International Encyclopedia of Communication is highly recommended for background reading on all aspects of media, communication, and journalism.
These academic databases are recommended for COMS & JOUR - see also: Databases for Media, Communication, & Journalism.
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Political Science Complete Provides full text and indexing and abstracts of journal articles on politics, including political communication.
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Business Source Complete Provides bibliographic and full text content, including indexing and abstracts for scholarly business journals back as far as 1886 and full text journal articles in all disciplines of business. Full text content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.
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Factiva A global news and business information service that combines the content sets of Dow Jones Interactive and Reuters Business Briefing. Factiva delivers articles from Reuters and Dow Jones journalists worldwide. Good coverage of New Zealand newspapers included.
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eTV Broadcast television programmes from a range of channels (not comprehensive).
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PressReader News from NZ and from international news services