Welcome to the Communications Guide! The Communications Program at Texas A&M University-San Antonio offers students courses in print and electronic media, communication philosophy, and the history of communications. This guide is intended to be a starting point for students taking Communications and/or Journalism classes by providing information on how to obtain books/e-books, peer-reviewed articles, web resources and information on writing and plagiarism. Please do not hesitate to ask for help if you have any questions!
First step is to choose a topic. We recommend you consider the following:
Once the topic is selected, you should:
These two databases are great to start your search. For more databases and journals click on the "Find Articles" tab.
This link opens in a new windowA valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multidisciplinary database with full-text peer-reviewed journal articles, monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
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Covering materials back to 1915, Communication Source offers resources pertaining to communication, linguistics, rhetoric & discourse, speech-language pathology, media studies and related fields.
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