Communication Studies - Journals

Articles in communication journals contain research findings; they are the meat of a literature review and so must be read carefully and understood. Most are still found only in printed format, but online descriptions of them help you discern the best journals to search.

These core journals in communication can be found in many academic libraries:

• American Communication Journal - links to full text of articles
• Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies - links ot description and table of contents
• Communication Education - links to a description
• Communication Monographs - links to a description
• Communication Quarterly - links to a description
• Communication Research - links to a description
• Communication Research Reports - links to a description and abstracts
• Communication Reports - links to a description
• Communication Studies - links to a description
• Communication Theory - links to a description, tables of contents. Can also search and display full text of articles, if your institution subscribes (Kent State subscribes)
• Critical Studies in Mass Communication - links to a description
• EJC/REC: The Electronic Journal of Communication / La Revue Electronique de Communication - a journal published only online; available by subscription
• Health Communication - links to a description; can search and display full text of articles back to 1999, if your institution subscribes (Kent State subscribes)
• Howard Journal of Communication - links to a description, tables of contents. Can also search and display full text of articles back to 1998, if your institution subscribes (Kent State subscribes)
• Human Communication Research - links to a description, tables of contents, and a sample issue.
• Journal of Applied Communication Research - links to a description
• Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media - links to a description
• Journal of Communication - description, tables of contents, and a sample issue
• Journal of Communication Studies - table of contents back to volume 1 (1982-83)
• Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication - full text online
• Journal of Health Communication - links to table of contents
• Journal of Intercultural Communication Research 
• Journal of Social and Personal Relationships - full text online
• Journalism and Communication Monographs - published by Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
• Journalism and Mass Communication Educator - published by Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
• Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly - published by Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
• Qualitative Research Reports in Communication (QRRC) - links to a description
• Quarterly Journal of Speech - links to a description
• Southern Communication Journal- links to description
• Text and Performance Quarterly - links to description and table of contents
• Western Journal of Communication - links to description, most recent table of contents, searchable index
  

Selected Professional and Trade Magazines

• AdAge.com - an active web site with some online articles, searchable archives, and a host of other services
  
• Broadcasting & Cable - another energetic web site with options to subscribe to full print or online version
  
• Columbia Journalism Review - full-text, accompanied by a range of information sources for the professional
  
• Public Relations Strategist - description
  

Journal Services

• Tables of Contents from CIOS - This site provided scanned images of tables-of-contents pages.  For each journal covered, only the most recent issue is included.
  
• Links to electronic magazines in journalism and related fields (from University of Pennylvania) - Most of these are full-text trade publications.