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You may want to start with a basic search at Research@UWW (linked below) on the library's homepage. However, if that is retrieving too many irrelevant results, or you would like to do some more targeted searching, try one of the databases below.
Full-text access to articles from over 7,000 journals (including nearly 6,000 peer-reviewed journals), magazines, and reference sources.
Academic journals, trade journals, and news in communication and mass media studies. Full text for over 200 titles and citations for more.
Research from academic journals and magazines focusing on all aspects of the communications field.
Business and technical publications, containing product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications, and the application of technology.
Online business library database of millions of full-text items across scholarly and popular periodicals, newspapers, market research reports, dissertations, books, videos and more. See Vendor's guide for useful information.
The library subscribes to a few journals dedicated to the study of social media. Follow the links below to search directly within those publications.
While you can find news articles by searching Google, you will often run into paywalls. Search for your topic or a specific news article in library databases to avoid those paywalls. News articles and transcripts can be found in many databases, however, the following databases have the most available to you:
Selected full text for over 1,520 regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, newswires, and television and radio news transcripts.
Current and archival to 1980s U.S. news featuring key national and regional sources including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Newsday, and Chicago Tribune.