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Syracuse University Libraries

Visual Communications

A research starting points guide for Newhouse Visual Communications students

Art, Design & Photography Databases

Image Databases

News & Newspaper Databases

General Multidisciplinary Databases (Scholarly & Popular Sources)

Most visual communications students can uncover both recent and deeply historical secondary references to their topics, visual communicators (e.g., a named photographer, videographer, or designer), proper names of theories in visual communications, or genres of interest, by exploring some of these collections of scholarly sources.  Databases like ProQuest and Ebsco also lead to coverage in popular sources as well as professional trade magazines.

Documentaries, Educational and Feature Films