WR 411: The Teaching of Writing

Scholarly Books in Rhetoric and Writing

Stefanie.Buck@oregonstate.edu (Stefanie Buck) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:05:04 -0700

OSU Libraries Catalog
A catalog of the holdings of the OSU Libraries, including Guin Library in Newport and Cascades/COCC in Newport.

Summit (Orbis Cascades) Catalog
A catalog of the holdings of academic libraries in Oregon and Washington. Request books not at OSU (or checked out) and have them sent here in 3-4 working days.

OCLC WorldCat
A catalog of the holdings of libraries worldwide. Use to identify books not at OSU or in Summit and request through InterLibrary Loan.

Scholarly Journals in Rhetoric and Writing

Stefanie.Buck@oregonstate.edu (Stefanie Buck) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:05:04 -0700

Print copies of most of these journals are located on the 4th floor of Valley Library. Look for them by the call number.

College Composition and Communication PE1001.C6
College English PE1.C6

Composition Studies PE1404 .C6256 & online

Computers in Composition LB1576.7 .C61 (1995-2005). Online 1995 - present.

English Journal PE1.E581

JAC: A Journal of Composition Theory PE1001 .J681

Journal of Basic Writing PE1404.J68

Language Arts L11.E5 (5th floor)

Oregon English Journal LB1576 .O755 (5th floor)

Research in the Teaching of English PE1065.R4

Teaching English in the Two-Year College PE1065.T4

TESOL Quarterly PE1001.T3

Voices from the Middle LB1631 .V65 (5th floor)

Written Communication P211.W737 & online

Smart searching

Stefanie.Buck@oregonstate.edu (Stefanie Buck) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:05:04 -0700

When searching in catalogs and databases:

Be creative in the words you use; if one doesn't work, try something else
Begin with keywords and use the subjects to find more information
Use quotation marks around phrases
Use catalog and database features to limit by date, language, type of article, etc.

Course Instructor

Stefanie.Buck@oregonstate.edu (Stefanie Buck) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:29:22 -0700

Vicki Tolar Burton

Research Databases

Stefanie.Buck@oregonstate.edu (Stefanie Buck) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:06:40 -0700

Style Guides

Stefanie.Buck@oregonstate.edu (Stefanie Buck) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:26:17 -0700

MLA Style : a very good website, especially for help citing electronic resources.

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.

Valley Library at Night

Stefanie.Buck@oregonstate.edu (Stefanie Buck) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:41:55 -0700

Subject Librarian

Stefanie.Buck@oregonstate.edu (Stefanie Buck) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:03:50 -0700

Loretta Rielly

Using Web Sources

Stefanie.Buck@oregonstate.edu (Stefanie Buck) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:50:57 -0700

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

Find Books: Catalogs

Stefanie.Buck@oregonstate.edu (Stefanie Buck) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:10:24 -0700

OSU Libraries Catalog

Summit (Orbis Cascades) Catalog
Academic libraries in Oregon and Washington. Request books not at OSU (or checked out) and have them sent here in 3-4 working days

Suggest books you'd like the library to purchase.

Borrowing from other libraries

Stefanie.Buck@oregonstate.edu (Stefanie Buck) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:11:33 -0700

Books:

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

Articles in journals:

Request through InterLibrary Loan. Articles are delivered electronically, so the turnaround time is often 24 hours or less but may take up to 5 working days.