The Open Journals Index database contains bibliographic information for journal articles published in the primary professional literature of the communication(s) field. The database can be searched by title word, phrase, or article author. The search system supports full Boolean search logic (AND, OR, NOT, XOR), proximity searching, wildcard searching, and word conflation (which finds alternative forms of words based on common linguistic roots).

The literature included in this database is restricted to first line scholarship published in academic journals that serve the communication discipline. The database is comprehensive.

CIOS Open Journals Index database includes all regular articles published in every issue of the journals covered (coverage information). Only book reviews and editorial notes are excluded.

The database is enabled with "openURL" technology. If you search the database from a university whose library supports openURL linking, you will be able to link directly from search results to full text of articles for those journals to which your library subscribes.