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EN 123 Resources

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Selected Electronic Books -- Periodical Databases -- Selected Books in Busse Library -- Selected Websites

Selected Electronic Books

The AMA Style Guide for Business Writing. New York : AMACOM Books, 1996.

Campbell, Nancy. Writing Effective Policies and Procedures. New York : AMACOM Books, 1998.

Dobrian, Joseph. Business Writing Skills. New York : AMACOM Books, 1998.

Lewis, Herschell Gordon. On the Art of Writing Copy. New York : AMACOM Books, 1999.

Sant, Tom. Persuasive Business Proposals. New York : AMACOM Books, 1992.

Seglin, Jeffrey L. The AMA Handbook of Business Letters. New York : AMACOM Books, 1996.

Stuckey, Marty. The Basics of Business Writing. New York, NY : AMACOM Books, 1992.

 

Periodical Databases
 

Ebsco Database (password required)

  • Ebsco Academic Search Premier -- Contains full-text articles for over 3,400 scholarly journals and is the world's largest scholarly, multi-discipline, full text database. Subject areas include: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, languages, linguistics, arts & literature, medicine, and ethnic studies.

FirstSearch Databases (password required)

After you key in your login and password, you will need to select again from the list of available databases on the search screen.  To do this click on the dropdown menu in: Jump to Advanced Search: Select a Database to Search.  Select the required database and begin your search. You may initiate an InterLibrary Loan request from FirstSearch databases to the Busse Library. Use the linked NOTE 13A: Searching the First Search Databases for help in using the databases. 

  • ArticleFirst - Index to citations from of over 12,600 journals. Tips on using this database.
  • MLA -- Access to MLA Bibliographic Index of books, papers, dissertations on literature and language
  • World Almanac - Facts and figures
  • WorldCat - Over 30 million catalog records of books and audiovisuals held in libraries around the world. A good way to see if a book has been published on a topic which you may want to borrow through InterLibrary Loan. Remember to select books with at least 15 library holdings indicated. Tips on using this database.

Academic Universe: Business Information: Lexis-Nexis. (password required)

 

Selected Books in Busse Library

Blicq, Ron.
Guidelines for report writers: a complete manual for on-the-job writing.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, c1982. HF5719 .B55 1982

Campbell, William Giles.
Form and style: theses, reports, term papers.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, c1986. LB2369 .C3 1986q

Faux, Marian.
The complete resume guide.
New York: Macmillan, c1995. HF5383 .F34 1995

Freed, Richard C.
Writing winning business proposals: your guide to landing the client, making the sale, persuading the boss.
New York: McGraw-Hill, c1995. HF5718.5 .F74 1995

Henson, Kenneth T.
The art of writing for publication.
Boston: Allyn and Bacon, c1995. PN151 .H446 1995

Krannich, Ronald L.
Dynamite resumes: 101 great examples and tips for success!
Manassas Park,VA: Impact Publications, c1994. HF5383 .K69 1994

Krannich, Ronald L.
High impact resumes and letters: how to communicate your qualifications to employers.
Manassas Park, VA: Impact Publications, c1995. HF5383 .K7 1995

Pauley, Steven E.
Technical report writing today.
Boston: Hougton Mifflin, c1979. T11 .P383 1979

Slade, Carole.
Form and style: research papers, reports, and theses.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, c2000. LB2369 .C3 1999 Ref.

Turner, Maxine T.
Technical writing: a practical approach.
Reston, VA: Reston Publishing, c1894. T11 .T786 1984

Van Til, William.
Writing for professional publication.
Boston: Allyn and Bacon, c1981. PN146 .V38

Weddle, Peter D.
Electronic resumes for the new job market.
Manassas Park, VA: Impact Publications, c1995. HF5383 .W324 1995

 

Selected Websites



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