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Journal of Writing Research (JoWR)
The Journal of Writing Research is an international peer reviewed journal that publishes high quality theoretical, empirical, and review papers covering the broad spectrum of writing research.
LORE Journal
"LORE is an electronic journal (formerly traditional print) edited by the Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies Department at San Diego State University. The journal’s focus is on rhetoric, writing, teaching, and culture."
Young Scholars in Writing: Undergraduate Research in Writing and Rhetoric
Young Scholars in Writing: Undergraduate Research in Writing and Rhetoric is an international peer-reviewed journal. It publishes research and theoretical articles by undergraduates of all majors and years on the subjects of rhetoric, writing, writers, discourse, language, and related topics.
Rhetoric, Professional Communication, and Globalization
This Journal publishes articles on the theory, practice, and teaching of professional communication in critical global contexts.
Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric: the Journal of University of Bialystok.
Studies publishes items on the methodology and philosophy of sciences, the philosophy of language, articles and essays belonging to the field of logic, as well as essays on the history of ideas.
Poroi
Poroi is an online peer-reviewed journal for scholarship attuned to rhetoric in inquiry and culture.
Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy
Kairos is a peer-reviewed open-access online journal exploring the intersections of rhetoric, technology, and pedagogy.

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JSTOR Open Access Journals
This collection offers broad coverage in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.
Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) Open Access Journals List
CRKN maintains a list of open access journals supported by CRKN member institutions.

Freely Available Resources

Association Website - The Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing (CASDW)
The Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing is a bilingual scholarly association dedicated to advancing the study and teaching of writing in academic and nonacademic settings—higher education, business, government, and nonprofit organizations.
Canadian Writing Centres Association
The CWCA/ACCR is a bilingual community of writing practitioners, as well as people and groups interested in Canadian Writing Centres, their administration, and their services.
Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory (CWRC /CSÉC)
The Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory is an online project designed to enable unprecedented avenues for studying the words that most move people in and about Canada.
Congress.gov
Resource for researching American legislative information.
Fallacies
By the Writing Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, this page outlines types of logical fallacies and how to avoid them.
Journal of Writing Research (JoWR)
The Journal of Writing Research is an international peer reviewed journal that publishes high quality theoretical, empirical, and review papers covering the broad spectrum of writing research.
LORE Journal
"LORE is an electronic journal (formerly traditional print) edited by the Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies Department at San Diego State University. The journal’s focus is on rhetoric, writing, teaching, and culture."
New York Public Library Digital Collections
The New York Public Library’s digitized collections features prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, etc.
New York Public Library Digital Collections - Archives and Manuscripts
American Memory Project
From Library of Congress, the Project has “a diverse collection in a variety of formats (prints, photographs, letters, reports, sheet music, recordings, maps, etc.)”
National Archives (USA)
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
Free access to Theses and Dissertations from Purdue University's Writing & Rhetoric program.
Bibliographies from Rebecca Moore Howard
A series of bibliographies on a wide variety of topics related to writing and rhetoric compiled by Syracuse University Writing and Rhetoric professor.

eBooks (Open Access)

JSTOR Open Access eBooks
More than 6,000 Open Access ebooks from 75+ publishers, including Brill, Cornell University Press, De Gruyter, and University of California Press, are now available at no cost to libraries or users.
Directory of Open Access Books
Contains several hundred academic books that are published online and are open access.
Google Books: Advanced Search
The Advanced search in Google Books allows you to limit to magazine content.
Internet Archive - eBooks and Texts Collection
The Internet Archive offers millions of freely downloadable books and texts.
Internet Archive - Open Library
Open editable library catalogue with selected scanned online books from the Internet Archive. Items browsable by subject, author, or list.

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