Media Studies
Journal Article Databases
UC Berkeley Library
- Indexes to articles about mass communications, journalism, and related topics
- Indexes to news media and articles on current international affairs
- Indexes to articles about mass communications, journalism, and related topics
Journalism, and Related Topics
International Index to Film/TV Periodicals (La Federation Internationale des Archives du Film [FIAF])
- Coverage: 1972 - present. Citations only (no full text or links to UCB holdings)
- Includes International Index to Film/TV Periodicals which indexes periodicals and other documents covering cinema and television in the 58 countries comprising the International Federation of Film Archives.
Access: Library Web site (UCB users only)
- Includes International Index to Film/TV Periodicals which indexes periodicals and other documents covering cinema and television in the 58 countries comprising the International Federation of Film Archives.
- Expanded Academic Index
- Coverage: 1980 - present. Full-text for some articles; links to UCB holdings.
- Articles from a wide range of popular magazines, general interest journals, and scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and general sciences. For an index to reviews in general interest/news journals before 1988, see Readers Guide Retrospective (Readers Guide To Periodical Literature)
Mass Communincations journals indexed include:American Journalism Review (1993-); Broadcasting & Cable (formerly Broadcasting)(1984-1993); Broadcasting and the Law (1992, 1993-); Columbia Journalism Review (1987-1991); Communication World; Communications and the Law; Communications News; Communications Today (Incorporates Washington Telecom News); Critical Studies in Media Communication (formerly Critical Studies in Mass Communication); Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television; Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media; Journal of Mass Media Ethics; Journal of Popular Film and Television; Journalism & Communication Monographs; Journalism and Mass Communication Educator; Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly; Journalism History; Media, Culture & Society; Media Report to Women; Media Studies Journal; MEDIAWEEK; New Media Age; News Media & the Law; St. Louis Journalism Review; Television Quarterly
Access: Library Web site (UCB users only)
- Articles from a wide range of popular magazines, general interest journals, and scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and general sciences. For an index to reviews in general interest/news journals before 1988, see Readers Guide Retrospective (Readers Guide To Periodical Literature)
- ProQuest Direct
- Coverage: 1986 - present. Full-text for some articles (see below); links to UC holdings.
- Includes abstracts and indexing to more than 1,100 periodical titles, plus current coverage of New York Times articles. It includes some abstracts and full-text. Includes indexing for a number of periodicals and newspapers not indexed elsewhere
Mass Communications, journals indexed: Broadcasting & Cable (1996 - current); Communications and the Law (1991 - 2000); Communication Monographs; Annandale (1992 - current); Communication Quarterly; University Park (1994 - current); Critical Studies in Media Communication (1992 - current); Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media (1988 - current ); Journal of Mass Media Ethics; Journal of Popular Film & Television (1988 - current); Journalism & Mass Communication Educator(1994 - current); Journalism & Mass Communication Monographs (1994 - 1998); Journalism and Communication Monographs (1999 - current); Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly (1995 - current); Media, Culture & Society (2001 - current); Media Report to Women (1997 - current); Media Studies Journal; Television Quarterly; Women's Studies in Communication (1997 - current); Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television (1997-2000); Journal of Popular Film and Television (1988 - current); Federal Communications Law Journal; Los Angeles (1997 - current);
Access: Library Web (UCB users only)
- Includes abstracts and indexing to more than 1,100 periodical titles, plus current coverage of New York Times articles. It includes some abstracts and full-text. Includes indexing for a number of periodicals and newspapers not indexed elsewhere
- Social Sciences Citation Index
(Web of Science)
- Coverage: 1978 - present. Citations only; no links to UCB holdings.
- An international interdisciplinary index to the literature of the arts and humanities, indexing the contents of about 6,100 journals, covering about 1,000 fully and about 5,100 selectively, Those selectively covered are titles in the sciences and social sciences indexed by Science Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index, from which articles of possible interest in the arts and humanities are drawn.
Mass Communications journals indexed:AV Communication Review, Critical Studies in Mass Communication, Critical Studies in Media Communications, Journal of Communication, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Journalism Quarterly
Access: available to UCB users via the Library's Web site
- An international interdisciplinary index to the literature of the arts and humanities, indexing the contents of about 6,100 journals, covering about 1,000 fully and about 5,100 selectively, Those selectively covered are titles in the sciences and social sciences indexed by Science Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index, from which articles of possible interest in the arts and humanities are drawn.
