EXPLORE
×

Media and communications

Find databases by subject or name

Media and communications

Search our library catalogue

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Media and communications

  • BBC Landmark Video Collection From the depths of the oceans to the Antarctic ice cap, from a firsthand view of evolution in animals and plants to Cretaceous Alaska and far-flung corners of the globe, the BBC Landmark Video Collection is your groundbreaking exclusive HD view into our natural world. Through access to cutting-edge series like Planet Earth and Blue Planet, your classrooms and students can now experience breathtaking natural events like never before.

  • BIR entertainment (EBSCOhost)Database of information on more than 400, 000 music titles and 200, 000 DVD/video titles. Search by artist, performer or specific genre. Updated regularly.

  • Book index with reviews (EBSCOhost)Database of reviews for over five million book titles in a range of formats. Sources include Library Journal, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly and Booklist.

  • Business (Gale)Understand the activities of companies and industries worldwide through leading business and trade publications. Updated daily.

  • Canadian Newsstream (ProQuest)This database offers unparalleled access to the full text of over 190 Canadian newspapers from Canada’s leading publishers. This full text database includes the complete available electronic backfile for most newspapers, providing full access to the articles, columns, editorials and features published in each. Some backfiles date as far back as the late 1970s.

  • Columbia University Press (IG Publishing)Columbia University Press currently publishes approximately 160 new titles every year in the fields of Asian studies and literature, biological sciences, business, culinary history, current affairs, economics, environmental sciences, film and media studies, finance, history, international affairs, literary studies, Middle Eastern studies, New York City history, philosophy, neuroscience, paleontology, political theory, religion, and social work.

  • Communication and mass media complete (EBSCOhost)Subject coverage: communication, mass media, linguistics, discourse, rhetoric, sociolinguistics, communication theory, language, logic and organisational communication

  • Communications and mass media (Gale)Search millions of articles covering all aspects of communications, including advertising, public relations, and more.

  • Consumer Health Database (ProQuest)This database includes journals and magazines covering an enormous range of health subjects, from sports injuries to women’s health, from food and nutrition to midwifery, from eye care to dentistry

  • Contemporary Women’s Issues (Gale)Find timely and historically relevant content on issues that influence women’s lives across the globe.

  • Continental Europe Database (ProQuest)This database provides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in many European countries, including France, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, and Portugal. Major subject areas of study are represented, including business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities

  • CPI.Q (Canadian Periodicals) (Gale)Search our award-winning Canadian Periodical Index for a variety of Canadian reference information.

  • Dictionary of literary biography (Gale)Explore the lives, works, and careers of the world’s most influential literary figures from all eras and genres; multi-series.

  • Diversity studies (Gale)Access a range of periodical content to explore cultural differences, contributions, and influences in the global community.

  • East & South Asia Database (ProQuest)This database provides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in many East Asian and South Asian countries. Major subject areas of study are represented, including business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities.

  • East Europe, Central Europe Database (ProQuest)This database provides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in East European and Central European countries. Major subject areas of study are represented, including business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities.

  • Ebook Central (ProQuest)Includes ebooks on most subjects, including science, education, health, business and management, politics, psychology, history, computing and engineering

  • ebook Collection (EBSCOhost)eBooks on a wide range of subjects from a wide range of publishers.

  • eBooks (Gale)Explore this database of encyclopedias and reference sources within the Gale eBooks platform. For multidisciplinary research.

  • Families and Society Collection(Informit)Database of articles on health policy, administration and services, economic issues, mental health and illness, pregnancy and birth, mortality, morbidity, health education and promotion, abortion, euthanasia and reproductive technologies in the Australian context. Produced by the Australian Institute of Family Studies. Includes linked full text.

  • Family studies abstracts (EBSCOhost)Database of articles on family issues including marriage and divorce, family therapy, family dynamics and child development. Includes linked full text.

  • Film & television literature index with full text (EBSCOhost)Subject coverage: film and television theory, preservation and restoration, writing, film production, cinematography, critical analysis of cinema and television. Includes film and television reviews and popular film and television magazines.

