LibGuides: Media and Communication: Databases

Open Access databases

Directory of Open Access Journals
DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals, covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, social science and humanities.

The aim of the DOAJ is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals, thereby promoting their increased usage and impact. The DOAJ aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content. In short, the DOAJ aims to be the one-stop shop for users of open access journals.

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) - Media and Communication
Discovery service for ebooks in the humanities and social sciences, published in Open Access.
RePub: Open Access publications Media & Communication department
Publications published in Open Access by M&C scholars

General databases for Media and Communication

Gale Academic OneFile
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Contains content from over 17,000 scholarly journals, of which more than 8,000 are available in full text, in Criminal Justice, Economics, Environmental Science, History, Marketing, Media & Fine Arts, Political Science, and Psychology. Also includes videos and podcasts from authoritative sources such as BBC Worldwide Learning.

Search the subject index to find articles tagged with specific subject terms.
MIT Press Direct
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Perpetual access to all books published in 2020 and term access to the books published prior to 2020, including a large number of books in the field of Media Studies.

Perpetual access to the books published in 2020; term access to the books published prior to 2020.
Routledge Handbooks Online
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Educational resource containing handbooks and companions in the Social Sciences and Humanities published by Routledge and CRC Press.

Each handbook/companion offers a thorough introduction in the topic concerned and a critical overview of the scientific state of affairs, the chapters having been written by leading scholars in the field. Available titles are surrounded with meaningful metadata and abstracts at a chapter level, making them fully searchable and browsable.

Key Features:
• Expansive coverage of 44 subject areas.
• Purchased titles are DRM-free: you can download, print, and save without restrictions.
• The Routledge handbooks in Communication, Journalism, Media and Culture Studies published in 2020 can be found in Taylor & Francis eBooks.
Routledge eBook collection Media, Journalism and Cultural Studies 2017-2020
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Unlimited access to a large collection of academic eBooks publised by Taylor & Francis and Routledge in 2017-2020, all available without download restrictions until December 22, 2021. To get to the relevant collections, please filter on 'Cultural Studies' or 'Media & Film Studies'.

After access has lapsed, a number of the titles will be purchased and remain available. The selection will be based on the usage statistics. For more information, please contact Pieter van Leeuwen.

Related database: Routledge Handbooks Online
Springer/Palgrave collection Literature, Cultural and Media Studies 2018-2021
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E-books in Literature, Cultural and Media Studies published in 2018-2021 by Palgrave and Springer.

This is an Evidence Based Acquisition collection. Access to the books in this collection is provided until December 22, 2021. At the end of this pilot part of the collection will be purchased, based on usage statistics. For more information, please contact Pieter van Leeuwen.
Communication Source (CMMC and Communications Abstracts in one system)
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This resource offers worldwide full-text content pertaining to communication, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse, speech-language pathology, media studies and related fields.
Web of Science
Web of Science is a citation database, covering academic journals worldwide in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, and conference proceedings. It provides cover-to-cover indexing, from 1975 till present.
The Web of Science Core Collection consists of:
- Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) --1975-present
- Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) --1975-present
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) --1975-present
- Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science (CPCI-S) --1990-present
- Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Social Science & Humanities (CPCI-SSH) --1990-present
- Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) --2015-present
Date range: 1975 - present
Related databases: Scopus, Dimensions
Scopus
Scopus is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature (journals and books).

Date range: 1823 - 1970 (abstracts included where available); 1970 - present (records including references - in development)
Related databases: Web of Science, Dimensions
SpringerLink
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Access to full-text academic journals and series and to e-books, publised by Springer and Palgrave. Also the Dutch health care collection of Bohn Stafleu van Loghum is included.
The EUR doesn't have access to all e-books published by Springer. Access is limited to certain disciplines and years:
- Behavioral science and psychology: 2016 - current
- Behavioral science: 2005-2009 and 2011-2015
- Business and economics: 2005-2015
- Business and management: 2016 - current
- Economics and finance: 2016 - current
- History: 2016 - current
- Humanities, social sciences and law: 2005-2015
- Law and criminology: 2016 - current
- Medicine: 2005-2009
- Palgrave Business & management: 2008-2013
- Palgrave Economics & finance: 2008-2013
- Palgrave History: 2008-2013
- Palgrave Media & Culture: 2010-2013
- Political Science & International Studies: 2020
- Social sciences: 2016 - current
PsycINFO
Database of the American Psychological Association (APA), covering psychological literature from the 1880s to the present.

