LibGuides: WR 411/511: The Teaching of Writing: Quick Start

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ERIC (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Index to research articles, government and independent reports and conference papers covering all areas of education at all levels.
1966-present. Includes links to full-text journal articles when available. EDRS documents that are not available online may be located in the OSU Valley Library microfiche collection by ED number.
Education Source (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Education Source covers all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Education Source provides indexing and abstracts for 6. million articles found within more than 3,500 journals, as well as full text for more than 750 journals and 530 books and monographs. Also provided are numerous education-related conference papers, and 475 videos from Simple K12.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) assists both generalists and specialists in keeping abreast of cutting-edge developments in disciplines concerned with the nature and use of language. The database covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is also given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics. LLBA is published by Sociological Abstracts, a division of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. 1973-present
CompPile This link opens in a new window
Publications in post-secondary composition, rhetoric, technical writing, ESL and discourse studies from 1939 to the present.
MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
MLA International Bibliography is an index of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the electronic version of the Bibliography dates back to 1963 and contains over 1.5 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers. Coverage is international and subjects include literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Listings on rhetoric and composition and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature are also included. Coverage is from 1926-present.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
An archival collection of journal articles that includes over 140 titles in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. It does not provide access to the most current issues of the journals. JSTOR's agreements with publishers include a gap between the most recently published issue and the date of the most recent issues available in JSTOR ranging, in most cases, from 2 to 5 years. OSU Libraries subscribes to Arts & Sciences I, Arts & Sciences II, Ecology & Botany and the Health & General Science Collections. Full Text: Dates vary by journal

Smart searching

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Be creative in the words you use; if one doesn't work, try something else. Think of words with related meaning, such as natural resource management or restoration or conservation.
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Use quotation marks around phrases, so they won't be searched as individual words.
Use advanced search features in catalogs and databases to limit by date, language, type of article, etc

Scholarly Journals in Rhetoric and Writing

Across the Disciplines Online from 2004

College Composition and Communication - Online from 2/1/1990-present; Print, v.22 (1971-present) PE1001.C6

College English - Online from V.1 (1939)-present

Composition Studies - Online from 3/1/2004-present; Print, v. 34 (20060-v 37 (2009), PE1404 .C6256 & online

Computers and Composition - Online from 1/1/1995-present; Print, v. 16 (1999) - v. 22 (2005) LB1576.7 .C61

English Journal - Online from 1/1/1986-present; Print, v.31 (1942-present), PE1.E581

JAC: A Journal of Composition Theory - Some issues available online; Print v.15 (1995- 2008), PE1001 .J681

Journal of Basic Writing - Online from 2004; Print from v. 9 (1990-2009), PE1404.J68

Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology & Pedagogy - Online from 1996 Volume 1

Language Arts - Online from 1997; Print, v.52 (1975-present), L11.E5

Oregon English Journal - Print, v. 13 (1991-present), LB1576 .O755

Research in the Teaching of English - Online from v.1 (1967-present)

Rhetorica -Online from 1983 volume: 1 issue: 1 - present

Rhetoric Review - Online from 1982 volume: 1 issue: 1; - present

RSQ Rhetoric Society Quarterly - Online from 1976 Volume 6 - present

Teaching English in the Two-Year College - Online from 2/1/1996-present; Print, v.29 (2001-present), PE1065.T4

TESOL Quarterly - Online from 1/1/1996-present; Print. v.1 (1967-present), PE1001.T3

Voices from the Middle - Online from 2/1/1995-present; Print, v.31 (2006-present), LB1631 .V65

The WAC Journal - Online from Volume 1

Written Communication - Online from 1999-present; Print, v. 8 (1991-present), P211.W737

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