LibGuides: Graphic Design: Databases & Articles

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Art and Media Databases

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
(EBSCO) Provides access to a large multidisciplinary database of more than 3900 magazines, journals, newspapers and trade publications.
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Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
(Gale) Provides access to a large multidisciplinary collection of more than 9600 magazines, journals, newspapers, podcasts and transcripts (NPR, CNN, CBC).
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
(ITHAKA) Provides access to a multidisciplinary collection of over 1000 journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
Until June 30, 2023, JSTOR is providing free access to collections we do not currently license, including journals, books, and an archive in Public Health. See this link for more information.
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Communication and Mass Media Complete (CMMC) This link opens in a new window
(EBSCO) Provides access to research in areas related to communication and mass media. Many journals have indexing, abstracts, and full-text from their first issues to the present.
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Pop Culture Studies Collection This link opens in a new window
(Gale) Provides access to popular magazines for use in the social sciences, history, art or liberal arts courses.
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Advertising Databases

Search these databases for examples of ad campaigns from companies around the world.

AdForum This link opens in a new window
(Maydream Inc.) Information on over 20,000 agencies and 150 000 ad campaigns (tv, print, interactive, etc.) from around the world. Also includes information about advertising award winners and jobs in the fields of advertising and design.
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WARC (World Advertising Research Center) This link opens in a new window
(World Advertising Research Center) Over 25 000 articles, case studies, research reports and summaries covering all areas of marketing communications (advertising, consumer research, brand management, product categories, media planning, etc.).
Individual user login functionality and resulting customization ("YOUR WARC") is not available with our account.
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Sociology Databases

These databases have articles about society and the human condition.

SAGE Journals This link opens in a new window
(SAGE Publications) A collection of full-text online scholarly journals in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
Note that we do not subscribe to all content on the SAGE platform. Before running a search, check "Only content I have full access to" to retrieve only that content.
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ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
(Elsevier) Provides users with access to a wide range of journal articles and full-text e-books in Health and Life Sciences, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Computers and Technology, and the Social and Behavioural Sciences.
Note that we do not subscribe to all content on the ScienceDirect platform. Unfortunately, there is no way to limit a search to our subscribed content only. Only those results with the words "Full text access" or "Open access" are content to which we have access. If there are no such words next to a search result, it means that content is not available.
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SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
(EBSCO) Contains useful information encompassing the broad spectrum of sociological study.
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