Abell Library: MEDA 262 Research Guide (FA24): Home

Welcome

Welcome to this library and research guide for MEDA 262 / Hollywood Stars course with Dr. Erin Copple Smith. In this guide, you will find the library resources discussed in class, tips for searching, useful links, and other information related to doing research. Have a question? Get in touch!

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Library Databases

Academic Search Elite This link opens in a new window
Gale OneFile: Communications & Mass Media This link opens in a new window
Gale OneFile: Pop Culture Studies This link opens in a new window
JSTOR This link opens in a new window JSTOR's archival journal collections include more than two thousand journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Both multidisciplinary and discipline-specific journal collections are offered, covering more than 50 academic disciplines. At present, JSTOR contains a range of Arts & Sciences collections, a multidisciplinary Life Sciences Collection, discipline-specific collections across several fields, and four primary source collections. Collections on JSTOR include the complete archival record of each journal. Coverage begins at the first volume and issue of the journal ever published, and extends up to a publication date usually set in the past three to five years.
Also includes the Austin College Newspaper Collection, with over 400 issues written, edited, and published by Austin College students. Newspapers in the collection include: The Kangaroo, 1918-1968; The Hopper, 1972-1981; and The AC Observer, 1982-2006.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
U.S. Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window