Information seeking in Communication
Information seeking is a process that goes hand in hand with the research process. A good starting point is to make an information seeking plan. Read more in Library Tutorial.
Databases
Main databases
Peer-reviewed articles are valued in all fields. They are published in academic journals. In many databases, you can limit your search results to peer-reviewed articles. This helps you choose scholarly and reliable sources. To find academic journal articles, use databases e.g.
Communications research specific databases
- Communication and Mass Media Complete - CMMC (EBSCO). The essential communication research database.
- Linguistics and Language Behavior abstracts – LLBA (CSA). An international database including applied linguistics, sociolinguistics and communication.
Multidisciplinary databases
- Scopus
- Social Science Database
- JSTOR
- You can also use JYKDOK International articles search to search all databases in one go
- Best used to quickly find one or two articles. For more systematic searches, use the databases above.
- Possible to limit search results to peer-reviewed articles.
- And Google Scholar
- Keep in mind that you cannot limit search results to peer-reviewed articles.
- You can check if an article is peer-reviewed by finding the article in JYKDOK International articles search: does it say peer-reviewed?
- Use Libkey browser extension: It notifies the user if the article is available through the library and provides the user with a direct link to download the article.
To access a database via JYKDOK, write the name of the database in the JYKDOK search box.
To browse databases: Browse for databases > choose Research Area: Communication > choose eg. Articles
A database may have a thesaurus or subject terms dictionary of its own that can help with search terms.
Books
To find books, go to JYKDOK. Additionally, it can be helpful to search e-book databases separately even though the e-books are included in JYKDOK search results. E-book databases allow you to extend the search to the full-text of the book.
- E.g. E-Book Central
Finna: Books not in JYKDOK collection may be found in Finna, which is the union catalogue of Finnish libraries, museums and archives. Order books from other libraries using our interlibrary service.
Newspapers
- PressReader, over 350 newspapers and magazines from more than 60 countries.
Research methodology
Dictionaries, encyclopedias and subject terms
- MOT dictionaries
- International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
- YSO in English
- Subject terms in CMMC Communication & Mass Media Complete
- International Encyclopedia of Communication
- Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Communications
Citing and managing references
- Our Zotero guide
- Citation styles
- How to cite (examples of different citation styles)
Guides and contact information
- Teaching and guidance -pages
- Learning materials, courses and guidance
- Teaching and guidance e-mail (ask anything about information seeking, research data management, open educational resources): opetus@library.jyu.fi
- All contact information for Open Science Centre