- [ Press Releases ](/news-center/press-releases) # EBSCO Information Services Releases Communication Source™ – the Most Comprehensive Resource for Communication Research Available Communication Database Includes Unique Sources Never Previously Available ![Featured Academic Libraries image](https://assets.ebsco.com/m/1064e37aabf8d8bf/original/ebsco-news-center-press-releases-default-image-academic-libraries-780.png) IPSWICH, Mass. — January 24, 2014 — [EBSCO Information Services](/) (EBSCO) continues to expand coverage in the field of communication with the release of [*Communication Source*™](http://www.ebscohost.com/academic/communication-source). *Communication Source* is the most comprehensive resource for communication research available today. The resource was developed from a merger of high-quality EBSCO databases, *Communication and Mass Media Complete*™ and *Communication Abstracts*™ (formerly published by SAGE), and includes many unique sources never previously available. *Communication Source* includes coverage of more than 1,000 core titles and features full text for more than 600 active periodicals, including 150 full-text titles not found in other EBSCO academic databases. The database offers abstracts and indexing as well as full-text content from publications worldwide pertaining to communication, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse, speech-language pathology, media studies and related fields. Back file coverage includes top titles in communication reaching deep into the 20th century. *Communication Source* also features a subject-specific thesaurus with more than 4,500 preferred and 8,500 non-preferred terms, as well as searchable cited references to help researchers identify material relevant to their search results. *Communication Source* is part of a growing collection of subject-specific resources offered by EBSCO including: *Library & Information Science Source*™, *Art Source*™, *Education Source*™, *Applied Science & Technology Source*™ and *Humanities Source*™. **About EBSCO Information Services** EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is the leading provider of resources for libraries including *EBSCONET*®, EBSCO’s total e-resource management system, and EBSCO*host*®, the world's premier for-fee online research service, including full-text databases, subject indexes, point-of-care medical reference, historical digital archives and e-books. EBSCO provides more than 375 research databases and more than 500,000 e-books plus subscription management services for more than 360,000 unique titles including more than 57,000 online titles. Through a library of tens of thousands of full-text journals and magazines from renowned publishers, EBSCO serves the content needs of all researchers (Academic, Medical, K-12, Public Library, Corporate, Government, etc.). EBSCO is also the provider of *EBSCO Discovery Service*™ (EDS), which provides each institution with a fast, single search box for its entire collection, offering deeper indexing and more full-text searching of journals and magazines than any other discovery service. For more information, visit the EBSCO Web site at:[ www.ebsco.com](/). EBSCO is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., one of the largest privately held companies in the United States. ### For more information, please contact: Kathleen McEvoy Vice President of Communications (800) 653-2726 ext. 2594 Share this: - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://about.ebsco.com/markdownify/node/8616) - [Twitter]() - [LinkedIn]()