Research Starter - ENGL 308: Composition Theory

Tips for searching:

• Use EBSCO Discovery Service and other databases
• EBSCO Discovery Service contains both full-text e-books and journal articles.
• When plugging in keywords, use quotation marks around phrases but not around single words. For example:  “good writing,” audience, multiculturalism, collaborative, minorities, “cognitive process”    

As you begin to type keywords, Discovery Service will sometimes offer suggestions for narrowing your search:

You may choose one of the suggested phrases or you may continue with a simple keyword. You may also add other keywords as applicable.

Here is another example:

The following subject headings are common in the discipline of composition theory and may be useful when conducting searches. Enter them as is (include the dashes):

                                   English language – rhetoric

                                   English language – grammar

                                   English language – composition and exercises

                                   Report writing - study and teaching

                                   English teachers – training of

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