LibGuides: English: Composition & Rhetoric: Reference

Reference Sources

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Credo is an easy-to-use tool for starting research. Gather background information on your topic from hundreds of full-text encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations, and subject-specific titles, as well as 500,000+ images and audio files and over 1,000 videos.
Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Designed specifically for student, faculty, and researchers, Gale’s eBook platform, GVRL, delivers titles covering the most-studied subject areas using technology built for today’s student workflow.
Points of View Reference Source This link opens in a new window
A great database for researching current issues for speeches, debates, or persuasive papers. It contains 400 topics, each with an overview (objective background / description), point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument).
Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
The definitive record of the English language, featuring 600000 words, 3 million quotations, and over 1000 years of English.
Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window
Currently includes the law, philosophy, and psychology collections of Oxford Handbooks from 2011-2017.