Library: Speech and Communications: Finding Databases and Online Resources

General Databases

Need background information on a topic or issue? Credo Reference provides over three million full-text articles from over one thousand titles.

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Over 800+ published reference works in a variety of major subjects. These include general and subject dictionaries as well as encyclopedias. Credo also has more than 200,000 images and videos.

For information that needs more popular full-text magazines, reference books, MasterFILE Complete is the place to start.

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Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 2,000 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1922. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Complete also contains full text for more than 1,000 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps & flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.

Other Helpful Databases

Looking for information on a local issue? ProQuest U.S. West Newsstream provides current news on issues in Hawaii from the Star-Advertiser.

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Full-text articles from 270 news sources from AK, CA, HI, ID, NV, OR, UT, and WA. Includes the Honolulu Star-Advertiser (Jun 2010-present), Honolulu Advertiser (Jan 1999-Jun 2010), Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Mar 1996-Jun 2010), and Hawaii Business (Jan 2016-present).
Note: This database replaces ProQuest News & Newspapers.

Statistics and data can help strengthen your justifications and discussions in your paper or presentation. Are you looking for a chart or infographic? Statista can provide images to add to PPT, XLS, PDF, and more.

Statista - The Portal for Statistics
A portal to over 1 million statistics, 3,000 industry reports, and over 400 market forecast reports.

eBooks

Ebook Central
Collection of electronic books covering a wide range of subject areas, including credible content from authoritative, scholarly sources.

Here is a sample of eBooks on various cultures. eBooks are a great way to get background information on a particular subject.

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
Gale Encyclopedia Of Multicultural America contains original essays on specific minority and ethnic groups in the U.S., with an emphasis on culture (religions, holidays, customs, language) in addition to information on historical background and settlement patterns.
Haoles in Hawaii by Judy Rohrer
Haoles in Hawai'i strives to make sense of haole (white person/whiteness in Hawai'i) and "the politics of haole" in current debates about race in Hawai'i.