ComAbstracts is one of two new databases for communication and journalism. It contains abstracts of articles published in the primary professional literature of the communications field. Our subscription includes access to all services offered by CIOS such as the Electronic Journal of Communication, ComIndex, the Visual Communication Concept Explorer and ComVista.

The other new database is the Chapman Archive: the Robert and Noeline Chapman Audio Visual Archive is “New Zealand’s largest and most continuous collection of broadcast news and current affairs available in an ‘as broadcast’ form.” The Archive is a searchable online database of content from programmes broadcast on NZ television and radio, dating back to the 1960s, with regular recording of news and current affairs programmes from mid-1984.

A password is required to access the Chapman Archive (registered University of Canterbury users only).