Locating Resources
Media, Journalism, and Communications research pulls resources from across a variety of subjects. The highlighted resources below are organized by source type and are a curated list of general and subject specific databases for you to explore.
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Local News
- Waterloo Record (Pressreader)Current digital issues
- Waterloo Record (Text only)Current and archival issues
- Toronto Star (Pressreader)Current digital issues
- Toronto Star (Text only)Current and archival issues
Major News Outlets
- U.S. Newsstream
Content from US newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites. - International Newsstreams
Contains global newspapers, newswires and radio transcripts. - Global Breaking Newswires
Timely newswires from around the world.
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Start with one or more of these databases which focus on topics related to media and communications.
- Communication and Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new windowA large collection of academic journals.
Learn to Use Communication and Mass Media Complete - MAS Ultra This link opens in a new windowMagazines, newspapers and more. Great for info on famous people, places and events.
Learn to Use MAS Ultra - MasterFILE Elite This link opens in a new windowContains books, magazines, and images covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, and cultural studies.
Learn to Use MaterFILE Elite - Academic OneFile Select This link opens in a new windowContains academic journals, magazines, and newspapers, including some additional unique content compared to Academic OneFile. Multidisciplinary.
Learn to use Academic OneFile Select / Terms of Use (Academic OneFile Select) - Canadian Business and Current Affairs Database This link opens in a new windowIncludes general interest magazines, special interest magazines, and academic journals with Canadian content.
Learn to use Canadian Business and Current Affairs Database
Search multiple databases at once to capture multidisciplinary topic coverage
- Page 1+
Page 1+ is the library’s main search tool, providing simple, one-stop searching for books, videos, articles, media, and more - ProQuest Central+
Search all databases provided by ProQuest, including ProQuest Central and more. - EBSCOhost - All Databases
Search all databases provided by EBSCOhost. - Gale - All Databases
Search all databases provided by Gale.
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- IBISworldCanadian and U.S. industry reports consisting of 30 to 40 pages of key statistics and analysis on market characteristics, operating conditions, current and forecast performance, major industry participants and more.
- ODESI This link opens in a new windowA digital repository of 5,600 social science datasets, including polling data.
- Roper Center for Public Opinion Research - iPoll This link opens in a new windowA web-based library of survey research and public opinion data.
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Databases containing Images
- Britannica ImageQuest This link opens in a new window
Contains millions of rights-cleared photos, graphics and images for educational use.
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- SMART Image Base - Scientific and Medical Art This link opens in a new window
Thousands of medical images, illustrations and animations.
- Gale in Context: Canada This link opens in a new windowIncludes magazines, academic journals, news articles, images, videos, etc. Canadian content.
Learn to use Gale in Context: Canada
Online Image Sources
- Smithsonian Open Access[Limit your search results to Open Access Media (CC0)]
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- Academic Video Online This link opens in a new windowDocumentaries, films and demonstration videos spanning a wide range of subject areas including business, counselling, health, history, music, and more
- Audio Cine Films (ACF) This link opens in a new window
Stream current feature films from major film studios producers such as Disney, NBC, Sony, MGM and more.
The licence terms for this product stipulate that usage is for educational purposes only. - Criterion on Demand This link opens in a new window
Stream educationally-relevant feature films.
The licence terms for this product stipulate that usage is for educational purposes only. - Films on Demand This link opens in a new windowContains educational streamed videos on a variety of academic, professional and technical topics.
Learn to use Films on Demand - Kanopy This link opens in a new windowIncludes films and documentaries from Criterion, California Newsreel, HBO, Psychotherapy.net, Learning Seed, Symptom Media and much more.
Learn to use Kanopy / Terms of Use (Kanopy) - LinkedIn Learning This link opens in a new window
Contains instructional videos exploring software, IT, design, technology and business skills. Achieve your personal and professional goals.
- National Film Board (NFB) Streamed Video Collection This link opens in a new windowThousands of high quality Canadian films and documentaries. Instructors: request access to study guides, etc
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