- America: History and Life
- Coverage: 1964 - present; citations and absracts; no links to UCB holdings.
- Indexes and abstracts literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistoric times to the present. Articles are abstracted from more than 2,400 journals published in approximately 40 languages. Article publication dates from . A particularly good source for finding articles on the historical and social role of film in American Life.
Film journals indexed: Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television (1981-present); Journal of Popular Film and Television (1973-present).
Access: available to UCB users via the Library's Web site
- Indexes and abstracts literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistoric times to the present. Articles are abstracted from more than 2,400 journals published in approximately 40 languages. Article publication dates from . A particularly good source for finding articles on the historical and social role of film in American Life.
- PAIS International
- Coverage: 1972 - present; citations and absracts
The PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) International database provides international coverage of materials in government, international relations, legislation, political science, statistics, and related areas. Coverage includes 1972 to the present.
Access: Library Web (UCB users only)
- Indexes to News Media and Articles on Current International Affairs
Lexis-Nexis Academic
- Coverage: approximately 1990 - present. Full-text for most articles. No links to UC holdings.
- Indexing and full-text articles from thousands of national and regional publications, including general interest periodicals, newspapers and newsletters, trade journals, and other industry publications. Covers the past 10-20 years to present. Also includes selective transcripts for broadcast news including CNBC News, Fox News, CNN, NPR, and other services.
Access: Library Web site (UCB users only)
- Indexing and full-text articles from thousands of national and regional publications, including general interest periodicals, newspapers and newsletters, trade journals, and other industry publications. Covers the past 10-20 years to present. Also includes selective transcripts for broadcast news including CNBC News, Fox News, CNN, NPR, and other services.
- National Newspaper Index
- Coverage: 1982 - present. Citations only; links to UCB holdings.
- Indexing of the following newspapers:
- Christian Science Monitor (National edition)
- New York Times Magazine
- Los Angeles Times (Home edition)
- Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition)
- New York Times (Late and National editions and Western editions)
- New York Times Book Review
- Washington Post (Final edition)
- Christian Science Monitor (National edition)
Access: Library Web site (UCB users only)
- Indexing of the following newspapers:
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Proquest Direct (see above)
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- Historical Newspapers Online
- Coverage: See below; citations only.
- Historical Newspapers Online includes:
- Palmer's Index to the (London) Times which covers the period from 1790 to 1905 in The Times
- The Official Index to the (London) Times which takes the coverage forward from 1906 to 1980
- The Historical Index to the New York Times which covers The New York Times from 1851-192.2
- Palmer's Index to the (London) Times which covers the period from 1790 to 1905 in The Times
Access:
Library Web site (UCB users only)
- Historical Newspapers Online includes:
- Alt-Press Watch
- Coverage: Full-text coverage, 1995 - present
- Alternative, radical, and independent magazines, newspapers, and journals in North America which report on politics and government, policy and culture, international issues, education, environment as well as reviews of theater, movies and books.
Access:
Library Web site (UCB users only)
- Alternative, radical, and independent magazines, newspapers, and journals in North America which report on politics and government, policy and culture, international issues, education, environment as well as reviews of theater, movies and books.
- Alternative Press Index Online
- Coverage: Some full text, 1991 - present
- Almost 400 alternative, radical, and left magazines, newsletters, and journals in North America which report and analyze issues of cultural, economic, political, and social change. Approximately 90% of publications included are not indexed elsewhere. Indexes editorials, regular columns, essays, fiction; speeches, interviews, statistics, reprints; bibliographies, biographies, obituaries, memoirs; and reviews. Interfaces available for French, Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese.
Access:
Library Web site (UCB users only)
- Almost 400 alternative, radical, and left magazines, newsletters, and journals in North America which report and analyze issues of cultural, economic, political, and social change. Approximately 90% of publications included are not indexed elsewhere. Indexes editorials, regular columns, essays, fiction; speeches, interviews, statistics, reprints; bibliographies, biographies, obituaries, memoirs; and reviews. Interfaces available for French, Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese.
- Ethnic NewsWatch
- Coverage: 1980s - present; Full text
Indexes over 200 ethnic, minority, and native press publications. Contains news, culture, and history searchable in both English and Spanish.
Access:
Library Web site (UCB users only)
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service Electronic Index
- Coverage: 1975-1996
An index to the FBIS Daily Reports issued by the U.S. Government covering the world. Translations of broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from nations around the world are the sources of this information.
Access:
Library Web site (UCB users only)
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Mass Communications Home Page