PsycINFO provides systematic coverage of the psychological literature. The database offers bibliographical information (with abstracts) of journal articles, books and chapters in books. The Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms is used to index the articles, books and book chapters. There are direct links to the full-text journals in PsycARTICLES and full-text bookchapters in PsycBOOKS.

Platform: OvidSP
Date range: 1800s - present
Related databases: PsycARTICLES; PsycBOOKS
Sociological Abstracts
Core resource for researchers, professionals, and students in sociology and related disciplines. It includes citations and abstracts from over 1800 journals, relevant dissertations, selected books and book chapters, and association papers, as well as citations for book reviews and other media.

Some records published since 2001 contain references cited, sometimes with links to additional materials. Entries cover sociological aspects of twenty-nine broad topics, including anthropology, business, collective behavior, community development, disaster studies, education, environmental studies, gender studies, gerontology, law and penology, marriage and family studies, medicine and health, racial interactions, social psychology, social work, sociological theory, stratification, substance abuse, urban studies, and violence.

Platform: ProQuest
Related databases: Social Science Citation Abstracts (via Web of Science); Social Services Abstracts
JSTOR
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Multidisciplinary archive of full-text articles of the most important academic journals. Also contains a large collection of ebooks (book chapters) and some primary source materials.
COVID-19: 26 public health journals and all journals and primary sources are available for free, until June 30, 2021.

Date range: In general journals have been indexed from the first issue. Please note that in most cases the last three to five volumes are not available via JSTOR.

The EUR subscribes to the collections
- Arts & Sciences I, II, III, IV, VI, VII and IX
- Business I
- Health & General Sciences
Nexis Uni
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Digital-born content of Dutch and international newspapers and other news outlets, from 1990 onwards (date range and update schedule differ per title). For tips on how to search effectively in Nexis Uni, see our LibGuide 'Newspapers, magazines & articles on current affairs'.

Nexis Uni News contains major world publications (for example Financial Times), newspapers (including Dutch newspapers,such as De Volkskrant, NRC Handelsblad and Het Financieele Dagblad) and news wires like PR Newswire.
Also included is company information, law reviews and cases
Please note: Legal news, Law reviews and legal cases are mostly American.
Date range: The date range and update schedule differs per source. However, as the collection only contains born-digital material, the oldest items are from around 1990.
Related databases: Factiva; Het Financieele Dagblad; Delpher

PressReader
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PressReader is a newspaper kiosk which offers the complete pages (including images) of current issues of thousands of newspapers and magazines from all over the globe.

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The archive of over 6000 indexed newspaper and magazine articles goes back to up to 90 days.
The PressReader app allows you to download content and save it for offline reading. This option makes it possible to (manually) build your own archive of newspaper content.

Please note you need to be a member of the KB before you can access the database. More information on how to become a member can be found on this page.
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
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Abstracts and full-text access to film and television journals, international periodicals, monographs, yearbooks, and conference papers.

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Also included are the Variety movie reviews dating back to 1914.

Please note you need to be a member of the KB before you can access the database. More information on how to become a member can be found on this page.

Databases for Media and Business

ABI/Inform Complete
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Over 3000 worldwide, academic and professional, periodicals covering management, social sciences, history and media, since 1971.

ProQuest's ABI Inform Global offers journal and news articles, research, trade- & industry and country reports and dissertations. It also has a substantial archive.

The information in ABI Inform Global is primarily focused on the US, but increasingly also on Europe and Asia.

Date Range: 1991 - present (full text); 1971 - present (index & abstracts)
Related database: Business Source Premier
Also known as: Business Premium Collection
Business Source Premier
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Provides bibliographic or full text content from 1300 academic journals, magazines and trade publications covering business, marketing, management, accounting, finance and economics.

Platform: EBSCO
Factiva
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Factiva contains business information and news from local and global newspapers like the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal, trade journals, magazines and newswires like Dow Jones, Reuters and the Associated Press.
Financial Times
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As of 2018 EUR provides unlimited mobile access to all Financial Times FT.com digital content. The FT is an important daily news source of financial and economic information. FT also provides access to case studies, special reports, essays and commentaries.

On campus, users have access to FT without having to register for an FT account.

Off campus usage, usage of the FT app and usage of personalized FT settings, require an account at FT. You can set up an account with a full EUR or EUR-MBA email address (e.g. 123456ab@student.eur.nl) at this address: https://www.ft.com/join/licence/8939b6b1-f8cd-4835-88b8-a0829b960dfa/details.

Once users have created an account with a unique user ID and password they will be able to access FT.com and the FT mobile app from anywhere.

Databases and resources for Media and Journalism

The Economist Historical Archive
Digitized and digital-born content from the international weekly news magazine, from its foundation in 1843 up to 2015.

