Rhetoric & Composition
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Finding Articles
Major Indexes
ABELL (Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature)
Citations (some full-text) to published scholarly literature in the humanities. Contains records covering monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays and doctoral dissertations published anywhere in the world from 1921 onwards.
Academic Search Complete
Covers major communications-related articles, reports, and books.
Communication and Mass Media Complete
Communication & mass media abstracts of journals articles, as well as full text, handbooks and recent encyclopedias.
Includes searchable cited references for all active "core" journals. Many of the top journals have indexing and abstracts, PDFs and searchable cited references back to the first published issue (dating back to 1915).
CompPile 1939-1999
A search engine described as "An ongoing inventory of publications in post-secondary composition, rhetoric, ESL, and technical writing. Site created by Rich Haswell.
Essay and General Literature Index
A bibliographic database that cites essays and articles contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. EGL focuses on the humanities and social sciences, with subject coverage ranging from economics, political science, and history to criticism of literary works, drama, and film.
Education Abstracts Full Text
Finds article citations from over 470 education journals. Starting in 1996, it includes full text articles from about 200 journals.
ERIC
The ERIC database is the primary index in the field of education. It indexes articles in 1,300 journals. It also indexes more than 400,000 ERIC Documents, which include research reports, curriculum guides, and conference papers, and other unpublished material.
Electronic Collections Online (ECO)
Full text articles in all subject areas. Publications from 1995 onwards.
InfoTrac OneFile
Includes almost all the journals that the Speech Communication Association publishes, plus comprehensive coverage of interdisciplinary information for social sciences, humanities, and non-technical sciences. Indexes over 1400 journals and magazines as well as The New York Times. 1982 to date.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
Covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,500 serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, and dissertations. 1973- present
MLA Bibliography
The database covers 4000+ journal articles on literary criticism, composition, linguistics, and folklore. Also indexes monographs, working papers, proceedings, and bibliographies. 1926-present
Other Indexes
CCCC Bibliography of Composition and Rhetoric, 1984-1999 -
(Also available at PE1404 .C33 Main Ref & Main Stacks)
Published by the Conference on College Composition and Communication, provides a classified listing of published works on composition and rhetoric. Includes references from major journals, publishers and university presses, dissertations and ERIC documents.
Research in the Teaching of English [Online - Select the Journal on the left hand frame Main Current Journal PE1001 .R47 ]
Each May and November issue includes a highly selective bibliography.
Sociological Abstracts
Finds article citations (some full-text) in Sociology.
Public Affairs Information Service ( PAIS International)
Public policy and social issues references and brief summaries of books, articles, and government documents. 1972 to date.
PsycINFO
Finds article citations (some full-text) in Psychology. Helpful for many topics in education, including learning theory and individual differences.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Full Text
Index of all doctoral dissertations and some master's theses from UA, as well as most North American and many European colleges and universities, back as far as 1861. Full text available from 1996 forward. (A few pre-1996 titles are also available online.)
Current Research @ University of Arizona
Includes only the UA portion of the above database. Full text available from 1996 forward.
How to Find Dissertations & Theses in the UA Libraries
Useful guide in locating print and digital dissertations and theses.