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Communication Research
This research guide is intended to help students in a broad range of Communication classes. Please use the tabs at the top of the page to find help with the particular area of communication research you need.
General Communication Reference Works
The following online reference works are often useful to students across all areas of communication research.
- Gale eBooksSearch across dozens of subject specific encyclopedias covering all areas of communication, popular culture, social issues, politics, history and more.
- International Encyclopedia of CommunicationFrom Wiley-Blackwell, a comprehensive encyclopedia that covers all areas of communication and communication theory.
- Encyclopedia of RhetoricFrom Oxford University Press. The Encyclopedia of Rhetoric is a comprehensive survey of rhetorci. Its 150 entries, bring together expertise in classical studies, philosophy, literature, literary theory, cultural studies, speech, and communications in a comprehensive treatment of the art of persuasion.
- Encyclopedia of International Media and CommunicationsThe Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications exhaustively explores the ways that editorial content--from journalism and scholarship to films and infomercials--is developed, presented, stored, analyzed, and regulated around the world. For readers and researchers of all levels, the Encyclopedia provides perspective and context about content, delivery systems, and their myriad relationships, as well as clearly drawn avenues for further research.
- Oxford Bibliographies Online: Communication This link opens in a new windowOffers authoritative research guides that combine features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia. Subjects covered include Communication Theory, key researchers in Communication Studies, and numerous epistemologies and methodologies.
- Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication This link opens in a new windowOffers authoritative research and regularly updated summaries added to the resource on an ongoing basis that includes features of a high-level encyclopedia. Subjects covered include Communication Theory, Communication and Social Change, Health and Risk Communication, Mass Communication and more.
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Literature Review Resources
- SAGE Research Methods This link opens in a new windowSupports beginning and advanced researchers in every step of a research project, from writing a research question, choosing a method, gathering and analyzing data, to writing up and publishing the findings.
- The Literature Review (USC)A great guide on writing social science papers in general. This page is for the literature review specifically.
- Literature Review Tutorial (American University)A nice tutorial that walks you through the lit review process
- Literature Reviews (UNC Library)A nice discussion of what a literature review is and ideas on how to get started.