Doing Scholarly Research in Composition & Rhetoric

Comppile: http://comppile.org/
Comppile is the most thorough database of composition research available. The most difficult part about using this database is finding the right search terms. See their glossary for help. There are not full texts here, but sometimes they are linked to full-texts.

Rebecca Moore Howard Bibliographies: http://wrt-howard.syr.edu/bibs.html
A professor in Rhetoric and Composition, Howard has compiled hundreds of very thorough bibliographies listed by topic.

Bedford Bibliography for Teachers of Writing: http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/bb/contents.html
Bedford Bibliography on Basic Writing: http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/basicbib/
These are ANNOTATED bibliographies on key texts.


CardCat or World Cat: http://www.bsu.edu/library/
Google Book Search: http://books.google.com/
Search to find books.

MLA International Bibliography: http://www.bsu.edu/library/
Find under "databases." The MLA database has some Composition and Rhetoric articles.

ERIC: http://www.bsu.edu/library/
Find under "databases." A database for educational research; has some conference papers.

E-journals: http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/ejournals/
Once you find a citation, this can help you find a full-text version of the article.

JSTOR: http://www.bsu.edu/library/
Find under "databases." Has full text versions of some of the key journals in Rhetoric and Composition (College English, CCC). This database can be searched.

Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com/
Getting better everyday.

For Writing Center Research
Archive of the Writing Center Journal (full text, 1980-2004): http://louisville.edu/a-s/writingcenter/wcenters/wcj.html  (use MLA to search this journal)
Annotated Bibliography of WCJ from 1980-2000: http://136.165.114.52/wcj20.2/wcj20.2_bibliography.pdf

Archive of The Writing Lab Newsletter (full text, searchable 1976-2007): http://writinglabnewsletter.org/

Archive of Writing Program Administrator (full text, spotty coverage 1978-2004, not searchable): http://www.wpacouncil.org/journalarchives

Praxis: online writing center journal, http://projects.uwc.utexas.edu/praxis/

Writing Center Research Project: http://coldfusion.louisville.edu/webs/a-s/wcrp/  (survey of WC directors and archive of WC materials)

Archive of WCENTER listserv: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/?forum=wcenter

Archive of WPA listserv: https://lists.asu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=WPA-L

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