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 | Subject Librarian: Kate Peterson E-Mail: katep@umn.edu This subject covers: the creation, analysis and interpretation of speech and composition as a means of communication or persuasion. Related topics are: Scientific and Technical Communication and Communication. |
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Article Databases and Indexes
Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject Indexes
ComIndex  This resource has been canceled effective October 1 due to low use as evidenced by statistics. As an alternative, consider using Communication and Mass Media Complete
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Communication and Mass Media Complete   Find academic journal articles on topics in mass media, film, television, marketing, and communications in business, health, and other communication studies.
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| MLA International Bibliography The MLA International Bibliography is a classified listing and subject index of scholarly books and articles on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics which has been compiled by the Modern Language Association of America since 1926.
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General Indexes to Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles
| Academic Search Premier This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. Large, multidisciplinary index provides full text for scholarly (peer reviewed) publications, magazines and newspapers. [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| ProQuest Newspapers This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. ProQuest Newspapers provides indexing and abstracting for 150 full-text titles, plus another 200 regional news sources. Full-text titles include The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Barron's, The Boston Globe, The Christian, Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, USA TODAY, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and other newspapers of record. [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
Indexes, Other
| Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is also given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics.
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Catalogs and Bibliographies
Bibliographies
| Historical Rhetoric: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Sources [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Rhetoric and Public Address:A Bibliography [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
Catalogs
| MNCAT (University of Minnesota library catalog) Search for books, conference proceedings, journals, maps, and other items in our collection.
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| Worldcat.org - Public Version The world's largest library network containing information about 1.3 billion items in 18,000 libraries worldwide.
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General Reference Sources
Dictionaries
| Sourcebook on rhetoric : key concepts in contemporary rhetorical studies [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
Encyclopedias
| Encyclopedia of rhetoric [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
Guides
| Research process: A complete guide and reference for writers, The [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
Primary Source Materials
Speeches
| Great American speeches [videorecording] : 80 years of political oratory [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| In Our Own Words : Extraordinary Speeches of the American Century [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
Societies, Agencies, and Organizations
Official Agency & Organization Websites
| Communication Institute for Online Scholarship http://www.cios.org/ Provides access to thousands of files in the resource library, dozens of scholarly conference, bibliographic indexes to professional literature in communication and to the ComAbstracts database. [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Society for Technical Communication http://www.stc.org/ This Web site provides regional and chapter information for the largest professional organization serving the technical communication profession. [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
Trade & Professional Associations
Style Manuals and Writing Guides
Bibliography Software
| RefWorks: Personal Citation Manager RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that allows you to create your own databases of citations by importing references from MNCAT and other databases, and then in seconds automatically generate bibliographies in all major styles (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc.).
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| Zotero Free web-based bibliographic citation software developed for Firefox browsers that is useful for organizing your research sources, creating bibliographies and sharing sources with others. Zotero will capture bibliographic information and links to documents found on websites or library databases. See the brief tutorials for Getting Started. or view the library workshop Zotero Basics.
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Style Manuals
| AMA Style Guide for Business Writing The American Management Association's syle guide for business writers.
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| MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition) is the style manual of choice for writers, editors, students, educators, and professionals in psychology, sociology, business, economics, nursing, social work, and justice administration.
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| Science and Technical Writing : a Manual of Style [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
Writing Guides
| Writing research : transforming data into text The shape and form of research writing -- Writing a PhD thesis -- The nature of research writing -- Purpose, planning and presentation -- Feminist approaches -- Interpretive research: weaving a phenomenological text -- Life history: the integrity of her voice -- Writing critical research -- Postmodern and poststructuralist approaches -- Positivist-analytic approach to research -- Key relationships for writers -- Ties that bind: ethical and legal issues for writers.
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| Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation This popular book is an indispensable and entertaining guide for writers, proofreaders, editors, managers, clerical staff, teachers, and students. Use this site to find the answers to your questions concerning proper English grammar and punctuation.
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| Citing Electronic Resources Guide prepared by the Internet Public Library. Includes both Internet links and print resources.
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| How to Write & Present Technical Information [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
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