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Individual Subject-Specific Databases That Are Good for Business Communication Topics

These databases are an excellent place to find journal articles on business communication and other business topics.

Communication & Mass Media Complete
Research and reference resource for journals in communication, mass media and other closely-related fields of study. Both full-text articles and abstracts.
Entrepreneurial Studies Source
Entrepreneurial Studies Source provides the latest insight on topics relevant to entrepreneurship and small businesses. Offers full text for business journals, magazines, reference books, case studies, and company profiles.

Multiple-Subject Databases that Include Information on Business Communication Topics

These databases may also be helpful for finding articles on business communication.

JSTOR
History, sociology, business, economics, ecology, education, language & literature, mathematics, music, political science, population studies and finance. The library subscribes to the Arts & Sciences I, II, III, and VIII collections. Entirely full text.
MasterFILE Premier
This database provides full text periodicals with full-text information. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also contains full text for reference books and primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of photos, maps & flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost

Selected Journals

Click on the links below to search in individual journals related to business communication. These are only a few of the journals you have access to when you search in the "Article Quick Search" box and in the individual databases listed on this page.

Communication Briefings
Provides information on how to improve employees' communication skills.
Communication World
Articles and interviews providing information about the profession of organizational communication and news of the International Association of Business Communicators, its members, chapters, districts and international affiliates.
International Journal of Business Communication (From 1963 - 2013 known as the Journal of Business Communication)
Publishes manuscripts that contribute to knowledge and theory of business communication as a distinct, multifaceted field approached through the administrative disciplines, the liberal arts, and the social sciences.
Journal of Business Communication
Articles of original research that develops or advances business, managerial or organizational communication theory or knowledge and all conceptual models and descriptive studies that make an important contribution to business communication theory.

Sample Searches in the Business Source Complete database

When you click on the links below, you can modify the searches by using the limiting options in the left column and by adding other search terms in the boxes at the top.

Blogs
Full-text articles from 2001 to the present with the subject heading of Blogs.
Business Communication
Full-text articles from 2000 to the present with the subject heading of Business Communication.
Business Presentations
Full-text articles from 1946 to the present with the subject heading of Business Presentations.
Business Writing
Full-text articles from 1930 to the present with the subject heading of Business Writing.
Cell Phones
Full-text articles from 1984 to the present with the subject heading of Cell Phones.
Commercial Correspondence (Used for "Business Letters")
Full-text articles from 1927 to the present with the subject heading of Correspondence (Used for "Business Letters"),
Communication in Management
Full-text articles from 1937 to the present with the subject heading of Communication in Management.
Communication in Organizations
Full-text articles from 1930 to the present with the subject heading of Communication in Organizations.
Corporate Communications
Full-text articles from 1948 to the present with the subject heading of Corporate Communications.
Corporation Reports
Full-text articles from 1911 to the present with the subject heading of Corporation Reports.
Cover Letters
Full-text articles from 1953 to the present with the subject heading of Cover Letters.
Cross-Cultural Communication
Full-text articles from 1940 to the present with the subject heading of Cross-Cultural Communications.
Email
Full-text articles from 2000 to the present with the subject heading of Email.
Instant Messaging
Full-text articles from 2000 to the present with the subject heading of Instant Messaging.
Internet Videoconferencing
Full-text articles from 1986 to the present with the subject heading of Internet Videoconferencing.
Interpersonal Communication
Full-text articles from 1945 to the present with the subject heading of Interpersonal Communication.
Meeting Minutes (Documentation)
Full-text articles from 1916 to the present with the subject heading of Meeting Minutes (Documentation).
Meetings
Full-text articles from 1888 to the present with the subject heading of Meetings.
Memorandums
Full-text articles from 1888 to the present with the subject heading of Memorandums.
Multimedia Systems in Business Presentations
Full-text articles from 1955 to the present with the subject heading of Multimedia Systems in Business Presentations.
Online Chat
Full-text articles from 1994 to the present with the subject heading of Online Chat.
Persuasion and Business Communication
Full-text articles from 1957 to the present with the subject headings of Persuasion and Business Communication.
Presentation Graphics Software
Full-text articles from 1983 to the present with the subject heading of Presentation Graphics Software.
Public Speaking
Full-text articles from 1939 to the present with the subject heading of Public Speaking.
Report Writing
Full-text articles from 1921 to the present with the subject heading of Report Writing.
Resumes (Employment)
Full-text articles from 1964 to the present with the subject heading of Resumes (Employment).
Social Media in Business
Full-text articles from 1959 to the present with the subject heading of Social Media in Business.
Telephone
Full-text articles from 1896 to the present with the subject heading of Telephone.
Text Messages
Full-text articles from 2002 to the present with the subject heading of Text Messages.
Text Messages (Telephone Systems)
Full-text articles from 1986 to the present with the subject heading of Text Messages (Telephone Systems).

Sample Searches in the Communication and Mass Media Complete database