Databases for Communication Research
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Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
The primary database for communications research. -
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Formerly Lexis Nexis: source for news, business, supreme court, and legal sources. -
ProjectMUSE This link opens in a new window
Scholarly ejournals in the arts, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences. -
APA PsycArticles This link opens in a new window
Psychology articles, which may relate to communication studies on topics like social media and mass media.
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ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials This link opens in a new window
Contains articles on subjects from a religious or theological perspective.
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Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
Full-text journals and books in communication under subject areas "Art & Applied Arts" and "Humanities." -
JSTOR Arts & Sciences I - XV This link opens in a new window
An archive of older, full-text journals in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
Reference Sources (Quick Information)
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Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world. -
Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Performing Arts Resources - Search these Oxford encyclopedia on theatre and Shakespeare. -
eBooks (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Includes "Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television" and the "St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture" reference sources.
News & Current Events
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Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
Complete full-text of 100+ U.S. and international newspapers.
Citation & Style Formats: APA and MLA
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AP Stylebook Online (for Journalism)Our library subscribes to the Associated Press style book with electronic access for you. If you are logged in with your Regent ID, you can access it.
Our Regent Writing Lab makes citation guides: videos (above) and sample documents for various style formats.
You can also use the following resources:
- physical copies of style guides in the library (both on shelves and behind front desk in "reserves")
- RefWorks, an account Regent provides where you can store your citations and the program will format them for you. You can import them from Primo. You can take this account with you even after you leave Regent to keep track of sources you have used.
- Primo and our databases provide citations in different formats. Click on the "citation" button in Primo or the quotation mark icon.
Search the Library Holdings for Articles, E-Books, & Books with Primo
Streaming Video Collections
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Kanopy Film Collection This link opens in a new window
Limited access to a wide variety of films and documentaries by producers such as PBS, BBC, Criterion Collection, Media Education Foundation, and more. -
Digital Campus This link opens in a new window
Streaming film library for cinema courses; only for personal or class use, not public display. -
PBS Collection This link opens in a new window
View hundreds of online videos from PBS documentaries in the humanities, sciences and social sciences. NOTE: MyRegentID and password required for on-campus an off-campus access.
