Research Guides: Masters of Arts in Interpreting Studies & Communication Equity (MAISCE): Home

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Introduction to this Guide

Welcome to the research guide for the Masters of Arts in Interpreting Studies & Communication Equity (MAISCE) program! In this guide you will find links to resources that will aid you in each of your courses such as:

links to resources (databases, books, websites, etc) relevant to your program of study
tips & tutorials (research strategies, how you use google hangouts, etc)
information & services for distance/online students (online research & writing assistance, interlibrary loan, etc)

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Orientation Slides

MAISCE Orientation Slides Link

Research Strategies

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ASL & Interpreting Databases

Communication and Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Articles from scholarly journals in communication, mass media, and related fields.
This database offers cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 440 journals in communication and mass media, selective coverage of nearly 200 additional journals, and full text for more than 500 journals. Many of the more important journals have indexing, abstracts, PDFs and searchable cited references from their first issues (dating as far back as 1915) to the present.

Special features include a Communication Thesaurus, searchable cited references for peer-reviewed journals, and profiles providing biographical and bibliographical data for of more than 3,000 authors in the field.

The database incorporates the content of CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study.
Education Database - Proquest This link opens in a new window
Provides more than 900 leading full-text journals in education and related fields
ProQuest Education Database covers not only the literature on primary, secondary, and higher education but also special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics. Coverage begins in 1988.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) This link opens in a new window
An index of publications in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences. Covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics.

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