  • Gale databases (Gale Power Search)Major database platform of nearly 30 databases. Subject coverage includes: business, arts and humanities, literary criticism, nursing and health, law, communications and mass media, education and science. Includes full text.

  • Gale Literature CriticismAn integrated research experience, Gale Literature brings together Gale’s premier literary databases in a new digital environment that allows researchers, faculty and students to search across these resources to discover and analyze content in entirely new ways. No other publisher offers this unmatched combination of uniquely rich literary content, dependable metadata, and intuitive subject indexing – all enriched by features and design that breathes new life into the study of literature. As Gale makes additional Literary Resources available through Gale Literature, and if your library has access to these products, they will be automatically added to the Gale Literature experience upon release.

  • Gale Literature Resource CenterFind up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all eras.

  • Gender Studies (Gale)Discover balanced coverage of topics related to gender studies, family and marital issues, and more.

  • General OneFile (Gale)Access general interest magazines and key serials in a single resource. Best for general research.

  • Global Breaking Newswires (ProQuest)In the modern news world, newswires are the chief source of timely news and, with increasing pressures on the traditional news industry, newswires are often the only news coverage for many large regions of the globe. Global Breaking Newswires is the premier library news product providing timely access to the best newswire content available from around the globe for the modern researcher as well as growing archive of news indexed and accessible through the familiar & popular research functionality of the ProQuest platform.

  • Health collection (Informit)Full text database. Subject coverage: nursing and allied health in the Australasian region, including aging and aged care, child health, indigenous health issues, mental health and rehabilitation.

  • Humanities & social sciences collection (Informit)Subject coverage: Aboriginal and Indigenous studies, arts, history, law, literary studies, media, political science and sociology.

  • Humanities international complete (EBSCOhost)Subject coverage: Aboriginal and Indigenous studies, arts, history, law, literary studies, media, political science and sociology.

  • India Database (ProQuest)ProQuest Indian Journals is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary resource providing full-text, scholarly journals, all published in India. These scholarly sources support many academic fields of study, such as business, medicine, science, technology, social sciences and humanities. Providing a unique source of the very best scholarly periodical output from India, ProQuest Indian Journals is a current resource, with most coverage from the last five years and updated daily with new content.

  • Indigenous collection (Informit)Subject coverage: anthropology, community development, cultural studies, economics, education, health, history, law and land rights, literature, politics and policymaking, (post) colonial studies, psychology, race studies, sociology, visual and performing arts.

  • Industrial Press (IG Publishing)Industrial Press has been true to its tradition of publishing the best technical and reference books for Education and Industry.

  • Informe Academico (Gale)Search across full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines from and about Latin America.

  • International bibliography of theatre & dance with full text (EBSCOhost)Subject coverage: drama, mime, theatre and film, puppetry, opera, ballet and dance.

  • International Newsstream (ProQuest)International Newsstream provides the most recent news content outside of the US and Canada, with archives which stretch back decades featuring newspapers, newswires, and news sites in active full-text format. ProQuest International Newsstream provides information from more than 660 of the world’s top newspapers, including The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications.

  • JoVE: Journal of visualized experimentsJoVE publishes peer-reviewed scientific video protocols. Subject coverage: biology, chemistry, neuroscience, medicine, immunology and infection, engineering and bioengineering and behaviour. The website also includes four of the JoVE science education video collections: general laboratory techniques, basic methods in cellular and molecular biology, essentials of neuroscience and essentials of analytical chemistry.

  • Latin America & Iberia Database (ProQuest)This database provides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in many Latin American countries, Spain, and Portugal. Major subject areas of study are represented, including business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities.

  • Leadership and Management (Gale)Search authoritative periodical content covering topics like organizational dynamics, adult learning, and more. Updated daily.

  • LGBT life with full text (EBSCOhost)Full text database covering lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues.

  • Library Science Database (ProQuest)Library Science Database gives users full-text access to a selection of publications relevant to library and information science. It covers a range of titles and topics relevant to the theoretical and applied study of library science, including trade publications aimed at the library profession as well as scholarly journals.

  • Library, information science & technology abstracts (EBSCOhost) Database of articles on all aspects of library and information science.

