Research - COMM240 Queeney - BTJ - LibGuides at Bucks County Community College

Databases and other e-resources

Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Articles from journals related to communication and mass media.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Full-text database, particularly good for news, legal research, and information on companies and countries.
Newspaper Source (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Articles from American and international newspapers.
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Covers all subjects and many types of resources, with both scholarly and non-scholarly articles. A good place to start.

Journal of communication inquiry

"This is an interdisciplinary journal that explores communication and mass communication phenomena within cultural and historical perspectives. Emphasizes philosophical, evaluative, empirical, legal, historical and critical inquiry into relationships between mass communication and society across time and culture."

Accessing e-resources off-campus

All databases, and e-books are accessible off campus through the Proxy server. The link below will provide you information on how to do it.

Remote Access via Proxy

LexisNexis Academic news searching

LexixNexis tutorial

Characteristics of peer reviewed/scholarly journals

Articles report research done in the specific discipline
Author is an expert or specialist in the discipline. Crudentials are always provided.
Articles are directed to scholars in the same discipline
Reviewed by scholars specializing in this discipline
Articles have extensive bibliographies
Articles have to follow specific publication structure (abstract, keywords, research background and literature review, methodology, research results, conclusion, references)

APA formating

Here you will find help with APA formating

APA formatting and style guide --OWL Purdue University

Interlibrary Loan (request books or journal articles from other libraries)

When books are not available at BCCC you can use our Intelibrary Loan service (ILL). Complete the form below and wait for our notification when the book arrives.