WR 411: The Teaching of Writing

• Vicki Tolar Burton
• Office:
  354 Moreland Hall
• Contact:
  
  

• Loretta Rielly




• Office Hours:
  3rd Floor, Valley Library By appointment
• Contact Info:
  541-737-2642
  
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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. 

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

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         

• MLA International Bibliography
  Books, articles, and dissertations on rhetoric and writing and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature.
  Coverage Dates: 1926 - present
• Education Research Complete
  Education journals and books.
  Coverage Dates: Varies by title
• ERIC (EBSCOhost)
  Index to research articles, government and independent reports and conference papers covering all areas of education at all levels.
  Coverage Dates: 1966 - present
• Linguistic and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
  The database covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.
  Coverage Dates: 1973 - present
• CompPile
  Publications in post-secondary composition, rhetoric, technical writing, ESL and discourse studies. 1939-present
  Coverage Dates: 1939
• Academic Search Premier
  Magazine and journal articles. Not as comprehensive as MLA and other databases.
  Coverage Dates: 1975 - present

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.

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.

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 

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.

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.