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Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window A comprehensive database of scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers covering nearly all academic subjects, making it an ideal starting point for research in any field.
Academic Search Ultimate is a comprehensive database of scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers covering nearly all academic disciplines. The collection includes both peer-reviewed and general interest publications, with content dating back to 1865. It offers extensive full-text access to academic literature across the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and more. This database serves as an excellent starting point for research projects in any subject area.
Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window A comprehensive art research database covering fine, decorative, and commercial art, as well as photography, film, and architecture.
Art Full Text provides international coverage of arts-related publications, including scholarly journals and art magazines. The database offers full-color PDF articles and spans traditional and contemporary art forms. Content includes critical analysis, exhibition reviews, and artistic techniques. This resource supports research in art history, criticism, and practice.
Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window One of the leading business research databases, providing comprehensive coverage of management, economics, finance, accounting, and international business.
Business Source Premier offers full text for more than 1,100 scholarly business publications, with coverage dating back to 1922. The database includes key publications like Harvard Business Review and premium business content. Content emphasizes peer-reviewed research while including practical business publications. This resource supports both academic research and business practice.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window A comprehensive collection of over 500 online reference books covering multiple academic disciplines.
Credo Reference combines hundreds of authoritative reference works from leading publishers. The platform features topic pages, concept mapping tools, and visual resources. Content is interlinked and regularly updated. This resource serves as an excellent starting point for research across academic disciplines.
Gale Literature This link opens in a new window A comprehensive literature research platform combining multiple literary databases for in-depth analysis of authors and works.
Gale Literary Sources integrates multiple literature databases including Literature Criticism Online and Contemporary Authors. The platform provides access to critical essays, biographical information, and primary texts. Content spans historical and contemporary literature across cultures. This resource supports literary research, criticism, and theoretical analysis.
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window A comprehensive collection of electronic reference books spanning multiple academic disciplines.
Gale eBooks provides searchable access to thousands of reference works from leading publishers. Content covers arts, sciences, business, education, and more. The platform enables cross-book searching and features user-friendly navigation. This resource serves as a valuable starting point for research across disciplines.

Internet Archive Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, historic images, news programming, and more. Includes the Wayback Machine, which includes 510 billion web pages saved over time.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window A major digital library providing access to academic journals, books, and primary sources across disciplines.
JSTOR offers comprehensive coverage of scholarly content in humanities, social sciences, and sciences. The platform provides access to complete journal runs, including historical issues dating to the 1800s. Content emphasizes high-quality, peer-reviewed materials. This resource is essential for academic research across multiple disciplines.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window A leading platform for humanities and social sciences content from university presses and scholarly publishers.
Project MUSE provides access to high-quality academic content in humanities and social sciences. The collection includes full-text journals and ebooks from prestigious publishers. Coverage spans literature, history, political science, and cultural studies. This resource supports scholarly research across multiple humanities disciplines.
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy This link opens in a new window A comprehensive reference resource in philosophy, featuring scholarly articles across all areas of the field.
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy contains 2,000 peer-reviewed entries from over 1,300 scholars. Content covers all major philosophical traditions and contemporary developments. Articles include extensive cross-references and bibliographies. This resource supports philosophical research and education at all levels.

American Communication Association The ACA is a not-for-profit virtual professional association with actual presence in the world of communication scholars and practitioners. The ACA also publishes the peer-reviewed American Communication Journal.
American Film Institute AFI is a non-profit educational and cultural organization that provides leadership in film, television and digital media and is dedicated to initiatives that engage the past, the present and the future of the moving image arts.
Center for Media and Democracy Investigates and exposes public relations spin and propaganda, and promotes media literacy and citizen journalism.
Center for Media and Public Affairs From George Mason University, this is a research and educational organization that conducts studies of the news and entertainment media.
FAIR: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting FAIR is a national media watch group that offers well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship.
International Association for Media and Communication Research IAMCR is the worldwide professional organisation in the field of media and communication research.
International Communication Association International association for communications professionals.
Investigative Reporters and Editors IRE is an educational organization promoting quality in investigative journalism.
Media Education Foundation Produces video documentaries, study guides and articles about the relationship between media ownership, commercial media content, and the democratic demand for free flows of information.
National Communication Association NCA is the largest national organization dedicated to communication. Researchers, educators, and professionals, work to understand and better all forms of human communication.
National Film Board of Canada Enjoy documentaries, animations, alternative dramas and interactive productions on the web, on your personalized home page, or on your iPhone. Don't forget to check out our trailers, playlists and upcoming online releases. Free for personal use.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press For more than 40 years, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has provided free legal advice, resources, support and advocacy to protect the First Amendment and Freedom of Information rights of journalists working in areas where U.S. law applies, regardless of the medium in which their work appears.

Electronic Journal of Communication The Electronic Journal of Communication / La Revue Electronic de Communication launched in 1990 as one of the first five peer-reviewed electronically distributed scholarly journals. EJC/REC is devoted to the study of communication theory, research, practice, and policy.
Film-Philosophy Film-Philosophy is an international peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to philosophically discussing film studies, aesthetics and world cinema.
Film Comment Journal affiliated with the Film Society of Lincoln Center, which was founded in 1969 to celebrate American and international cinema, to recognize and support new filmmakers, and to enhance awareness, accessibility and understanding of the art among a broad and diverse film going audience.
Images: A Journal of Film and Popular Culture Images is a non-commercial quarterly web journal that includes reviews and articles on movies and popular culture.
Open Access Directory: Media and Communication Identify electronic journals in the field of Media and Communication that are scholarly, peer-reviewed, full text, and accessible without cost.
Open Library of the Humanities The Open Library of Humanities (OLH) publishes open access scholarship with no author-facing article processing charges (APCs). All of its academic articles are subject to rigorous peer review and the scholarship they publish showcases some of the most dynamic research taking place in the humanities disciplines today – from classics, modern languages and cultures, philosophy, theology and history, to political theory, sociology, anthropology, film and new media studies, and digital humanities.
International Journal of Communication

Speeches on Social Justice Find transcripts of prominent speeches from social justice leaders.
American Rhetoric Database of 5000+ full text, audio and video versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, and more.

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