Research Guides: JOUR 757/459i: History of Investigative Journalism: Academic Journal Articles

Academic Databases

Try the following databases for finding academic journal articles and other scholarly analysis about your topics:

Communication & Mass Media Complete
Communication & Mass Media Complete is a key database for journalism, media studies, and communications research. It provides full text or citations for over 60 journals.
Scroll to the bottom of this page for more tips on this database.
Google Scholar
To get started, link Google Scholar to the UMD Libraries! See below. Google Scholar searches for academic content, including academic journal articles, book citations, and dissertations.

Academic Search Ultimate
Multi-disciplinary database providing information for nearly every area of academic study. Includes an enormous collection of the most valuable peer-reviewed full text journals, as well as additional journals, magazines, newspapers and books. Multidisciplinary subjects including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language & linguistics, arts & literature, medicine, ethnic studies. 1965- present.
America: History & Life with Full-Text
Core American history database now includes unique full-text coverage of nearly 200 journals and 100 books. Information on articles, books, book reviews, and dissertations on U.S. and Canadian history from prehistory to the present. Covers more than 2000 international worldwide. All aspects of historical research. Time span: 1964-present.

Database Finder
Even more library databases! Search the full list by title, or browse by subject and type. Depending on your topic, look for databases in related areas like Government & Politics or History, too.

Link Google Scholar to the Library

Google Scholar will link you directly to articles the UMD Libraries subscribe to, making it easier to find full-text content. Here's how to turn on this feature:

Go to Google Scholar.
Select the menu icon at the top left:
Select
Select Library links from the left sidebar.
Search University of Maryland Libraries in the search box.
Select University of Maryland Libraries - Find @ UMD from the options that appear (make sure to click the checkbox).
Select Save. Google Scholar will now recognize you as a UMD student on this computer/browser.

NOTE: Google Scholar will also show you full-text links if you have created a profile and are signed in, or if you're on a campus computer.