Communication+and+Mass+Media+Complete+Tipsheet

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=This database is ideal for...= =__Database Description__:= Communication & Mass Media Complete provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. CMMC offers cover-to-cover (“core”) indexing and abstracts for over 370 journals, and selected (“priority”) coverage of over 230 more, for a combined coverage of over 600 titles. Furthermore, this database includes full text for more than 240 journals. =__Search Tips__:=
 * ...when you want both popular and scholarly sources in the communication discipline
 * ...when you want to find articles from magazines, newspapers, or journals
 * ...when you want to cover a lot of territory in one place
 * ...when you want to find resources on current media and communication related topics
 * ...when you need something right away - a full text option is available!

Wildcard / Truncation:
Communication and Mass Media Complete uses an asterisk (*) to replace an unlimited number of letters stemming from a word's root and a question mark (?) to replace a single character inside a word.

Boolean Operators:
Academic Search Complete uses: AND, OR, NOT
 * AND: Finds records that contain both words, although not necessarily in the same sentence or in the given order. AND ties the two concepts together and provides a more narrow search than just a single word alone.
 * OR: Finds records that contain either word or both words. Use OR for synonymous or related terms; this broadens the search.
 * NOT: Finds records that contain the first word and that do not contain the second word.

Nesting / Grouping Search Terms:
The default order of operations is performed from the left to the right. Control you search terms and operators by developing an advanced search strategy with multiple operators, grouping or "nesting" terms joined with OR inside parentheses:
 * (speeches OR presentations) AND ("Bill Gates" OR "Microsoft executives")

Exact Phrase:
Enclose search terms inside quotation marks ("call to order") to ensure that your search terms will appear in the exact order in the search results.

Proximity Operators:
You can use proximity operators to search for two or more words that occur within a specified number of words (or fewer) of each other. The proximity operators are composed of a letter (N or W) and a number (to specify the number of words). The proximity operator is placed between the words that are to be searched, as follows:
 * Near Operator (N): N5 finds the words if they are within five words of one another regardless of the order in which they appear.
 * editorial N5 commentary
 * Within Operator (W): W3 finds the words if they are within three words of one another and in the order in which you entered them.
 * "John Kerry" W3 ( "Secretary of State" OR "Head of State" OR "State Department")

Field Searching:
The default fields for unqualified searches consist of the following: all authors, all subjects, all keywords, all title info (including source title) and all abstracts. Field specific searches may be performed on the following fields: All text, Author, Title, Subject terms, Abstract, Journal name, Company entity, Geographic terms, industry code, DUNS number, Ticker symbol, or People mentioned in the article.

Limiting:
Limit results by date, publication type, number of pages, peer-reviewed, and more!

Locating Full Text:
Many articles are readily available as either HTML (word-processed full text within the database) or PDF files (links to scanned images of the article). Articles without full text may link to full text with the “Find It” link.

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 * If online full text is not available, check whether your library owns the journal in print or any other format.
 * If this item is a book and is found at an OhioLINK library, you can determine whether your library owns it, or request it from another library.

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