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Communication and Mass Media Complete
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Communication & Mass Media Complete provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. This database originated with the acquisition and subsequent merging of two popular databases in the fields of communication and mass media studies -- CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association (NCA)), and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Pennsylvania State University). Communication & Mass Media Complete provides an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and educators interested in any and all aspects of communication and mass media. Please send comments to Talia Nadir, trnadir@stthomas.edu.
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Expanded Academic ASAP
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Indexing, abstracts (summaries) or full text for articles from a large selection of scholarly & general interest publications. Strongest in humanities, social sciences, non-technical general sciences & current events. 1980- .
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LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe
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Full text of US & world news, company and financial news & information, industry & market data, state/country profiles, biographical, directory, legislative, legal & medical information. Updates/coverage vary.
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Mediamark
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Mediamark offers comprehensive audience measurement survey data – demographics, lifestyle, product usage and exposure to advertising media. This data may be used for consumer targeting, determining consumer brand loyalty, and identifying promotional and trade marketing opportunities for use in advertising and marketing. Note: This data is for UST faculty, students, and staff only – SOLELY FOR ACADEMIC TEACHING AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. Must set up an individual account using your UST email.
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Academic Search Premier
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The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975.
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Ethnic Newswatch
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Full text newspapers, magazines & journals from the ethnic, minority & native press. 1990- .
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Factiva
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Full text of thousands of business, trade, & news publications; includes Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times. Also includes indexing & abstracts (with some full text) for large collection of general & academic journals. Updates/coverage vary.
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Simmons Choices 3
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Simmons Choices 3 is the electronic version of the consumer study conducted by Simmons Study of Media and Markets. Choices 3 contains consumer response data on a wide variety of products, services, and media preferences.
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SRDS
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Standard Rate & Data Service (SRDS) provides media advertising rates, editorial or programming content, contact information, circulation information, and other basic information for consumer and business magazine, interactive advertising, newspaper, television and cable, direct marketing, and radio markets.
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Alternative Press Index
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Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political & social change, mostly alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines.
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Chronicle of Higher Education
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Published weekly, The Chronicle is the No. 1 news source for college and university faculty members and administrators.
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New York Times (Historical)
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The historical backfile of the New York Times (1851 - 2001) presented in cover-to-cover full page images. The database includes access to the complete newspaper including articles, editorials and reviews, classified and display ads, photographs and other graphics, comics and editorial cartoons.
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Pioneer Press
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The web site for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Provides access to the daily content of the local newspaper. (Use the Pioneer Press Archives link to get full-text access to the archives.)
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Proquest Newsstand Complete
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Full-text access to hundreds of newspapers including The Star Tribune (1986-), The New York Times (1999-), The Wall Street Journal (1984-), and The Washington Post (1987-).
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Regional Business News
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This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
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Pioneer Press Archives
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Searchable full-text archives of the Pioneer Press from 1988 to the present. Does not include the current week's articles.
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Reference USA
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Current directory information for millions of U.S. businesses and households.
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ArticleFirst
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Index of articles (from tables of contents) for journals in all fields. 1990- .
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General Reference Center Gold
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Indexes scholarly & general interest material; includes newspaper articles & reference sources. Subjects include politics & current events, consumer electronics, arts & entertainment, crime, personal finances, etc. 1980- .
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JSTOR
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The Arts & Sciences collections represent the building blocks of a single interdisciplinary archive of over 300 journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. For most titles, coverage is from the first issue of the journal up to the last three to five years.
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