Olin Library Research Guides: Critical Media and Cultural Studies: Find Articles

Culture and Media

The medium is the message. This is merely to say that the personal and social consequences of any medium…result from the new scale that is introduced into our affairs by each extension of ourselves or by any new technology.

Marshall McLuhan (1911 - 1980)

Article Databases

Communication and Mass Media Complete
One of the best places to start your research, this database offers over 40,000 articles on Communications, Mass Communications, Mass Media and everything in between.
SocINDEX with Full Text
Our main sociology database, this includes lots of articles that are relevant to CMC.

Academic Search Ultimate
Academic Search Ultimate offers access to resources cited in key subject indexes. The combination of academic journals, magazines, periodicals, reports, books, and videos meets the needs of scholars in virtually every discipline ranging from astronomy, anthropology, biomedicine, engineering, health, law and literacy to mathematics, pharmacology, women’s studies, zoology and more.

ProQuest Research Library
ProQuest Research Library is a full-text, multidisciplinary database of journals, magazines, etc. Coverage is 1971-Present.

JSTOR
Offers full-text access to articles from leading journals in several fields in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences.

News Databases

African American Newspapers Series 1: 1827-1998
This collection includes access to a wealth of U.S. newspapers that chronicle a century and a half of the African American experience. Includes many rare and historically significant newspapers related to cultural, literary, ethnic, and social history.
Access World News
Find global information on topics related to business, communication, education, environmental studies, health, international studies, performing and fine arts, political science, religion, social issues and more from a variety of news media featuring newspapers, videos, images and web-only content including the Orlando Sentinel, Miami Herald, USA Today and international sources.
Historical Newspaper Collections (ProQuest)
Searches both the Chicago Defender (1910-1975) and the Historical New York Times (1851-2012).
Independent Voices
Independent Voices is a digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, drawn from the special collections of participating libraries. Open access.
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers
Provides full-text access to primary source newspaper content from the 19th century, with an emphasis on such topics as the Civil War, African-American culture and history, and Western migration, among others.
Times of London Digital Archive
This archive contains the full text of the Times of London from 1785-1985.

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