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Communication & Mass Media Complete
This database indexes over 640 journals and provides full-text for over 300 journals
in the fields of communication and mass media. Its journal coverage includes the
content of CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index.
ACCESS: Click here
or go to the Ely Library Home Page (http://www.lib.wsc.ma.edu/)
and find the link to Communication & Mass Media Complete in the blue section
of the page. If you are off campus you will be prompted for a username and password
(the same ones you use for WSC email).
Basic Search tips
Basically, you can enter search terms (words) in the search box and click "Search"
to find articles. However, you have many options to get more targeted results.
- Choose a Search Mode
- Boolean/Phrase allows you to combine search terms with "and,"
"or," "not"
- Smart Text Searching will search any and all terms, similar to
a Google search
- Limit your results to Scholarly or Full Text articles
or by Published Date or Publication Type
- From the top toolbar (blue)
- The Publications button takes you to a screen where you can search
for specific journals
- The Cited References button takes you to a screen where you can
search for articles that cite a specific article or author
- Ask-A-Librarian will open a form for emailing the Ely Librarian
Reference Desk if you have questions

Advanced Search tips
Advanced Search has many of the same search options as the Basic Search to
help you find targeted search results. Additionally:
- Advanced Search offers multiple boxes to enter search terms
- You can use the Select a Field dropdown menu to search for words
in the article title, author, article abstract, etc.
Results
- Search results are sorted by Date. You can use a dropdown menu to Sort
by Relevance, Author, etc.
- Mouse over the
icon next to article titles to see a preview of each result (abstract, subjects,
citation info)
- Use the toolbar at the left to Narrow Results by Source Type (for
example, if you only want to look at articles from Academic Journals), Subject,
etc.
- Use the toolbar at the right to Limit your results to Full Text or
Scholarly articles, or to look at articles only from specified date ranges

- Full Text availability: From your results, click
or 
- If full-text is not available (no full-text links for the publication),
follow the link Click
here to Check Availability in the WSC Full Text Periodical Directory
(http://www.lib.wsc.ma.edu/cgi-bin/ft_journals.cgi) and search the Directory
to see if we own the journal, magazine, or newspaper in which the article
appears. For example, you may be able to find the article in a different database
or from a hardcopy journal in the Ely Library collection.
- If an article in the results list looks interesting to you, you can click
Add to Folder
- To look at the contents of your folder, click the link Go to: Folder
View on the right side of the screen
Printing, Emailing, Saving articles or citations (Not
all options are available for all articles)
- To view more information about an article in the results list, you can click
on the article title, or click on the link to HTML or PDF full text (if available).
You can then select one of the following:
- Print button
:
This will bring you to the Print Manager
- Click on "Estimate Number of Pages" to see total number of pages
to be printed
- Click Print and then click OK
NOTE: To Print PDF Full Text:
Click on the
Link. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Click on the Adobe Printer icon toward the left of the Article
window 
- Email button
:
This will bring you to the Email Manager
- Enter your full e-mail address (e.g. yourname@wsc.ma.edu) and a
Subject
- Choose a Field Format or Citation Format (such as
APA or MLA)
- Click Send
- Your e-mail message will arrive from ephost@epnet.com
- Save button
:
This will bring you to the Save Manager
- Choose a Field Format or Citation Format (such as
APA or MLA)
- Click Save.
- Export button
:
This will bring you to the Export Manager
- Choose a format depending on the program to which the results
will be exported.
URL: http://www.lib.wsc.ma.edu/cmmc/cmmc.htm
Page maintained by Amy Chapman
Revised August 26, 2008