E-Resources for Journalism & Mass Communication

Now included in the ProQuest One Business database, this resource covers business and management topics with information on more than 60,000 companies through journals, newspapers, executive profiles, reports on market conditions, and in-depth case studies of global business trends. Includes Snapshots North America, Oxford Analytical Research, Wall Street Journal, and MIT Sloan Management Review. Full text is available.

Business Source Elite covers business, management, economics, banking, finance, and accounting. Materials indexed include scholarly and peer-reviewed journals. Some full text is available.

Full text online archive of the Chicago Tribune, including full page digital reproductions of every page from all available issues.

Provides access to Communication & Mass Media Complete and Communication Abstracts. Subject coverage includes communication, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse, speech-language pathology, media studies, and related fields. Some full text is available.

Searches the full text of five current newspapers via ProQuest's platform: Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.

NOTE: Coverage of the New York Times excludes the most recent 30 days. Access to the most recent month of the New York Times online content is available via NYTimes.com in the Databases & E-Reference listings.

Coverage of the Wall Street Journal excludes the most recent week. Access to the most recent week of the Wall Street Journal content is available via Wall Street Journal in the Databases & E-Reference listings. 

The DNSA collection is the most comprehensive collection available of significant declassified U.S. government documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945. OU Libraries provides access to four sub-collections relating to Latin American policy and human rights, including El Salvador: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1977–1984; El Salvador: War, Peace, and Human Rights, 1980–1994; Nicaragua: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1978–1990; and Death Squads, Guerrilla War, Covert Operations, and Genocide: Guatemala and the U.S., 1954-1999.

This database provides access to business and news archives, historical market data, interactive charting, financial statements, and company reports.

Bibliographic database covering the subjects of film and television theory, preservation and restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews. This database indexes periodicals and technical publications. Some full text is available.

A key international business paper based in London, the Financial Times Historical Archive provides access to fully searchable digital reproductions of every issue from 1888-2021. Coverage includes critical financial and economic events, industry, energy, international politics, and more recently management, personal finance and the arts. 

This database allows for searchability across all available Gale digital archives from a single interface. Contains full text of primary sources in the following collections: 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection, 19th Century UK Periodicals, British Library Newspapers, The Economist Historical Archive, Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Indigenous Peoples: North America, The Making of the Modern World, Nineteenth Century Collections Online, Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers, American History and Culture, Sabin Americana, The Times (London) Digital Archive, and U.S. Declassified Documents Online.

GlobalData Explorer is an upgrade of our existing Marketline subscription, offering more coverage and deeper insight into companies and sectors throughout world. Spanning across all major industries, GlobalData Explorer provides key insight that allows for the comparison of sectors and understanding of market drivers shaping an industry. The database contains all content and functions that are available in MarketLine as well as added features, including an advertising database, job analysis, sector reports, themes, and social media analytics. This resources offers broad yet detailed coverage of the global trends that are shaping industries, impacting companies, and driving innovation.  

Provides access to historical information on companies, including financial performance, key officers, competitors, and market trends. Reports for over 800 US companies are included, covering 75% of the most prevalent Fortune 500 companies. Reports can be browsed by company name, industry, or date.

Searches the full text of twelve historical newspapers: Atlanta Daily World, Chicago Defender, Chicago Tribune, Guardian and Observer, Los Angeles Sentinel, Los Angeles Times, New York Amsterdam News, New York Times, Norfolk Journal and Guide, Pittsburgh Courier, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.

Searches the full text of the Atlanta Daily World, Chicago Defender, Los Angeles Sentinel, New York Amsterdam News, Norfolk Journal and Guide, and Pittsburgh Courier.

One of the most comprehensive collections of industry market research reports, IBIS World provides instant access to over 700 United States industries. In addition to their core Industry Report product, they also publish over 700 US Industry Risk Rating Reports, over 700 Industry Profiles, as well as hundreds of Economic & Demographic Profiles.

Provides access to streaming video supporting classes in the arts, business, health, media/communication, science, humanities and education. 

NOTE: Kanopy video access is mediated. This means that any video not currently licensed for use will require the user to request access. Access is being enabled for class use with instructor approval.

MarketLine is a leading provider of quality information on companies, industries, and countries. Profiles of every major industry and marketplace offer standardized market data (including size & segmentation) and competitive analysis. Company profiles for over 500,000 public and private companies give detailed insight into how companies are organized by function. Country profiles present easy-to-digest summaries and standardized data. Base Drivers Database feature key macro-economic, social, demographic and industry statistics for 215 countries. Company News, Analyst Opinion, and Financial Deals are updated daily.

Access to MarketLine will cease August 29, 2024. To continue to access content, please use GlobalData Explorer. 

Mergent Archives provides access to more than a century's worth of global corporate and industry related documents. This database contains more than 180,000 documents covering over 100 countries and industries using a reliable and easy-to-navigate system. This database was formerly known as Mergent WebReports.

A database containing information on over 75,000 public and private businesses, including business description, history, property, earning estimates, subsidiaries, officers and directors, long-term debt, and capital stock. Includes both U.S. company and international company data, as well as industry reports. Financial statements are presented in as-reported form and in native currencies.

Mintel is one of the world's leading market intelligence agencies and monitors worldwide product innovation and new product activity in consumer-packaged goods markets with data going back to 1996. GNPD (Global New Products Database) provides access to analysis of more than 40,000 new FMCG product launches every month across more than 80 markets. Covers food, drink, household, healthcare & hygiene, beauty & personal care, and pet sectors. GNPD allows you to explore and analyze hundreds of thousands of products by country, category, packaging, price, and other features.