Popular Culture Research Guide: Articles

Indexes journals in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multicultural studies and education.
Dates Covered: 1887-present.
Extent: Multidisciplinary

Access to journals in communication, mass media and other closely-related fields of study.
Dates Covered: 1920-present.

Provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for over 200 journals and magazines, and selected coverage of 300 more; also provides access to books.
Dates Covered: 1971-present.

Popular culture and business are inextricably linked--advertising, film, television, music, fashion all influence if not actually drive the economic engines and consumer behavior.

Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from thousands of serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Includes Social Services Abstracts, and forms part of the Sociology Collection.
Dates Covered: 1952-present.
Extent: Multidisciplinary

A music journal resource with more than 1.3 million articles, detailed abstracts and full text. Best for popular music and performance.
Dates Covered: 1874-present.

Indexes journals, books and dissertations on North American history, covering the United States and Canada. (For other countries or regions, use the database Historical Abstracts.) "Dates covered" refers to publication dates included; all historic eras are addressed, from B.C. to present day.
Dates Covered: 1964-present

The full text of more than 100 journals in business, social sciences, science, and the humanities, including the journal Studies in Popular Culture.

A database containing comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States.
Dates Covered: 1890-1982.
Extent: Multidisciplinary

This collection features ten long-running and highly influential trade and popular magazines which document all aspects of cinema going, the film industry and the evolution of television and popular culture in the US and UK.
Dates Covered: 1880-2000.