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Key Communication Resources

Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCOhost)
A research and reference resource in the communication and mass media fields.

JSTOR Communication Studies Journals
Search the Communication Studies section of JSTOR.
Vital Speeches of the Day
To search, click Search within this publication or browse issues by year.

Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints
Covers hot-topic social issues, providing informed but differing views. Features viewpoint essays, news articles, academic journals, videos, audio clips, infographics, and more.
Gale OneFile: Pop Culture Studies
Access to scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture.

News & Magazine Databases

ProQuest U.S. Newsstream
More than 350 newspapers, many with full-text. Coverage 1995 to present. The Major Newspapers collection includes The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and more.
ProQuest Global Newsstream

News from the US, Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Australia. Covers 1980 to the present.
Access World News
A collection of thousands of U.S. and global news sources.
NexisUni
News, business and legal sources from LexisNexis. newspapers, magazines, and some journals. Coverage includes general news topics; foreign language news; company, industry, and market news; legal news; general health topics; accounting/tax info; government topics.
New York Times Digital Edition (1980 to present)
Full-text access to New York Times. Requires account registration (see instructions).

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Obituaries and Death Notices
Includes paid death notices from more than 600 newspapers. Each obituary or death notice is indexed by the name of the deceased person.

In addition, the text of each obituary or death notice is searchable, making it easy to find just what you're looking for using a place of residence, occupation, names of family members, or other personal information. Coverage includes more than 600 newspapers, some starting in the 1960.

Daytona Beach News-Journal
Full-text of the Daytona Beach New-Journal from 1996 to the present. Part of the Access World News database.
Orlando Sentinel
Dates back to 1985. Includes full-text of news stories, editorials, and local and regional news. Includes news on community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community.
Florida Newspaper Database
Full-text newspapers and magazines with a focus on Florida.
Russian Newspapers
Comprehensive coverage of national news, current events, economic developments and cultural events in Russia. Also has several English-language newspapers including the Moscow Times.

American Historical Periodicals
Includes journals, magazines, and periodicals published between 1684 and 1922.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1963.
Historical New York Times (1851-2021)
Full page and article images with searchable full text from the first issue in 1851 through 2021.
Illustrated London News (1842-2003)
The world’s first fully illustrated weekly newspaper, marking a revolution in journalism and news reporting. Presented a vivid picture of British and world events; all issues from 1842 to 2003 included.
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers
Full-text coverage of 19th century newspapers from across the U.S. published between 1800 and 1900. Many published in what were, at the time, territories. Florida newspapers include papers from St. Augustine, Tallahassee, Jacksonville, and Pensacola. This database funded by the College of Law.
Japanese-American Relocation Camp Newspapers: Perspectives on Day-to-Day Life
This digital collection of Japanese relocation camp newspapers record the concerns and the day-to-day life of the interned Japanese-Americans.

Although articles in these files frequently appear in Japanese, most of the papers are in English or in dual text. Many of the 25 titles constituting this collection are complete or substantially complete. Editions have been carefully collated and omissions are noted. A sampling of titles include:Rohwer Outpost, Poston Chronicle, Gila News Courier, Tulean Dispatch, Granada Pioneer, Minndoka Irrigator, Topaz Times, Manzanar Free Press, Denson Tribune, and Heart Mountain Sentinel.

Gale OneFile: Popular Magazines
Access to the most searched magazines across the Gale databases.
Life Magazine archive on Google Books
Includes magazine issues from 1936-1972.
Time Magazine Archive (EBSCOhost)
Restricted to Stetson students, faculty, and staff. Includes all issues of Time Magazine from 1923 to 2000. Advertisements are included. PDF full text. Instructions for browsing. If you are looking for the records of Time Inc., visit the New-York Historical Society webiste at https://www.nyhistory.org/library/time-inc-archive
National Geographic Virtual Library
Browse cover to cover issues back to 1888.

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