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Media and Communication

This guide gives an overview of recommended sources for media and communication.

Welcome!

This guide gives you an overview of recommended resources for Media and Communication Studies: databases to find literature and primary sources; reference works to orientate on a particular topic and to find background information, and research skills literature.

Bear in mind that Media and Communication is by nature a multidisciplinary field. You should therefore also consult resources from the fields of SociologyEconomicsManagement, Arts and Culture or Psychology if your research topic relates to any of these fields.

Listed are both resources to which the Library has subscribed, as well as resources that are available via the National Library of the Netherlands (you can recognize those by the KB symbol), or are freely available online.

Handbooks

Large eBook collections only available in 2025

Next to the eBooks already in our collection, the Library temporarily provides access to thousands of eBooks from prominent publishers. Temporary access books will have 'EBA' + the end date mentioned in the 'Notes & License Terms' in our catalogue discovery tool sEURch.

Information Skills

Learn how to search, find and manage scholarly information and data in an efficient way. Visit the library's Information Skills portfolio for more online modules!