Gathering Background Information
Use these databases to gather broad information and background on your topic.
- Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window
Access to viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents and websites on social issues.
- ProQuest Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Provides full text of many U.S. and international news sources. Includes the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Times of London, plus other newspapers and news wires.
- ScoutFind books, magazines, news and other sources.
- Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista is a statistics portal to the world of data and facts from thousands of sources onto a single platform. Categorized into subject sectors, Statista provides patrons with direct access to relevant quantitative facts on finance, media & marketing, politics, telecommunications, sports & recreation and many more areas of interest. Sources of information include market researchers, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases. Statistical data can be downloaded directly into PowerPoint, Excel, and JPG formats.
Exploring Local Topics
Use these Alabama newspapers to explore local topics.
- America's News This link opens in a new windowA vast collection of U.S. news from local, regional, and national sources. Get full text and digital image access to local papers like The Birmingham News, The Mobile Press-Register, The Huntsville Times, and more.
- Crimson White, The This link opens in a new window
The digitized print edition of current issues and archives of The Crimson White, the student news organization and paper of record for The University of Alabama.
- Tuscaloosa News, The This link opens in a new windowExplore Tuscaloosa history through local news, events and people with Tuscaloosa News Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.
Full-text access 2008-present. Digital Image access 2022-present
Access requires on-campus authentication.
Subject Databases
Find scholarly (peer-reviewed) journal articles in these Communications databases.
- Communication Source This link opens in a new window
Communication Source merges EBSCOs Communication & Mass Media Complete database with content from Communication Abstracts, providing comprehensive indexing and full-text coverage of literature covering communication, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse, speech-language pathology, media studies and related fields.
- Gale OneFile: Communications and Mass Media This link opens in a new window
Gale OneFile: Communications and Mass Media Collection covers many aspects of the communications field, including advertising and public relations, journalism, mass communications, telecommunications and film, language and linguistics, and more. Offers full-text access to peer-reviewed journals, trade journals and popular magazines, newsletters, and videos.
Books on Select Topics
Subject headings are specific words or phrases that are used to describe and organize a book by its content. Click on the following subject headings to find books in our catalog on topics related to rhetoric.