Started as an anti-import tariffs periodical run by an economist, it soon expanded into political economy and eventually began running articles on current events, finance, commerce, and British politics. In the second half of the twentieth century it became the international news medium it is today.

The Library also provides access to the current issues and recent archive of The Economist via several vendors, see sEURch for all the options.

Related databases: ProQuest Historical Newspapers, The Times Digital Archive, The Times of India Digital Archive
Gale OneFile: News
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Provides access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. Of almost 50% of the titles the newest editions are available full-text (without photos), including The Economist, Newsweek, The Washington Post (as of 2014), New Delhi Times (as of 2016), Global Times (China, as of 2018) and The Huffington Post (as of July 2020). To find a specific title, use the Advanced search option.
Gale General OneFile
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Provides access to content from periodicals and news media from 1980 up to today, both text based as well as audiovisual. More than 40% of the content is unique to the database.

A key feature of the Advanced Search option is that you can filter on very specific document (=content) types: from Advertisement and Aerial photography to Speech and Television programs.
The New York Times
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EUR provides access (without login or in the app) to The New York Times digital resources: a newspaper with worldwide readership and influence. Find breaking news, multimedia, reviews & opinion on politics, business, sports, movies, travel, books, education, and more.

To get free access in the app connect to our Eduroam network on campus. Go to nytimes.com/grouppass and create a free NYTimes.com account using your EUR email address.
Follow the Money
Follow the Money (FTM) is a Dutch platform for independent investigative journalism aimed at financial-economic transparency of companies and organizations as well as to address financial abuses.
Human Rights Documents Online
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Repository for the documentation produced by non-governmental human rights organizations (NGOs) throughout the world. Contains a wide variety of reports on human rights issues, which would otherwise be very difficult to locate, obtain and consult. Many of the publications originate directly from countries where human rights are challenged.

More than 64,000 documents from nearly 700 global and local organizations.

Date range: 1980 - present
CIAO : Columbia International Affairs Online
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Full-text resource on international affairs.

UK Parliamentary Papers
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Collection of documents stemming from and concerning the British House of Commons and House of Lords from the period 1803-2005.

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The most important asset of this database is the so-called Hansard, the official report of the debates held in parliament.

You can perform a free-text search, or search for a specific Member of Parliament and filter on their party affiliation, constituency and office he/she held.

Please note you need to be a member of the KB before you can access the database. More information on how to become a member can be found on this page.
PressReader
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PressReader is a newspaper kiosk which offers the complete pages (including images) of current issues of thousands of newspapers and magazines from all over the globe.

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The archive of over 6000 indexed newspaper and magazine articles goes back to up to 90 days.
The PressReader app allows you to download content and save it for offline reading. This option makes it possible to (manually) build your own archive of newspaper content.

Please note you need to be a member of the KB before you can access the database. More information on how to become a member can be found on this page.

Factiva
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Factiva contains business information and news from local and global newspapers like the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal, trade journals, magazines and newswires like Dow Jones, Reuters and the Associated Press.
Nexis Uni
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Digital-born content of Dutch and international newspapers and other news outlets, from 1990 onwards (date range and update schedule differ per title). For tips on how to search effectively in Nexis Uni, see our LibGuide 'Newspapers, magazines & articles on current affairs'.

Nexis Uni News contains major world publications (for example Financial Times), newspapers (including Dutch newspapers,such as De Volkskrant, NRC Handelsblad and Het Financieele Dagblad) and news wires like PR Newswire.
Also included is company information, law reviews and cases
Please note: Legal news, Law reviews and legal cases are mostly American.
Date range: The date range and update schedule differs per source. However, as the collection only contains born-digital material, the oldest items are from around 1990.
Related databases: Factiva; Het Financieele Dagblad; Delpher
Overheid.nl
Official access point to information about and from the government and governmental organizations of the Netherlands. Main language: Dutch, some parts are translated in English.

Related databases: OpMaat; Overheidsadressen

Dutch Treaty Database (part of overheid.nl)
Contains information on the treaties to which the Kingdom of the Netherlands is a party.

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The information includes the date on and the place at which the treaty was concluded, the date of its entry into force, where to find the text of the treaty, the parties (countries, territories and international organizations) and the date of each party’s ratification, any reservations, declarations or objections that may have been made, and relations between the different treaties.

Beeld en Geluid op School
Online access to streaming content from the archives of the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision: films, television programs, audio files. Interface in Dutch only.

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Open Access databases

General databases for Media and Communication

Databases for Media and Business

Databases and resources for Media and Journalism