EN 2211: Elements of Writing
J. DeWinter
Research Strategies
Background Information
QuickFIND - Multi-database Search for Articles & Books
Start with QuickFIND multi-database search to retrieve results from 12 databases (including the library catalog & Worldcat for books) on your topic with one search. There are 3 ways to search:
Finding Books
- WPI Library Catalog: books and library materials at WPI
- WorldCat: books and library materials at other libraries
- Google Books: preview books
Subject Headings to Explore:
Finding Articles
Scholarly or Not?
During the research process...
- Keep list of useful keywords and add as you find more
- Follow up on relevant authors, researchers, experts
- Follow up on bibliography/reference lists at the end of articles
- Follow up on journals titles that seem relevant
Top Databases
- EBSCOhost Humanities International Complete: Full text of academic journals.
- Google Scholar: Connect to full text of scholarly journal articles and conference papers.
- JSTOR: Full text of important scholarly journals in a variety of academic fields.
- Sage Journals Online: Full text of academic journals, includes many writing journals.
Additional Databases
- CCCC Bibliography of Composition and Rhetoric 1984-1999
- Compile: publications in post-secondary composition, rhetoric, technical writing, ESL, and discourse studies
- E-Server Technical Communication Library
- ERIC: Abstracts and full text on literature of educational research
- Gale PowerSearch: Abstracts and full text articles in newspapers, magazines, and journals
- MLA International Bibliography: major index of literature and writing scholarship
- More Databases & Electronic Resources...
Only Finding a Citation? Getting the Full Text
- Is the journal online or here in the library? Search our Journals, Magazines, & Newspapers
- Visit another library: Search WorldCat to find out one
- WPI's Library won't have everything you may need. So for articles in titles such as Teaching English in the Two-Year College simply request delivery from another library: Interlibrary Loan. We'll obtain the item and send you an email with a PDF attached.
Scholarly Journals in Rhetoric and Writing
| Title | Full Text Coverage |
|---|---|
| Assessing Writing | 1995+ ScienceDirect |
| Business Communication Quarterly | 1999+ Sage Premier | 1995+ EBSCO Business Source |
| College Composition and Communication | 1950-2005 JSTOR |
| College English | 1997+ National Council of Teachers of English (WPI online subscription) | 1939 - 2005 JSTOR |
| Communication, Culture & Critique | 2008+ Wiley - Blackwell |
| Communication Research | 1997-1998 Educator's Reference Complete | 1999+ Sage Premier |
| Composition Studies | 2000+ BNET Research Center |
| Computers and Composition | 1995+ ScienceDirect |
| Discourse & Communication | 2007+ Sage Premier |
| English for Specific Purposes | 1995+ ScienceDirect |
| English Journal | 1912 - 2005 JSTOR |
| European Journal of Communication | 1999 Sage Premier |
| Global Media and Communication | 2005+ Sage Premier |
| The Journal of Business Communication | 1994 - 2005 Academic OneFile | 1963+ Business Source Premier |
| The Journal of Communication Inquiry | 1999+ Sage Premier |
| Journal of Communication (Wiley-Blackwell) | 1997+ Wiley - Blackwell |
| Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation | 1993+ ScienceDirect |
| Language & Communication | 1995+ ScienceDirect |
| Reading and Writing | 1997+ SpringerLINK |
| Rhetoric Review | 1982 - 2003 JSTOR |
| Rhetoric Society Quarterly | 1976 - 2001 JSTOR |
| Science Communication | 1999+ Sage Premier |
| Technical Communication | 1995+ IngentaConnect |
| Technical Communication Quarterly : TCQ | 1993 - 1996 Gordon Library Stacks: Periodicals |
| TESOL Quarterly / Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages | 1967 - 2003 JSTOR |
| Visual Communication | 2002+ Sage Premier |
| Women's Studies in Communication | 1998+ Academic OneFile |
| Writing Instructor | 2004+ Academic OneFile |
| Written Communication | 1999+ Sage Premier | 1997 - 1998 Educator's Reference Complete |
Cite Your Sources
Using MS Word 2007 to Create a Bibliography | RefWorks | EndNote Web
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