EBSCO Communication and Mass Media Complete (CMMC) Database

Year Joined PERii
2008

Resource Name
Communication and Mass Media Complete (CMMC) Database.(Web Wise Ways) (EBSCO Information Services) (via EBSCOhost)

Resource Type
Online Journals

Access URL
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Title Listing

http://www.ebscohost.com/academic/communication-mass-media-complete

Content Overview
Communication & Mass Media Complete^TM provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. CMMC includes journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study to create a research and reference resource of unprecedented scope and depth encompassing the breadth of the communication discipline.

Subject Strengths
Communication & Mass Media

Service Strengths

• CMMC offers cover-to-cover ("core") indexing and abstracts for more than 620 journals, and selected ("priority") coverage of nearly 200 more, for a combined coverage of more than 820 titles. Furthermore, this database includes full text for 500 journals.
• Many major journals have indexing, abstracts, PDFs and searchable cited references from their first issues to the present (dating as far back as 1915).
• CMMC contains a sophisticated Communication Thesaurus and comprehensive reference browsing (i.e. searchable cited references for peer-reviewed journals covered as "core").
• In addition, CMMC features over 5,400 Author Profiles, providing biographical data and bibliographic information, and covering the most prolific, most cited, and most frequently searched for authors in the database.
  To further develop and enhance this database, EBSCO has established two working groups of expert advisors represented by leading librarians, bibliographers, and professionals in the areas of communication and mass media.

Usage Guides
EBSCOHost user guide

Registration Information
Each developing country institution eligible for access ( eligibility criteria, 38kb) is required to register to use CMMC. If you have not used this resource before, you may need to check if your institution is registered and identify the contact person who has your access details. To do this, please go to the PERii registration system and select your country and institution.

Access Information
Access by IP address recognition with username and password access for remote users.

Publisher Support/Help Contact
Please contact jenniferstcyr@ebscohost.com or eptech@epnet.com.

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