by Katy Luxion

From 24 to 452: that’s the increase in full-text journals from SAGE that Oesterle Library gained by purchasing access to the SAGE Premier Database.

SAGE is a leader in the academic publishing market. They publish journals, books, and electronic media. “SAGE Premier is a really exciting addition to the library’s online journal holdings,” says Emily Prather, Technical Services Coordinator at Oesterle Library.

According to Prather, “[The database] includes full text access to 452 journals published by SAGE, spanning a wide range of subjects. Access includes current issues and all of the older issues all the way back to 1999.”

So while you working on researching for an article or a paper remember, you now have over 18 times the resources that you used to at your fingertips from SAGE. A list of all the SAGE Journals is available at http://www.sagepub.com/journalsIndex.nav .

Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC) is an impressive new addition to the selection of electronic resources available at Oesterle Library. Students and researchers in communication and media studies have previously had to look in many different areas to find the research sources they need. Fortunately, EBSCO’S Communication & Mass Media Complete now brings together a wealth of information on communication in a single database.

CMMC offers cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 420 journals and selected coverage of nearly 200 more. Also included: the full text of over 230 journals and over 3,000 Author Profiles, providing biographical data and bibliographic information. The communication and media titles in other EBSCO databases have also been integrated into this collection.

The database has the look and functionality of EBSCO products, including the familiar layout, basic and advanced search screens, and easily navigable results pages. Communication & Mass Media Complete can be located on the Articles page on the library website.

• Communication & Mass Media Complete