Communication Studies Subject Guide
- Electronic Journals/Databases
- Academic Search Complete
- A multidisciplinary database containing full text of more than 4000 journals and abstracts of nearly 8000 publications.
- American Communication Journal
- Online scholarly refereed journal published by the American Communication Association.
- Communication Abstracts
- Abstracts of literature in all areas of Communication Studies, coverage range 1998 - 2003.
- Communication and Mass Media Complete
- A high quality index providing the most robust information within the communication discipline.
- Communication and Mass Media Journals
- A listing of Communication and Mass Media Journals available electronically through the LSU Libraries.
- JSTOR
- Offers full text articles on a variety of subjects.
- LexisNexis Academic
- Offers full text of global news, business, legal, and medical information, updated daily.
- MLA International Bibliography
- Indexes journal articles, books, dissertations, produced by Modern Language Association.
- Oratory and Elocution Journals
- A listing of Oratory and Elocution Journals available electronically through the LSU Libraries.
- Project Muse
- Offers full text to more than 100 scholarly publications.
- Poroi Journal
- Online peer-reviewed journal attuned to rhetoric in inquiry and culture.
- PsycINFO
- Index with abstracts concerning psychology as well as related disciplines such as education, medicine, sociology and psychology.
- Web of Science
- Provides access to Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index.
- Internet Resources
- American Rhetoric
- Provides an online speech bank, short audio clips of famous figures, list of journal titles, list of associations; advances the understanding of political, social, and religious issues as they relate to the study and practice of rhetoric and public address.
- Archives of CRTNET
- Search the archives or join the Communication Research and Theory listserv.
- BUBL Link: Communication Studies
- A listing of Internet resources within Communication Studies.
- CCMS: Communication, Cultural, and Media Studies
- CCMS attempts to cover most of the basics of what you're likely to need to know as a student of communication, cultural and media studies.
- Center for Nonverbal Studies (CNS)
- The Center's mission is to advance the study of human communication in all its forms apart from language.
- Gifts of Speech
- Women's speeches from around the world.
- Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples
- Glossary of terms.
- The History Place: Great Speeches Collection
- Famous speeches.
- Rhetoric and Composition
- This web site lists a variety of resources useful to rhetoricians.
- Silva Rhetoricae
- "The Forest of Rhetoric"
- Stuttering Foundation of America
- Provides free online resources, services and support to those who stutter and their families, as well as support for research into the causes of stuttering.
- Associations & Organizations
- American Forensic Association
- The professional organization of educators and researchers in argumentation and public advocacy.
- International Communication Association
- An academic association for scholars interested in the study, teaching, and application of all aspects of human and mediated communication.
- International Speech Communication Association
- The main goal of the association is "to promote Speech Communication Science and Technology, both in the industrial and Academic areas."
- National Communication Association
- A scholarly society that works to enhance the research, teaching, and service produced by its members on topics of both intellectual and social significance.
- Southern States Communication Association
- Promotes study, criticism, research, teaching, and application of the artistic, humanistic, and scientific principals of communication.
- Western States Communication Association
- An association of scholars, teachers, and practitioners who have an academic, lay, or professional interest in communication.
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