The library has added a new database titled, "ComAbstracts." ComAbstracts is a database of article abstracts, books, bibliographic records, and other sources of relevance to researchers, scholars, and students interested in fields related to human communication studies. A title list of all the publications in the ComAbstracts database can be viewed on their website.
You might be asking yourself, "What is an abstract?" According to the Duke University Writing Studio, "An abstract is a brief digest that summarizes the essential information of an article. Abstracts often help readers decide whether to read the article." An abstract does not provide access to the full article (full-text).
Your next question might be why would I take the time to look for an article I can't view immediately? The short answer is because you can perform a more comprehensive search of communication literature than.
Let's say you found an article in ComAbstracts and would like to be able to gain access to the entire article. How would one go about doing this? First, go the SAU Journal list on the library homepage. The SAU Journal List allows you to search the title of a Journal and will tell you if we have "full-text" access to that journal along with where you can access it. If we do not have access to that journal, send an email with the article information to sauill@arbor.edu or saulibrary@gmail.com and we will try to get the article for you from another library.
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