WR 411: The Teaching of Writing

• Loretta Rielly
• Office Hours:
  4th Floor, Valley Library. By appointment
• Contact Info:
  541-737-2642
  
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Print copies of most of these journals are located on the 4th floor of Valley Library.  Look for them by the call number. 

Before using a website as a source for an academic paper, be sure to check it for accuracy, authority and objectivity:

Purpose: To inform? persuade? sell? entertain?

Authorship & authority:  Who is responsible for the page?  What are their credentials?  Is the person or group creidible? An authority?

Objectivity: Does the site have a bias?

Accuracy: Are sources cited or acknowledged?

Currency:  Is the site current?  Is this important?

Completeness:  Is the information complete or just a summary of information found elsewhere? 

Citing web sources.  Record all the information you'll need to cite a webpage or website:

*Author (if available)        *Date of publication (or update)

*Date accessed              *Title or description

*Title of complete work (if part of a larger website)

*Other relevant information (volume, page, etc.)

*URL 

Citation Machine : an online bibliography maker that formats citations  in MLA and other styles.

See Keeping Current with Research for information about search alerts, RSS feeds, bibliography manager, and more.

Books:

First see if a book is available through Summit.   If it's not, request it through InterLibrary Loan

Articles in journals:

Request through InterLibrary Loan .  Articles are delivered electronically, so the turnaround time is frequently very short.