Cathy Michael
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Advertising Age Try ABI Inform. There is sometimes a lag; this has been reported. If the current issue is not there, submit an ILL request by selecting the Articles radio button. You can check with Cathy first!
Adweek In ProQuest Central Essentials from 2003+ (PDF fulltext)
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EBSCO Research Library
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Communication Source (EBSCO)
Contains content from communications journals, magazines and other publications, covering related disciplines including linguistics, rhetoric and discourse, speech-language pathology, and media studies.
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Business Source Premier (EBSCO)
Covers all areas of business.
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ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest)
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Statista
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Business Insights (Gale) (Formerly known as Business Insights: Essentials)
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ScienceDirect
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Journals
Search all the library's journals by title or ISSN.
Journals: a STCM selection
- Advertising Age - publisher's website AdAge
- Communication Theory
- Communication World
- Communication Yearbook
- Harvard business review
- International Journal of Strategic Communication
- Journal of Advertising Education
- Journal of Communication
- Journal of Marketing Communications
- Journal of Public Relations Research
- PRweek (U.S. ed.)
- Public Relations Quarterly
- Public Relations Review
- Social Marketing Quarterly
- Strategic Communication Management
- Visual Communication Quarterly