{"id":117,"date":"2015-06-11T18:51:13","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T18:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/?page_id=117"},"modified":"2025-07-07T14:06:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:06:40","slug":"communications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/start-researching\/research-by-subject-2\/communications\/","title":{"rendered":"Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Subject-Related Resources<\/h1>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/communication-mass-media-complete\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Communication &amp; Mass Media Complete<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"&lt;em&gt;Communication &amp;amp; Mass Media Complete&lt;\/em&gt; offers cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for over 300 journals in areas related to communication and mass media, and selected coverage of over 100 more, for a combined coverage of over 400 titles. Furthermore, this database includes full text for nearly 200 journals. Many major journals have indexing, abstracts, PDFs, and searchable citations from their first issues to the present (dating as far back as 1915).\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.americanrhetoric.com\/speechbank.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Rhetoric Online Speech Bank<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Provides audio, video, or transcripts to more than 5,000 historic speeches. Search by speech title or the speaker\u2019s &lt;strong&gt;first&lt;\/strong&gt; name; browse by subject or \u201cTop 100\u201d.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wyzant.com\/resources\/lessons\/history\/hpol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">History &amp; Politics Out Loud<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Search or browse by date, speaker, or title to hear famous speeches by orators like Martin Luther King, Jr; John F. Kennedy; and more.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span> (Public &#8211; No Log-In Required)<\/p>\n<h1>Pro\/Con Resources<\/h1>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/points-of-view-reference-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Points of View Reference Center<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Containing resources that present multiple sides of an issue, this database provides the basis to realize and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills. &lt;em&gt;Points of View Reference Center&lt;\/em&gt; contains many topics, each with an overview (objective background\/description), point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument). For each topic, there is a &lt;em&gt;Guide to Critical Analysis&lt;\/em&gt;, which helps the reader evaluate the controversial topics. &lt;em&gt;Points of View Reference Center&lt;\/em&gt; includes over 1,300 main essays, leading political magazines from all sides of the political spectrum, newspapers, radio and TV news transcripts, primary source documents, and reference books. The database also offers guides for writing position papers, developing arguments, and debating.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/cq-researcher-online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CQ Researcher<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Provides original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. Each issue reports in-depth on a single theme in the areas of political and social issues, health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy. Reports include a background and chronology, an assessment of the current situation, tables and maps, pro\/con statements from representatives of opposing positions, and bibliographies of key sources.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Other Helpful Resources<\/h1>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/mla-international-bibliography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MLA International Bibliography<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"An index to scholarly articles, books and book chapters, and dissertations published internationally on modern (Medieval to today) languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics (including composition and rhetoric since 2000). Coverage has varied but now includes literature from all over the world--Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America. Folklore is represented by folk literature, music, art, rituals, and belief systems. Linguistics and language materials range from history and theory of linguistics, comparative linguistics, semantics, stylistics, and syntax to translation. Other topics include literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts (film, radio, television, theater), and history of printing and publishing.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/academic-search-complete\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Academic Search Complete<\/a> <span class=\"tooltips \" style=\"\" title=\"Our broadest, most general index to periodicals, &lt;em&gt;Academic Search Complete&lt;\/em&gt; provides abstracts for over 9,300 scholarly and popular periodicals, and full text for more than 5,300 of these. It covers virtually all academic areas of study, including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/info-e1433982826316.jpg\" alt=\"info\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Library Guides<\/h1>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/communicationstudies\" target=\"_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Communication Studies LibGuide<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #2248d3;\" href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.miamioh.edu\/communication\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Strategic Communication LibGuide<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subject-Related Resources Communication &amp; Mass Media Complete American Rhetoric Online Speech Bank History &amp; Politics Out Loud (Public &#8211; No Log-In Required) Pro\/Con Resources Points of View Reference Center CQ Researcher Other Helpful Resources MLA International Bibliography Academic Search Complete<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":113,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-117","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2968,"href":"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117\/revisions\/2968"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ham.miamioh.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}