Other recommended Public Relations databases
Key databases for Public Relations are listed on the Homepage of this guide.
- AustLii Free internet access to Australasian legal materials.
- AustLit Provides authoritative information on hundreds of thousands of creative and critical Australian literature works and film adaptations.
- BWW - Business Who's Who of Australia Search by person, company or product.
- Contemporary Women's issues Provides full text access to global information on women in over 150 countries. Research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies cover journalism, media, management, and public relations.
- Emerald Covers all subject areas including business, management and advertising and public relations
- Expanded Academic ASAP Covers all subject areas including business and journalism.
- IBISWorld: Australian Industry Reports Reports give detailed analysis of Australian industries including key statistics, market size, industry segmentation, participants and 5 year outlook.
- Global Market Information Database - GMID Provides market research information on countries, consumers and industries worldwide. Includes international demographic, economic and marketing statistics and indicators as well as historical trends and forecasts.
- Informaworld Includes areas of media, journalism, public relations, communication, sociology, culture and politics.
- LexisNexis AU Australian online legal resources. Include CaseBase, legislation, commentary, legal journals and reference sources.
- MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO) Detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations, on communication, journalism, media, public relations and historical aspects of printing and publishing.
- Ozlife - Australian Biography and Books review index Australian biography and book review index provides access to the citations of articles, either biographical or book reviews, in major Australian newspapers and journals.
- Project Muse Access to full-text scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences
- Scopus database A comprehensive scientific, medical, technical and social science citation database that includes Scirus web search.
- Sociological Abstracts Covers 2600 journals in sociology, economics, education, health and social psychology. Available on CSA Internet Database Service.
- WARC (World Advertising Research Centre) All areas of marketing communications, including public relations.
- Web of Science A citation index of leading academic journals in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities areas.
Databases
Databases give subject access to information found in journals, conference papers, newspapers, reports and other publications. Some databases provide the full text of publications online, others only index journals or provide summaries of the articles. In many cases you can link to the full text by clicking on the
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Access: The databases listed below are available to RMIT students and staff on and off campus. (NDS login and password are required for remote access.
More information is available on the Searching our databases guide.
Trial databases
The Library often has databases on trial. We would only proceed with a subscription after assessing its worth and relevance to the teaching, learning and research activities of the university. Feedback is an important part of this assessment, so please explore the databases currently on trial and give us your comments via the feedback form.
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