Research Guides: Communication Studies 210 & 240: Public Speaking & Business/Professional Communication: Getting Started with Research

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Here are some resources to help you as you start your research!

Questions about the library assignment? Email Grace at gtherrell@utk.edu

Where To Start

Here are some good places to begin looking for sources. You can also check out the Communication Studies guide for more suggestions.

Academic Search Complete
This multidisciplinary database covers magazines, scholarly journals, and newspapers and is a good place to start for any subject.
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Business Source Complete
A scholarly business database providing bibliographic and full-text content covering all disciplines of business.
Please see this FAQ for extra instructions about accessing EBSCOhost databases or ebooks via screen reader or keyboard navigation. For more help, please contact eproblems@utk.edu.
Communication & Mass Media Complete
Includes full-text coverage of journals in communication and mass media studies.
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CQ Press Researcher
Contains reports about current and controversial issues. Excellent for finding overviews, pros/cons and lists of key resources.
If the content of a SAGE CQ Press article is inaccessible to you, please contact eproblems@utk.edu to request an accessible alternative format.
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Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints
Provides overviews and pro/con essays on social issues.
Please see this FAQ for extra instructions about accessing Gale databases and ebooks via screen reader or keyboard navigation.
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APA PsycINFO
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Provides indexing and abstracts of international psychological literature from the 1800s to present.

Tutorials

Finding Articles

This interactive guide will walk you through finding and accessing articles using the University Libraries' OneSearch and the database Academic Search Complete.

Finding Books and More

This interactive guide will walk you through using the University Libraries' OneSearch to look for books and other materials.

Citing Your Sources and Creative Works

This interactive module provides scenarios and explanations about how to cite sources.