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Finding Materials at WVU Libraries

WorldCat Discovery This link opens in a new window
Library catalog for locating and accessing resources across multiple libraries. Best for finding items to request from another library.

WVU Databases
Complete list of WVU-restricted resources from the Library's website. Search subject databases for journal articles, company information and more.
Journalism related databases
A list of databases useful for journalism research
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Add the Chrome extension to skip the paywall on many peer-reviewed articles

Key Resources

America's News This link opens in a new window
Full-text U.S. newspapers, including 26 from West Virginia. Includes staff-written articles, obituaries, editorials, announcements, real estate and other sections.
Communication Source This link opens in a new window
Communication Source is the most comprehensive resource on the market for communication research. Communication Source was developed from a merger of high-quality EBSCO databases, Communication and Mass Media Complete and Communication Abstracts (formerly published by Sage), and includes many unique sources not previously available in other databases. Communication Source offers abstracts and indexing as well as full-text content from publications worldwide pertaining to Communication, Linguistics, Rhetoric and Discourse, Speech-Language Pathology, Media Studies and other fields relevant to the discipline.
New York Times (Digital Edition) This link opens in a new window
Full access to the NYT Online edition including all multimedia content is now available on on your smartphone or computer (Registration Required)
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790—with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents.
Wall Street Journal (WSJ.com) This link opens in a new window
Access to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ.com) is provided via the College of Business & Economics. WSJ.com provides the latest business news from around the world (with a rolling archive of 4 years from today). For historical Wall Street Journal content, please see https://lib.wvu.edu/databases/search/?q=wall for other WSJ subscriptions provided by WVU Libraries. Morgantown-based students, faculty, and staff can create an account with your WVU email. Divisional campuses do not have access to WSJ.com.