Research Guides: Public Relations: Articles and Books

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Communication and Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Indexes and abstracts academic and trade journals in communications and mass media. Full-text is included for some titles. Conference proceedings are also available.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
ProQuest Central is a large, multidisciplinary database with over 11,000 titles, with over 8,000 titles in full-text. It serves as the central resource for researchers at all levels in all markets. Over 160 subjects areas are covered extensively in this product including business and economics, health and medical, news and world affairs, technology, social sciences and more.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Business Source Complete is a full text database of articles from popular, scholarly, and trade publications. Subjects covered include management, economics, finance, accounting, international business. Dates of coverage: 1886 to present.
Communication Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Includes major journals in communication, mass media and other closely-related fields of study to create a research and reference resource that encompasses the breadth of the communication discipline.
ABI/INFORM This link opens in a new window
ABI/INFORM features full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business, and economics periodicals. Researchers can locate country- and industry-focused reports, and its international focus provides a picture of companies and business trends around the world.

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Factiva This link opens in a new window
Factiva is a resource for U.S. and international newspapers (html full text only, no images or print layout versions), news transcripts, trade journals, newsletters, industry snapshots, and market data charts for recent stock prices. Coverage dates vary from title to title, but primarily span the late 20th century to present.
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ABI/INFORM This link opens in a new window
ABI/INFORM features full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business, and economics periodicals. Researchers can locate country- and industry-focused reports, and its international focus provides a picture of companies and business trends around the world.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni (Formerly LexisNexis Academic Universe) provides access to full-text newspapers (U.S. and some international), news wires, transcripts, and trade journals.
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Popular Business eBook Databases

Harvard Business Publishing Collection This link opens in a new window
Includes more than 600 ebooks on business topics such as marketing, finance, supply chain management, and entrepreneurship. New titles are added each year. The license agreement includes unlimited concurrent user access. Content may be used as assigned course materials.
Full download of DRM-protected ebooks requires EBSCO account registration and Adobe Digital Editions.
Skillsoft Books This link opens in a new window
Skillsoft Books is an online collection of computer technology-related ebooks. It contains hundreds of books and videos from respected IT publishers such as MIT Press, Microsoft Press, Osborne/McGraw-Hill, Que, Sams, Sybex and Wiley. Use it to search for a wide variety of books and videos, ranging from beginners level to advanced (Microsoft Word for beginners or an advanced programming language).