Rhetoric & Writing

• 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
• Education Research Complete
  Education journals and books.
  Coverage Dates: - Varies by title
• 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 - present
• 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
• Academic Search Premier
  Magazine and journal articles. Not as comprehensive as MLA and other databases.
  Coverage Dates: 1975 - present
• Project Muse
  Launched in 1995 by the Johns Hopkins University Press in collaboration with the Milton S. Eisenhower Library at John Hopkins University, Project MUSE is an interdisciplinary collection of high quality, peer reviewed journals.
  
  Concurrent Users: unlimited
  Coverage Dates: - Varies by journal
• Google Scholar
  Uses the Google search engine to search for scholarly materials from around the world such as peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports. Google Scholar searches a variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities. Some articles are available in full-text through links to OSU's journal subscriptions.

  You can set up Google Scholar so it checks to see if we have a journal article here. Go to Google Scholar preferences for instructions.

  
  Coverage Dates: coverage range - unknown
• Dissertation Abstracts
  Index to doctoral dissertations and masters theses in all academic disciplines completed at U.S. institutions. Abstracts only since 1980.
  Abstracts and index: 1861-present
  Coverage Dates: 1861 - present
• Web of Science
  The web version of Science Citation Index (SCI) and Social Science Citation Index (SSCI). The Web of Science accesses a multidisciplinary database of bibliographic information gathered from thousands of scholarly journals. The databases are indexed so you can search for specific articles by subject, author, journal, and/or author address. Because the information stored about each article includes the article's cited reference list (often called its bibliography), you can also search the databases for articles that cite a known author or work.
  Science Citation Index 1970-present
  Social Science Citation Index 1970-present
  
  Concurrent Users: unlimited
  Coverage Dates: 1970 - present

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 often 24 hours or less but may take up to 5 working days. The first time you use Interlibrary Loan, you'll have to complete a registration form. 

Some sources to help you with the MLA style. Make sure you are using the 7th edition.

MLA Style (Dianna Hacker.com) - A very good website, especially for help citing electronic resources.  

Purdue Online Writing Lab MLA Guide - Another useful web site with many examples.

MLA Online Tutorial from Hunter College. This one is a self paced tutorial.

Encyclopedia of Education

Oxford English Dictionary 

Encyclopedia of Rhetoric  PN172.E52 2001 (4th floor)

H-Rhetor  An online forum for scholars and teachers of the history of rhetoric, writing and communication
Oregon Dept of Education: Resources for Teachers 

US Dept of Education: Teachers