  • Linguistics Database (ProQuest)This database includes full-text journals and other sources in linguistics, including many titles indexed in Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA). It covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.

  • Literary reference center (EBSCOhost)Includes plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, literary criticism, author biographies, literary journals, book reviews, classic and contemporary poems, classic and contemporary short stories and author interviews.

  • Literary Reference eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of literary-related subjects. Selections include literary criticism, study guides, and classics such as Emma, Dracula and Frankenstein.

  • Literature (Gale)An integrated research experience, Gale Literature brings together Gale’s premier literary databases in a new digital environment that allows researchers, faculty and students to search across these resources to discover and analyze content in entirely new ways. No other publisher offers this unmatched combination of uniquely rich literary content, dependable metadata, and intuitive subject indexing – all enriched by features and design that breathes new life into the study of literature. As Gale makes additional Literary Resources available through Gale Literature, and if your library has access to these products, they will be automatically added to the Gale Literature experience upon release.

  • Literature and culture collection (Informit)Full text database of material published in leading Australian literary magazines, including Meanjin, Quadrant, Island, Wet Ink, Griffith Review and Southerly. 

  • LitFinder (Gale)Includes poems and poem citations, poetry excerpts, short stories, essays, plays, speeches and critical analysis.

  • MAS Reference eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of general reference subjects for high school students. Topics include biography, history, careers, language arts, literature, government, health, math, science, current events, and social-emotional health.

  • MAS ultra – school edition (EBSCOhost)Subject coverage includes: general interest topics, health, science and history.

  • MasterFILE premier (EBSCOhost)Subject coverage includes: business, education, health, social sciences and humanities.

  • MasterFILE Reference eBook Collection(EBSCOhost)This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of general reference subjects. Topics include biography, history, careers, cooking, literature, genealogy, health, parenting, personal finance, politics, architecture, science, current events, social-emotional health, sports, and travel.

  • Middle East & Africa Database (ProQuest)This database provides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in many Middle Eastern and African countries. Major subject areas of study are represented, including business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities.

  • Military & Intelligence (Gale)Subject coverage: military affairs past and present, socioeconomic effects of war, armed forces and government policies.

  • Military database (ProQuest)Subject coverage: war, armed forces, military aircraft and defence, national security and terrorism, computer security, foreign policy, international relations, civil and aerospace engineering.

  • Political science database (ProQuest)Subject coverage: political science, international relations, environmental policy, human rights and migration.

  • Pop culture (Gale)Full text database covering all aspects of popular culture.

  • Popular Magazines (Gale)Access the most searched magazines across Gale OneFile focusing on current events, sports, science, and health issues.

  • PQDT openCollection of full text open access dissertations and theses from around the world. Subject coverage: business and economics, medical sciences, science and technology, agriculture, arts, humanities and social sciences.

  • ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global: The Sciences and Engineering CollectionProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global – Full text is the world’s most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. Full text includes millions of searchable citations to dissertations and theses from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. 
  • PsycARTICLES (APA)Journal articles published by the American Psychological Association. Subject coverage: general psychology and specialised basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research in psychology. Also includes references to tests. Includes linked full text.
  • PsycBooks (APA)Full text ebooks on topics in psychology published by the American Psychological Association. Includes recent titles in psychological and behavioural science plus classic and historical works.

  • Psychology (Gale)Full text database covering all aspects of psychology and related disciplines.

  • Psychology database (ProQuest)Full text database. Subject coverage: behavioural, clinical, cognitive, developmental, experimental, industrial and social psychology, personality, psychobiology and psychometrics.

  • Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCOhost)Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection is a comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. This is the world’s largest full text psychology database offering full text coverage for nearly 400 journals.

  • PsycINFO (APA)Leading database covering psychology and related disciplines, produced by the American Psychological Association. Includes linked full text.

  • PsycNet (APA)Database platform produced by the American Psychological Association includes PsycArticles, PsycBooks, PsycInfo, APA PsycTests and linked full text.

  • PsycTESTS (APA)Provides access to psychological tests, measures, scales, surveys and other assessments as well as descriptive information about the test, its development and administration. Produced by the American Psychological Association.

