Library Guides

• These are lists of the best databases and other resources to look for articles in, collected by our expert librarians! They can save you a lot of time by showing you where to begin your searches.
• Communication Studies Guides
• Social Sciences Guides
• Library Sources, Credibility, and Finding the Good Stuff
• Citation Help

Complete Database List

• Once you have a more specific idea about what you want to research and your potential research questions, you can also go directly to the relevant databases using the link below.
• Databases A-Z
• NOTE: A particular database that might be very useful for this assignment is Communication and Mass Media Complete

Google Scholar

• You can also use Google Scholar to search for scholarly material!
• You can actually tell Google Scholar to look for things that the University of Iowa has access to by following the steps below.
  • Step 1: Go to Google Scholar homepage
  • Step 2: Click on the three lines on top left of page, and in resulting menu click Settings
  • Step 3: Click on Library Links
  • Step 4: In the search box near the middle of the page, under "Show library access links...", type in "University of Iowa" and press Enter or click the magnifying glass next to the search box
  • Step 5: Click on the check mark box next to "University of Iowa - ViewIt@UILink" so that a check mark appears
  • Step 6: Click "Save" button
    • After you do that, it should send you back to the Google Scholar homepage, and now whenever you search it will provide links to University of Iowa resources that you can access when available!