Tips for the research of literature

Where can I find relevant literature? Digital Sources regarding Journalism Research and Communication Studies:

If you are looking for literature, you can use various different sources:

You may get a good first overview by using the entry page of our department at the State Library (Staatsbibliothek): http://www.sub.uni-hamburg.de/recherche/ihr-fachgebiet-bei-uns/j-o/journalistik-und-medienforschung.html

The search function for the data base can be found using https://beluga.sub.uni-hamburg.de (left tab: books, right tab: digital journal article).

The main scientific journals in the German speaking countries are:

Publizistik: http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/journal/11616 (in the campus-net (Campus-Netz) and accessible from extern for university members )
Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft (M&K): http://www.nomos-elibrary.de/index.php?genre=issue&issn=1615-634x&hl_s=date (Campus-Net(z), and accessible from extern for university members)
Studies in Communication | Media (SCM): http://www.scm.nomos.de/ (freely available, articles in German and English)
Media Perspektiven: http://www.ard-werbung.de/media-perspektiven/publikationen/fachzeitschrift/alle-ausgaben/?no_cache=1 (freely available)

The most important English journals in the journalistic field: (all via Campus-Net(z) and accessible from extern for members of the university)

Journalism: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/journal/journalism
Journalism Studies: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rjos20
Journalism Practice: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rjop20
Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly: http://jmq.sagepub.com/
Digital Journalism: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rdij20

The most important journals in the field of Communication Studies: (all in the Campus-Net(z) and accessible from extern for members of the university)

Journal of Communication: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291460-2466
International Journal of Communication: http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc
Communication Research: http://crx.sagepub.com/
International Journal of Press and Politics: http://hij.sagepub.com/
Political Communication: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/upcp20
European Journal of Communication: http://ejc.sagepub.com/

For an external access to these journals you can use the website of the state library and register with the data of your library card (title search via http://www.sub.uni-hamburg.de/recherche/elektronische-zeitschriftenbibliothek.html).

Important data bases:

Communication and Mass Media Complete: http://www.sub.uni-hamburg.de/recherche/datenbank-informationssystem/detail/datenbank/4083.html
Web of Science: http://www.sub.uni-hamburg.de/recherche/datenbank-informationssystem/detail/datenbank/10184.html
Wiso-Net: https://www.wiso-net.de/dosearch (enthält nicht nur wissenschaftliche Literatur, sondern auch Presse-Titel und E-Books)
Lexis Nexis: http://www.sub.uni-hamburg.de/recherche/datenbanken-informationssystem/detail/datenbank/1670.html (Archiv von Print-Medienberichten, z.B. für Materialsuche zu Inhaltsanalyse)
Factiva, a newspaper database: http://www.sub.uni-hamburg.de/recherche/elektronische-angebote/datenbanken/detail/datenbank/4042.html

Google Scholar:

General informationen helpful at the WiSo-Library (German):

„Wie finde ich Bücher oder Artikel aus der Kursliteratur-Liste in der Bibliothek?“ https://www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/bibliothek/recherche/tipps.html
„Wie finde ich E-Books?“ https://www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/bibliothek/recherche/e-publikationen/e-books.html
„Wie finde ich Lehrbücher?“ https://www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/bibliothek/recherche/tipps.html
„Wie finde ich Dissertationen?“ https://www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/bibliothek/recherche/e-publikationen/e-dissertationen.html
„Wie finde ich aktuellste Informationen?“ (auch: Medieninhalte!) https://www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/bibliothek/recherche/tipps/recherchetipps/nachricht16-043-recherchetipp10.html

Wide -ranging, current online-encyclopaedia for international communication studies: http://www.communicationencyclopedia.com/subscriber/uid=1218/?&authstatuscode=202

Here you can download the following Informationsheet (pdf) (in German).