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Resources for Communication and Information Studies

General

When searching for scholarly literature your first best option is our library discovery tool LIbSearch.

LibSearch offers acces to all (e)books, (e)journals and (e)-articles and other materials in our library.
LibSearch also offers information on many collections of libraries and databases worldwide.

When searching for literature on a specific subject we recommend that you check our online LibGuide on Smart and systematic literature searches.

Should a search in LIbSearch retrieve unsatisfactory results you may want to use one of our subject-specific databases listed below, or use Google Scholar.

Always check which content has been included in your specific database!

LLBA : Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
Bibliography containing references and abstracts on language and linguistics
MLA International Bibliography
MLA International Bibliography indexeert dissertaties, monografieen en tijdschriftartikelen uit meer dan 3.000 tijdschriften en series op het gebied van de taal- en letterkunde en folklore van alle talen van de wereld. Vanaf 1963-
Linguistic bibliography online
The BLonline database provides bibliographical references to scholarly publications on all branches of linguistics and all the languages of the world, irrespective of language or place of publication. The database contains all entries of the printed volumes of Bibliographie Linguistique/Linguistic Bibliography for the years 1993-1997 and in addition an increasing number of more recent references.
NexisUni
Nexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790—with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents.
APA PsycInfo
PsycInfo contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations, all in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, bussiness, and law. Journal coverage, spanning 1872 - present, includes international material selected from hundreds of periodicals written in over 25 languages. Current chapter and book coverage includes worldwide English-language material published from 1987 - present. Weekly updates.
PsycINFO bevat verwijzingen naar en samenvattingen van artikelen, boeken, technische rapporten en dissertaties op het gebied van de Psychologie en aanverwante wetenschappen zoals Psychiatrie, Geneeskunde, Verpleegkunde, Sociologie, Farmacologie, Pedagogiek, etc. Bevat verwijzingen vanaf 1872 naar artikelen uit honderden wetenschappelijke tijdschriften in meer dan 25 talen. Wekelijkse update.
Scopus
Scopus is a good starting point for finding articles on almost any topic. It contains over 47,000,000 records to scholarly publications, trade publications and conference proceedings. Scopus is an excellent database for cited reference searching. It does not contain full text articles, but users can get access to full text by using the Get It button.
Web of Science
ISI Web of Science covers the Science Citation Index (Expanded) from 1900, Social Sciences Citation Index from 1956, and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index, from 1975. Receipt of weekly e-mail alerts is possible after registering and saving a search profile under Advanced Search. Web of Science is part of ISI Web of Knowledge.

General

Many major journals are available in digitale editions through LibSearch; in some cases not all volumes may be available in digital format.
LibSearch also includes journals that are available in print-edition only.
Older print-volumes may be requested from our closed stacks by using the Place Hold option in LIbSearch.
Current print issues of Humanities-journals are shelved in the library on Floor 10, Main Building VU (entrance at Floor 9.)

Applied Linguistics | Oxford
Coverage: 1980 - present
Cognitive Linguistic Studies | Benjamins
Coverage: 2014 - present
Cognitive Linguistics | de Gruyter
Coverage: 1990 - present
Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory | de Gruyter
Coverage: 2005 - present
Discourse and Society | Sage
Coverage: 1990 - present
Discourse and Society | JSTOR
Coverage: 1990 - present (minus 4 years)
Discourse Studies | Sage
Coverage: 1999 - present
Discourse Studies | JSTOR
Coverage: 1999 - present (minus 4 years)
Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics | Benjamins
Coverage: 2012 - present
Interaction Studies | Benjamins
Coverage: 2004 - present
Journal of Communication | Wiley
Coverage: 1996 - 2017
Journal of Communication | Oxford
Coverage: 1996 - present
Journal of Pragmatics | Elsevier
Coverage: 1977 - present
Journal of Sociolinguistics | Wiley
Coverage: 1977 - present
Language & Communication | Elsevier
Coverage: 1981 - present
Levende Talen Tijdschrift | Levende talen
Coverage: 2010 - present
Text and Talk | de Gruyter
Coverage: 1981 - present
Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap | Boomhogeronderwijs
Coverage: 2005 - present
Tijdschrift voor Taalbeheersing
Coverage: 2009 - present
UB e-journals A-Z
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
An index of diverse open access journals from around the world.

General

LibSearch contains information about all books, e-journals, e-articles and other materials of the University Library. Available e-books can be consulted directly from the screen; often (part of) the text can be downloaded.

Print books

Older print books are usually in closed warehouses and can be requested from LibSearch. Exam literature (print books) for all Humanities is available in the library on the 1st floor. Print books that are not available in the library collection can be requested from other libraries by clicking on the desired title in LibSearch and then clicking on Request Item through Interlibrary Loan.

Huygens ING resources
o.a.gedigitaliseerde bronnenpublicaties
DNBL: Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren (DBNL)
is een digitale collectie van teksten die behoren tot de Nederlandse letterkunde, taalkunde en cultuurgeschiedenis van de vroegste tijd tot heden. De collectie representeert het hele Nederlandse taalgebied.
Delpher boeken
Ruim 113.000 boeken uit de 17e, 18e, 19e en 20e eeuw.
Google Books
Doorzoek de meeste uitgebreide index ter wereld van boeken met volledige tekst.
HathiTrust Digital Library
Gedigitaliseerde titels uit bibliotheken wereldwijd (NB onze UB heeft geen licentie op HathiTrust; daarom zijn niet alle titels fulltext beschikbaar)
Project Gutenberg
Digitale bibliotheek met meer dan 60.000 fulltext titels

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Tips & Off-campus access

Information about Off-campus access

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