Communication and Media

Providing access to quality communication and media resources and subject support.

References and citations Working off-campus Using the library

Databases View more

Here are the key databases/online resources to start finding information in your subject area. Click on 'View more' to go to the full listing for the Library, and use the filters to find more for this subject and others.

Social Science Database

Extensive coverage across a wide range of social science disciplines

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Sociology Collection

Access to Sociological Abstracts in combination with other databases covering the international literature in sociology and social services.

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IBSS: (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences)

Useful for most social science topics, especially sociology. Abstract and indexing service.

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Scopus

Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: academic journals, books and conference proceedings. Scopus is a comprehensive resource covering chemistry, physics, mathematics and engineering; life and health sciences; social sciences, psychology, business and economics; arts and humanities and biological and environmental sciences. It also includes the Geobase database.

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ScienceDirect

Science Direct provides full-text access to Elsevier journals and books, including reference works and encyclopaedias. Some of the digital archives go as far back as 1823. Subject coverage is mainly in the fields of life sciences and medicine but there is also coverage of social sciences, psychology, business and finance.

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Web of Science

Covers a wide variety of disciplines including engineering, sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. Search features include cited reference searching allowing you to discover who has referenced a particular work since it was published.

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Nexis UK

News and business information, UK national and regional newspapers, international newspapers and newswires, foreign language news sources, professional and trade magazines, company profiles and industry reports.

Newsbank

NewsBank provides access to information from thousands of newspaper titles, as well as newswires, web editions, blogs, videos, broadcast transcripts, business journals, periodicals, government documents and other publications. The resource has content from leading news providers worldwide so has global coverage with newspapers available from a variety of countries in numerous different languages. The resource also provides access to image copies of UK national newspapers so you can view the content as it would have appeared in the print version.

Books E-books Catalogue

You can access books and e-books via the Catalogue (also known as Library Catalogue Plus) to search for and check their availability. The Catalogue also provides links to e-books and displays the shelf marks of physical books in the Library. We have detailed the shelf marks of the most popular topics below (the level is for the Library in Loughborough).

Subject / title Pilkington level Shelfmark
Mass Communication 2 301.16
Digital Communication & Society 2 301.243
Social Science research methodology 2 300.72
Telecommunications 2 384

Videos View more

Use the videos to learn more about some resources or finding information.

Scopus - How to expand your search

Nexis video tutorials

Video tutorials offering support in using Nexis news database
Scopus - How to conduct a basic search

Web of Science video tutorials

Video tutorials offering support for the 'new' Web of Science (WOS)

Newsbank video - How to create a basic search

Learn how to conduct a basic search in your library's NewsBank resource, including Access World News and America's News.

Newsbank video - How to conduct an advanced search

"More Search Options" enables you to conduct an advanced search in your library's NewsBank resource, including Access World News and America's News.

Frequently asked questions View more

Here are some of the most popular questions asked by students in this subject. If you have a different question, check 'View more' or ask your Academic Librarian.

From Library Catalogue Plus look at the options at the side of the page and click on ‘eBook’ in the ‘Format’ section to limit the results to eBooks. Click on ‘Get full text’ to open the eBook.

You need to search via the VPN and multi-factor authentication (MFA) when you are off campus, this link will show you how to download this onto your device.

Go to the All Databases listing select 'Filter listing' then 'Newspapers'.  Nexis UK includes the text of the main English language newspapers (regional, national, international), plus non-English language sources too. You can search current news or do more historical searches. Some UK titles date back to 1985; international titles vary. You can also access archives of some historical newspapers

For referencing and bibliographies use Cite Them Right Harvard. You can also contact your Academic Librarian