LibGuides: CO 225: Business &amp; Professional Communication: Articles

Access to Databases

All Monmouth University students, faculty and staff have access to subscription databases on campus.

Remote access to databases requires entry of username and password (same as email) for verification.

Google Scholar Search - Details & VIdeo

Search Google Scholar for scholarly full-text materials available in addition to those you locate in HawkFind. If there is a link to the right of any of your search results, follow the link to view the full article (you may not have access to all the articles in your search results). Check out the Google Search tips video (created by Concordia University) for additional help, and be sure to access Google Scholar from the Monmouth University website in order to view accessible articles.

Journal Locator

Use the Journal Locator to see if the Library has access to a journal or periodical.

Need help? Check out the Journal Locator Tutorial.

Search Tips

Use the word "AND" to combine your keywords to make your search more specific, e.g. "substance abuse" AND "domestic violence."
Use synonyms and alternative or related terms - broader or narrower - to expand your relevant results, e.g. "teenagers" | "adolescents" | "youth"
Use the truncation "*" (star) symbol to search for words with common roots without entering them individually, e.g. searching for teen* retrieves "teen," "teens", "teenaged", "teenagers." Use the "star" symbol (hit "shift" key + 8) to add truncation to your search term.
You can limit search results in many databases to academic/peer-reviewed journals, by publication date, or full-text only.

Business Databases

Business Source Premier (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window Provides full text (PDF) coverage for nearly 8,350 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for more than 1,100 scholarly business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business dating back to 1922.
Westlaw Campus Research Law, News and Business This link opens in a new window
NexisUni (LexisNexis) Comprehensive source for current news (international, national and regional), legal research (cases and statutes, law reviews, news), business research (news, company information), medical information (news, journal articles, Medline abstracts) and basic reference tools.IMPORTANT UPDATEAs of July 1, 2024 Nexis Uni will no longer be available.For company dossiers and company information, use Hoover's Company Profiles in Business Market Research Collection (ProQuest), Reference USA, or Westlaw's Company Investigator,For Business news use Wall Street Journal or ABI/INFORM Complete,For legislation information use CQ Congress Collection,For political news use New York Times, or US Newsstream (ProQuest),For US publications and government documents use HeinOnline or Westlaw,For legal research and court cases use Westlaw, GovInfo, HeinOnline or Google Scholar,For university news use The Chronicle of Higher Education,For law reviews and law journals use Westlaw, HeinOnline, or ProQuest Central.
ABI/INFORM Complete This link opens in a new window Scholarly and trade journal articles, dissertations, market reports, industry reports, business cases and global and trade news.

Newspaper Databases

NOTE: Monmouth University has access to the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal via their desktop platforms. You must have MU login credentials to set up your free account.

New York Times Monmouth University now has access to the New York Times via its desktop platform. You must have MU login credentials to access.

Newsstream (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Full text of U.S. and international news sources. Includes coverage of major U.S. and international newspapers such as The New York Times and the Times of London, plus hundreds of other news sources and newswires.
Regional Business News (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window Contains material from business journals, newspapers, newswires. Hosted on the EBSCOhost platform.
Wall Street Journal (full interface) This link opens in a new window This is the desktop platform for the Wall Street Journal. Use your MU login credentials to create your free account. The Historical Wall Street Journal is also available via the Databases A-Z link.
Westlaw Campus Research Law, News and Business This link opens in a new window Students can work more efficiently and productively, and with more confidence, with Thomson Reuters Westlaw Campus Research, a premier research service for the legal, news, and business-related information they need.

Communication Databases

Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window Database covering all aspects of communication and mass media, with full text coverage of over 440 journals.
ComAbstracts This link opens in a new window Includes abstracts for scholarly communication journals dating to 1970. Scroll to the bottom of an abstract to check for full text access.

HawkFind

Popular vs Trade vs Scholarly

	Popular Magazines	Trade Journals	Scholarly Journals
Audience	All readers	Professionals working in a specific field. Example: Nurses	Scholars and Students
Appearance	Glossy paper, many ads and pictures	Glossy paper, short articles, many ads and pictures	Research articles with charts and graphics, few pictures
Author	Freelance writers or journalists hired by magazine	Members of the profession	Professors, scholars or teachers in the field
Purpose	Entertain and inform	Keep professionals up to date with trends in the field	Publish new research in the field
References	Very few citations	Very few citations	References are listed at the end of each article
Authority	Articles reviewed by magazine’s editors	Articles reviewed by magazine’s editors	Articles undergo peer-review by scholars within the same field
Frequency	Published weekly or monthly	Published weekly or monthly	Published a few times a year, quarterly
Examples	Time, People	Advertising Age, Education Week	Higher Education Research & Development