliography.
Communication & Mass Media Complete
Business Source Complete
Covers over 7000 scholarly and popular business periodicals; almost 90% of citations include full text. Special features include up-to-date reports on industries, companies, and country economic conditions.
Scopus Citation Search (Search by author and use "Citation Tracker")
Trade press material: Produced for those in the industry, trade publications are not peer-reviewed and not considered scholarly. They, however, good sources of quotes, facts, and information about your topic, notably business-related information and data. Coates Library provides full-text access to many of these through our Articles & More button on the library's homepage.
Here are a few selected sources:
Communication & Mass Media Complete
Look up Businesses by name, and then select In The News for trade and popular coverage.
Primary/Original/Popular Press Sources:
Including tradition primary sources, such as government documents, law
reviews and legislation, newspaper articles and news broadcasts.
Reader's Guide and Reader's Guide Retrospective