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Communication Studies

Learn how to search for books, articles, and other sources that can help with your informative and persuasive speech assignments.

Background Information

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
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Great source for background information when beginning your research
Gale Ebooks This link opens in a new window
Specialized encyclopedia sets

Controversial Topics

Issues & Controversies This link opens in a new window
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Issues & Controversies contains in-depth articles which clearly provide both sides of an issue.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context) This link opens in a new window
The pros and cons on thousands of controversial topics.

Scholarly Articles

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Multi-subject database which contains indexing and abstracts for more than 13,000 journals, with full text for more than 9,000 of those titles.
Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Journal articles in communication, mass media, and other closely related fields.

News Articles

U.S. Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Access to newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Daily News, Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and many more.
News (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Access to national and local newspapers.

OneSearch

OneSearch will search for articles from all of the Pierce databases.

Type in your subject or keywords and click Search
From the results screen, limit to Articles under Resource Type

Find books, articles, and more.

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