  • Public Health Database (ProQuest)This database allows you to search the core literature in the field of public health.

  • Publicly Available Content Database (ProQuest)Designed to complement other databases and collections, this database brings together or links to full text for publicly available scholarly content from a number of different sources from around the world. It includes content from major subject repositories such as arXiv as well as open access journals. Content includes journal articles, pre-prints, books, conference papers and reports.

  • Race relations abstracts (EBSCOhost)Database of articles covering race relations, ethnic studies, discrimination and immigration. Includes linked full text.

  • Regional business news (EBSCOhost)Full text news database; primarily US newspapers, news wires and magazines.

  • Religion Database (ProQuest) Religion Database provides a wide range of primarily full-text periodicals and other sources for diverse religious and spiritual studies, covering formal theological studies and commentary on topics of general interest from the perspectives of many worldwide religions. As well as scholarly journals there are many titles from religious publishing bodies and nondenominational organizations. The resource reflects a wide spectrum of religious belief systems and supports the global study of religion.

  • Religion & philosophy collection (EBSCOhost)Subject coverage includes: world religions, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political and moral philosophy, philosophy of language, history of philosophy.

  • Religion and Philosophy (Gale)Research the impact of religion on culture throughout history, including literature, arts, and language. Updated daily.

  • Research Library (ProQuest)ProQuest Research Library provides one-stop access to thousands of full-text periodicals from one of the broadest, most inclusive general reference databases ProQuest has to offer. Search from a highly-respected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, professional and trade publications, and magazines covering over 150 subjects and topics. in all instances.

  • Sage journalsStrong coverage of social sciences, humanities and health sciences. Also covers life and biomedical sciences, materials science and engineering.

  • Sage knowledgeSubject coverage includes: social sciences and education, aged care and gerontology, anthropology, communication and media studies, criminology and criminal justice, economics, education, gender and sexuality studies, history, politics, psychology, social issues, social work and social policy, sociology, geography, earth and environmental sciences.

  • Sage research methodsA database of ebooks, journal articles and video that aims to help researchers design and conduct research projects, understand methods, identify new methods and write up results.

  • Social science database (ProQuest)Subject coverage includes: anthropology, communication, demography, economics, education, political science, policy studies, psychology, social work and sociology.

  • SocINDEX with full text (EBSCOhost)Subject coverage: social development, social psychology, social structure, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, sociological history and theory, criminology, demography, ethnic and gender studies, marriage and family, political sociology, religion, rural and urban sociology, substance abuse and violence.

  • Sociology database (ProQuest)Subject coverage: sociology history and theory, social psychology, community and mental health services, crisis intervention, families and social welfare, gerontology, poverty and homelessness, professional issues in social work, substance abuse and addiction, social work education and practice, violence, abuse and neglect.

  • Something about the author (Gale)Includes biographical information about authors and illustrators for children and young adults.

  • The making of modern law : : legal treatises 1800-1926 (Gale)Full text database of legal treatises from the 19th and early 20th centuries on British Commonwealth and American law.

  • Turkey Database (ProQuest)This database provides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in Turkey. Major subject areas of study are represented, including business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities.

  • UK & Ireland Database (ProQuest)This database provides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Major subject areas of study are represented, including business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities.

  • Urban studies abstract (EBSCOhost) Database of articles covering urban studies, urban affairs, urban history, community development, town planning and related issues. Includes linked full text.

  • US history (Gale)Full text database covering the history of the United States of America.

  • US Newsstream (ProQuest)Full text news database. Includes US and international newspapers, news wires and websites, magazines, podcasts and blogs.

  • Violence & Abuse Abstracts (EBSCOhost)Covers violence and abuse, including family violence and sexual assault.

  • Vocation and Careers (Gale)Research a vocation, find an appropriate institution of learning, and get assistance on job searches and maintaining a career.

  • War and terrorism (Gale)Subject coverage: conflicts and their causes, impact of war, terrorism, defence policy, war crimes.

  • World history (Gale)This compilation of over 40 journals provides robust and balanced coverage of this field, useful both to the novice historian as well as to the advanced academic researcher.