E-Resources for Journalism & Mass Communication

Provides full text to over 500 U.S. newspapers and over 600 international newspapers. Real time news updates are also available through newswires such as CNN Newswire, PR Newswire, and CNN. This database also provides access to over 1.6 million radio and television transcripts.

Features 15,000+ news, business, and legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions back to 1790. Some full text is available.

OU Libraries will cease subscribing to Nexis Uni, effective July 1, 2024. More information about this decision, as well as a list of databases covering the content in Nexis Uni, is available. 

Complete text from 1981 to present of the Oklahoman, which focuses on both local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Also includes access to the Oklahoman Web Edition from 2013 onward.

NOTE:  Some archival issues are available on microfilm. To access these, please use the Request via Sooner Xpress link in the following records: 1969-1984, 1984-1985, 1985-2003, 2003-2023. The most recent three months can also be viewed in print. 

Covers psychology and related disciplines in the behavioral sciences. Materials indexed include journals, book chapters, books, and dissertations. Some full text is available.

International index to vocal and instrumental music materials, including articles, books, bibliographies, catalogs, conference proceedings, discographies, dissertations, ethnographic recordings, Festschriften, films, iconographies, reviews, and videos.

The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research provides public opinion data from polls conducted by major U.S. and international polling organizations. Roper iPoll includes broad topical coverage of opinions and behavior on social issues, politics, pop culture, international affairs, the environment, science, and more. Questions, charts, demographic crosstabs, and datasets are all available. 

Simmons Insights provides access to U.S. adult consumer data on product and brand usage, spending behavior, media habits, and more. It can be used to create customized reports analyzing the demographic and psychographic characteristics of product users and their media behavior.

A mapping, analytics, and data visualization application with 100,000+ data variables, including demographic data from the US Census and American Community Survey, consumer spending data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey, and Dun & Bradstreet's point of interest business file providing detailed information on over 5 million businesses. Also includes the AGS Health Care dataset and the MRI-SimmonsLOCAL consumer behavior dataset with data on over 8,000 brands, psychographics, and MOSAIC market segments.

NOTE: Faculty, staff, and students are not required to log-in with a user name and password, however, your work will not be saved unless an individual account is created.

Indexes literature in sociology, criminology, and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Includes journal articles, books, and conference papers.

The SRDS database catalogs more than 100,000 U.S. and international media properties. The database contains detailed ad rates, dates, and contact data.