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The University Libraries

CST 305 - Persuasion in Western Culture

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

The International Encyclopedia of Communication. Malden, MA : Wiley/Blackwell, 2008.

Encyclopedia of Communication and Information. 3 vols. New York: Macmillan Reference, 2002.
location: ref P87.5 .E53 2002

Encyclopedia of Rhetoric.
New York: Oxford UP, 2001.
location: ref PN172 .E5 2001

Who's Who in the Classical World Oxford University Press, 2000. (Oxford Reference)


Most Important Database

Boolean Searching using connectors AND, OR, and NOT.

Communication and Mass Media Complete, 1915 to date.

Provides indexing and abstracting of articles in several hundred journals in the fields of human communication and mass media, including the fulltext of articles from over 240 journals, including most years of all the journals from the National Communication Association.


Other Indexes and Abstracts

Academic Search Premier

ProQuest Research Library

Academic OneFile (InfoTrac) Plus

MLA International Bibliography

Readers' Guide Retro
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America: History and Life

Philosopher's Index


Style Guide

UNCG's APA Style Quick Reference

APA's website for citing electronic formats

UNCG's MLA Style Quick Reference

MLA's website for citing electronic formats


Additional Resources

Additional Communication Studies Databases

How to Find Articles in Scholarly Resources

American Rhetoric (Great American Speeches)

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