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EBSCO MegaFILE
Coverage varies, some starting with 1975 - present, updated continuously
A multi-topic research database. Includes articles from several marketing/advertising trade publications.
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ComAbstracts
Use to find scholarly articles from the major journals in the field of communication(s). Varies by title, but generally 1982 - present
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EBSCO Communication and Mass Media Complete
Use to find scholarly and non-scholarly articles on topics such as mass media, film, television, marketing, business communication, health communication, and more.
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Magazine Article Indexes
- Alternative Press Index
Indexes magazine and newspaper content from North American alternative, radical and left analysis and opinion sources concerning cultural, economic, political, and social change. - Ethnic newswatch [electronic resource]
Full-text articles from over 125 American ethnic and minority newspapers, magazine and journals. - Factiva
Major news database. Provides articles from publications such as Allure, Ebony, New Yorker, and Smithsonian. - HarpWeek
Online archive to Harper's Weekly for the years 1857-1877. - Informe
Index to Spanish language magazines. - MasterFile Premier
Text archive to a variety of magazine publications, including Good Housekeeping (1996-present), Time Magazine (1990-present), and more. Some articles in PDF format. - Nineteenth Century Masterfile
Index to articles published during the 19th century in a select number of magazines, including Harper's Magazine, 1850-1892. - Periodicals Index Online
Index to the tables of contents of thousands of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences, from their first issues to 1995. - Readers Guide Retrospective
Index to popular American magazines between 1890-1982.
News Indexes
Ethnic Newswatch
Articles (text-only) from over 125 American ethnic and minority newspapers, magazines and journals.
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Factiva
Factiva is a full text source of global news and business information, major daily newspapers, newswires, academic and trade journals, magazines, transcripts of media programs, web sites, images.
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LexisNexis Academic
LexisNexis Academic is a collection of online databases: News, Business (plus corporate news and corporate financials), Legal, Medical, and Reference.
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MasterFile Premier
MasterFILE Premier provides full text for more than 2,000 general and popular periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more.
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Regional Business News
EBSCO.
Full text coverage for regional business publications; Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
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Television News Archive
1968 -
Use to find network evening news broadcasts from ABC, CBS, and NBC (August 1968 - present), and CNN daily news (1995 - present).
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World News Connection
Full-text summaries of foreign newspaper articles, conference proceedings, radio and television broadcasts, periodicals, and non-classified technical reports. Covers 1996 - present
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Scholarly Databases and WorldCat
PsycInfo 
Coverage: 1872 - present, updated monthly. Covers all areas of psychology, including issues related to advertising and persuasion.
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Web of Science (ISI)
Web of Science is the Web interface for the ISI Citation Index products which cover over 8,000 international journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Science Citation Index Expanded --1975-present; Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)--1975-present; Arts and Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)--1975-present.
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WorldCat
Covers all subjects. Provides bibliographic citations of books, serials, manuscripts, maps, music scores, sound recordings, films and machine-readable data files published worldwide. Provides holdings information for nearly 30,000 libraries.
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Graphic Design Literature
Art Full Text
Art Full Text is an index to research and magazine articles published throughout the world (1984-present) and it should include references to articles on several if not all designers for this class. Some articles can be read online - use FindIt to check for online availability, or for availability in print in a campus library.
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Art Index Retrospective
Art Index Retrospective has deeper coverage (from 1929 to 1984) than it's sibling, Art Full Text. Use FindIt to see if full-text online coverage is available, or if an article is available in print in a campus library.
Index and abstracts of articles, books, exhibition catalogs, and index entries for dissertations. Covers all aspects of late 19th and 20th century art.
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ARTstor
ARTstor is a new cross-disciplinary image database. It offers collections of approximately 300,000 art images and descriptive information covering art, architecture and archeology. ARTstor's accompanying software tools will support a wide range of pedagogical and research uses including: viewing and analyzing images through features such as zooming and panning, saving groups of images online for personal or shared uses, and creating and delivering presentations both online and offline.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Comprehensive encyclopedic articles written by subject experts. If you find your designer in this resource, be sure to take a look a the bibliography. Use MNCAT to see if the library has the sources listed.
Grove Art Online
Called by some "the most comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day." Be sure to try the image links above the encyclopedic article you find.
Oxford Reference Online
This resource brings together a broad range of specialized encyclopedias (like the Oxford Art and Architecture Encyclopedia).
MNCAT
Search MNCAT, the libraries' catalog, to find books, journals, etc. owned by the library. Search by keyword, subject, title, or author for materials on your topic. Example: Some books on Paul Rand