The textbook for this COM 180 class is available online and free of charge.
Information on social issues including articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, interactive maps, videos, and streaming audio.
Provides professionally fact-checked and footnoted reports on the most current and controversial issues of the day.
Access to literature and resources covering education topic from pre-K through graduate school, sponsored by the US Department of Education.
Provides background information on topics related to race, ethnicity, diversity and inclusiveness plus a collection of opinion essays offering solutions to issues related to race.
The American Psychological Association’s (APA) resource of peer-reviewed articles in psychology, behavioral science and mental health.
Articles from peer-reviewed journals in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics, including SWOT analyses and articles from Harvard Business Review.
Statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources, includes access to the Global Consumer Survey .
Statista Citation Example:
Public Religion Research (2020, September). Religious affiliation in the United States 2017, by age. Statista. https://www.statista.com/
Please note Statista also has its own citation generator; click on the quotes icon on the right hand side of a graph to select the graph's citation format and output.
Leading source of up-to-date demographic data about the United States people and economy.
Access to The New York Times (1980 - present), Washington Post (1987 - present), Los Angeles Times (1985 - present), Chicago Tribune, (1985 - present), and Wall Street Journal (1984 - present).
**Access requires logging in with a Pepperdine email on the NY Times homepage. Find step-by-step log-in instructions on the access guide to log in. **
Indexing and full-text access to the Los Angeles Times. Covers 1985 to now.
National & international papers include: The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Times (London), Toronto Star
Regional papers include: The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, The Miami Herald, Daily News (New York), San Jose Mercury News.
Television & radio news transcripts from CBS News, CNN, FOX News, NPR, and others.
The longest running newspaper in Malibu, California. Digital collection currently covers 1946-2010s.
The Graphic has been Pepperdine's primary student newspaper since the school's founding in 1937. In addition to campus news, the Graphic covers the City of Malibu, and offers student perspectives on national and cultural issues.
Features news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. For help on how to use Nexis Uni, visit the research guide.This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
Research reports on Children and Families, Education and the Arts, Energy and Environment, Health Care, Infrastructure and Transportation, International Affairs, Law and Business, National Security, Public Safety, Science and Technology.
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