Comm 357: Survey of Rhetoric
Janet Davis


Library catalogs:
    WebCat (Our library's collection of books, videos, periodicals, etc.)
        30 day loan period for undergraduates
        Renew online
    MOBIUS (Missouri academic library consortium)
        Request online, items arrive within 2-3 working days
        21 day checkout, 1 renewal (if not needed elsewhere)
        Remember we are part of LANCE
        Choose Truman State University as pickup location

Speech texts:
       Look for your person as an author in library catalogs.
            e.g.  x, malcolm
        Speech Index.   AI3 .S85 1966  and Supplement (1966-1980)
            Look for your person as an author (lower case--subjects are in caps)

        Vital Speeches.  Per  PN6121 V52  (1934+)
            This periodical is indexed in Readers Guide (online 1983+)
                      Search for your person as an author, and use
vital speeches as the source.
            Print volumes on Table B in the Reference Area.

Articles in periodicals:
        General databases on the Library's Web site:
            ArticleFirst, EBSCOhost, Periodical Abstracts, Readers Guide
            Essay & General Literature Index is also useful--it indexes chapters in books.

                    Online 1985+;   Print 1903+ :  Reference  AI 3 E752
        Communication databases on the Library's Web site

Interlibrary loan for items we don't have:
        Books.  No charge.  Use WorldCat for books in neither Pickler or MOBIUS.
                Click on ILL and fill out the form while in WorldCat.
                Books come in the mail--allow plenty of time!
        Articles.  10 cents per page--Order online through FirstSearch, or
                fill out the form on the Library's Web site
        Pick up at the Circulation Desk.

Citation format:
    APA Style:   Print copy   BF 76.7 P83 2001.
    MLA Style:  Print copy   LB 2369 G53 1999.
    Turabian:      Print copy   LB 2369 T8 1996
    Copies on Reserve, in Reference and in General Collection for checkout.

    Some helps for citing electronic resources:
        Follow these links:
            Library home page -->  Additional Web Resources
                -->  Web Links by Subject --> Interdisciplinary / Style guides
 



Karen McClaskey
October 3, 2002