LSC 360: Life Sciences Communication. Information Radio (Summer 2025) : Scholarly Articles
Focus your story with academic research found in library databases.
Tips for Searching Library Databases
The UW-Madison Libraries subscribe to hundreds of databases. Use tips linked below to help you find databases and search them effectively.
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Finding Article DatabasesHow to find library databases by name or by subject/topic.
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Searching DatabasesHow to search for articles within a database.
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Using Articles SearchSearch for a specific article by its title.
Multidisciplinary Databases
The following databases are great places to start your search for academic research because they search across hundreds of scholarly journals where the research has been published as scholarly articles.
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Web of ScienceCollection of databases indexing scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, from journals, conference proceedings, symposia, and more. Includes citation network data.
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ScopusLarge, multidisciplinary database that covers science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Includes tools to track, analyze, and visualize research.
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PubMed/MedlineDeveloped by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), provides free access to thousands of scholarly articles in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, health care systems, and more.
Communication Databases
Find scholarly articles about communication and mass media topics in the databases linked below.
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Communication & Mass Media CompleteEBSCO database covering advertising, marketing, film/video, game studies, journalism, communication, mass media, linguistics, rhetoric, language, logic, and other closely related fields.
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International Encyclopedia of Media StudiesOnline encyclopedia of the broad field of "media studies” which includes print journalism, radio, film, TV, photography, computing, mobile phones, and digital media.
Getting Full Text Articles & Book Chapters
Follow 
(Find It button) or the "Find It at UW Madison" link in most databases to:
- access online full text (when available)
- see if the journal or book is available in print if it is not accessible online
- request a free pdf of the article or book chapter if full text is not available online (Request a Copy)
If you already have a citation, use this Citation Search to search for your article.