Hayden Library Reference Service
Research Methods in Rhetoric and Composition
Selected resources
Online Library Resources:
Education Full Text (6/1983+): Covers education topics such as critical thinking, teaching methods, curriculum, comparative education, literacy standards, multicultural education, psychology, special education, counseling, teacher/parent relations, vocational education, etc.
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) (1966+): Premier U.S. database of education literature. Sponsored by the US Department of Education. Indexes journal articles, research reports, conference papers, internal institutional documents, classroom guides, etc. relating to education.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
(1973+) Indexes literature on the nature & use of language. Covers linguistics (nature & structure of human speech); language (speech sounds, sentence & word structure, meaning, spelling, phonetics); and speech, language, & hearing pathology.
MLA Bibliography (1963+): Indexes articles in the subjects of literature, language, linguistics, and folklore from journals, books, proceedings, dissertations, etc.
For more suggested resources see the database listings by subject heading for Rhetoric and Composition, http://www.asu.edu/lib/resources/indexabs.htm
Print Resources:
Enos, Theresa, ed. Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition: Communication from
Ancient Times to the Information Age. New York: Garland Press, 1996.
Hayden Reference PN172 .E53 1996
Harner, James. Literary Research Guide: An Annotated Listing of Reference Sources in
English Literary Studies. 4th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of
American, 2002.
Hayden Reference PR83 .H37x 2002
Jasinski, James. Sourcebook on Rhetoric: Key Concepts in Contemporary Rhetorical
Studies. Thousand Oaks: Sage Pubs., 2001.
Hayden Reference PN172 .J37 2001
Marcuse, Michael J. A Reference Guide for English Studies. Berkeley: University of
California Press, 1990.
Hayden Reference PR56 .M37 1990
Sloane, Thomas O., ed. Encyclopedia of Rhetoric. New York: Oxford University Press,
2001.
Hayden Reference PN172 .E52 2001
Internet Resources:
CCCC Bibliography of Composition and Rhetoric 1984-1999
- This bibliography, published by the Conference on College Composition and Communication, provides citations to scholarship published 1984-1999 on English and its teaching.
- An ongoing inventory of publications in post-secondary composition, rhetoric, ESL, and technical writing: 1939-1999
Currents: in Electronic Literacy
- An e-journal specific to electronic literacy published Computer Writing and Research Lab at UT Austin.
National Council of Teachers of English
- Home page for the NCTE - the "Professional Association of Educators in English Studies, Literacy, and Language Arts". Provides links to news, conference, and publications relating to English and language arts education.
Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric
- This website, designed by Dr. Gideon Burton of Brigham Young University, is a guide to the terms of classical and renaissance rhetoric.
