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Ebsco search for Communication/Media Studies
Search across the following databases: Communication & Mass Media Complete; Academic Search Premier; MLA International Bibliography; Humanities International Complete; SocINDEX with Full Text; APA PsycInfo; and Business Source Premier,
- Click on Choose Databases (above the search boxes) to change the databases being searched.
- Limit to Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals under Limit your results.

Science Direct
Access to full text of over 2,500 scholarly, peer-reviewed journals in the areas of: Biochemistry; Business and Management; Genetics and Molecular Biology; Chemistry; Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine; Psychology; and Social Science. Includes recently-accepted articles in press.
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ProQuest Central
Limit to: Peer Reviewed
JSTOR
A total of more than 900 full-text scholarly journal titles in an online archive beginning with the first issue of each title. The archive includes nine JSTOR Arts and Sciences Collections.
- In JSTOR, there is usually a time lag in full-text content. Use JSTOR in conjunction with our current online databases and print holdings.
- Since results may contain articles that are not peer reviewed, search for the journal title using the A-Z Journals by Title list to verify the journal's peer-reviewed status.
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Project MUSE
All journal titles in Project MUSE are peer reviewed, scholarly titles. Project MUSE covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.
Google Scholar
- Click on the Full-Text@Emmanuel at the right of articles or the more option below the item record.
- Search for the journal title using the A-Z Journals by Title list to verify the journals peer-reviewed status.

Scholarly books are written by authors who have advanced degrees (e.g., PhD) in the field of study and the books are published by scholarly/academic presses.

ProQuest Ebook Central
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Books at JSTOR
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Credo Reference
Use the resources in Credo Reference for background Information prior to finding scholarly resources for your literature review.

Key Terms

Peer-Reviewed Articles: Reviewed and evaluated by experts in the field prior to publication.
Empirical Research (Powers & Knapp, 2010)
- Qualitative Research
- Quantitative Research
Systematic Review: "a comprehensive review of literature which differs from a traditional literature review in that it is conducted in a methodical (or systematic) and unbiased manner, according to a pre-specified protocol, with the aim of synthesising the retrieved information through meta-analysis, often using statistical tests" (Miller & Brewer, 2003, para. 1).
- Meta-Analysis: "a set of statistical procedures for establishing empirical generalizations by cumulating the quantitative findings of multiple primary empirical studies" (Cunha, 2008, para. 1).
- See also Synthesis without meta-analysis (SWiM) in systematic reviews: reporting guideline by Cambell et al. (2020)
Literature Review: "an account of what has been published on a topic by accredited scholars and researchers" (Jakubec & Astle, 2017, p. 39).
See also the guide, Organizing Your Social Sciences Research Paper: Literature Review by University of Southern California Libraries, for a discussion of purposes.
Annotated bibliography (Jakubec & Astle, 2017)

References

Campbell, M., McKenzie, J. E., Sowden, A., Katikireddi, S. V., Brennan, S. E., Ellis, S., Hartmann-Boyce, J., Ryan, R., Shepperd, S., Thomas, J., Welch, V., & Thomson, H. (2020). Synthesis without meta-analysis (SWiM) in systematic reviews: Reporting guideline. BMJ. 368, l6890. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l6890

Cunha, P. V. (2008). Meta Analysis. In S. Clegg, & J. R. Bailey, (Eds.). International encyclopedia of organization studies. Sage.

Clegg, S., & Bailey, J. R. (2011). International encyclopedia of organization studies. Sage.

Jakubec, S., & Astle, B. (2017). Research literacy for health and community practice. Canadian Scholars.

Miller, R. L., & Brewer, J. D. (2003). The A-Z of social research. Sage.

Powers, B. A., & Knapp, T. R. (2010). Dictionary of nursing theory and research (4th ed.). Springer.

University of Southern California Libraries. (2022, January 14). Organizing your social sciences research paper: Literature review. https://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/literaturereview

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by American Psychological Association
Call Number: Ref. Desk BF 76.7 .P83 2020
ISBN: 9781433832154
Publication Date: 2019-10-01

American Psychological Association (APA): APA Style
- Style and Grammar Guidelines
- Reference Examples - Includes Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, Newspaper Articles, Books, Chapter in an Edited Books, and Web Sites.
- In-Text Citations - Includes Author-Date Citation System and Appropriate Level of Citation.
- Instructional Aids - Includes Handouts and Guides and Sample Papers.

Video Tutorials

Citation Management Tool

RefWorks
- Register from any computer by going to https://refworks.proquest.com and clicking on Create Account
- See also FAQ Collection: RefWorks and Video Tutorial: Organize the Research Process with RefWorks
- Access legacy RefWorks

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