Many research journals are available to you from a number of different disciplines. Below are listed some journals that specifically deal with communication issues:

  • Applied Communication Research.
  • Argumentation.
  • Argumentation and Advocacy.
  • Central States Speech Journal (PN 4071 C4).
  • Communication Abstracts.
  • Communication Education (PN 4071 S73).
  • Communication Monographs (PN 4077 S6).
  • Communication Quarterly (PN 4071 T6).
  • Communication Reports.
  • Critical Studies in Mass Communication (P87 C7).
  • Human Communication Research (P91.3 H85).
  • Journal of Communication (P 90 J6).
  • Journalism of Broadcasting and Electronic Media (PN 1991 J6).
  • Journalism Quarterly (PN 4700 J7).
  • Philosophy and Rhetoric (B1 P572).
  • Quarterly Journal of Speech (PN 4071 Q3).
  • Southern Speech Communication Journal (PN 4071 S65).
  • Text and Performance Quarterly.
  • Western Journal of Speech Communication (PN 4071 W45).
  • Women's Studies in Communication.

The Index to Journals in Communication Studies edited by Ronald J. Matlon can be useful for finding journals (although it is updated only through the beginning of the '90s). Also, you can use the Social Science Citation Index as a way to find authors, topics, or cited material.