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Rhetoric and Composition
Databases and sources supporting rhetoric and composition studies at UTSA.
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ComPileCompPile focuses on post-secondary writing (not speaking or conversing). It integrates journal articles, review-essays, notes and comments, books, dissertations, ERIC items, and edited collections
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Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC) (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive collection of scholarly literature covering all aspects of communication studies including advertising, journalism, linguistics, marketing, media studies, public relations, rhetoric and discourse, telecommunications, and more. Incorporates the indexes CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index along with numerous other journals in the field.
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ERIC (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database provides unlimited access to more than 1.3 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials, with hundreds of new records added twice weekly. If available, links to full text are included.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new windowSearchable full-text and full-image backfiles of scholarly journals, as well as e-books, and primary resources. Subject areas include the arts, humanities, social sciences, science, math, and business. Includes the Artstor Digital Library containing millions of images from the world's museums, archives, and libraries.
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MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowIndexes critical scholarship on literature, criticism, language, linguistics, and folklore. Includes thousands of titles including journals, series, monographs, dissertations, bibliographies, proceedings, and other materials, from the late 19th century to the present.
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Oxford English Dictionary - OED (2nd ed.) This link opens in a new windowPremier resource for etymological studies containing the meaning, history, and derivation of over half a million words in the English language. Provides examples of both current and historical word usage through more than 2.5 million quotations from a variety of sources. Includes etymological analysis, pronunciation, and variant spellings.