Communications and Mass Media Complete is a research database of academic journals, books, magazines and trade publications on the topics of communication and media.
A database is a collection of detailed records of different types of publications in a specific area. Publication types might include:
The records usually include:
They help you to see what has been published in the area you are studying and can help you with your study and your coursework
EBSCO is a large American company who create and distribute electronic resources used in libraries and other institutions. EBSCO provides access to content used in teaching, learning and research, including scholarly journals, dissertations, ebooks, newspapers, periodicals, and historical collections.
EBSCO is not a publisher. Instead, it is what is known as an aggregator. Aggregators provide access to content created by publishers. Everything available on EBSCO has been published elsewhere, EBSCO collects material from different publishers and makes it available on one platform, so it can create subject-specific platforms like Communications and Mass Media Complete. The problem with aggregators, however, is that content can change over time. Publications can go from full text to abstract only to being removed from the platform all together. This doesn't happen very often, but it's important to note that it can happen.
This resource is a research database of Academic journals, books, magazines and trade publications on the topics of communication and media and is designed to be a trusted collection of research content from credible online sources.
On the Internet, anybody can write anything about anything. Communications and Mass Media Complete is a specialist collection of communications-related content that has been selected by experts. A lot of Communications and Mass Media Complete's content can't be found on the Internet or might be behind a paywall. When you use Google, or another search engine, to look for material, on page 1 of the results you're not necessarily finding the most relevant or best content, what are you seeing is content that has been optimised to appear on the first page of results using a variety of means. This process is called Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) (Simple Wikipedia definition). Because Communications and Mass Media Complete is a closed collection of items, SEO isn't needed and can't be used.
There are two title lists (Excel spreadsheets), one organised by title and one organised by subject. Publications can also be browsed or searched through the Publications link on the home page.
Articles include all charts, tables, diagrams, and other graphical elements.
Not all content will be available as full text If you find something on Communications and Mass Media Complete, that you'd really like the full text of, contact the Library, and we'll if we can find it.
