Search for Books
Start your search for books on a particular topic using the KU Libraries Catalog or the Quick Search feature. If you need to request an item not owned by KU, check to see whether it is available for Interlibrary Loan.
- KU Libraries CatalogUse the KU Libraries Catalog to search for books on your topic. Search results will include print and electronic books owned by the KU Libraries, as well as other materials accessible through the libraries in print or online including journals, newspapers, and more. Note: The regular KU Library Catalog search WILL NOT search at the article level in journals. Instead, it will give you the titles of journals we own.
- WorldCat This link opens in a new windowIncludes millions of records describing items owned by OCLC member libraries, including the KU Libraries.
Finding New Books in the Library Catalog
Follow these steps to see print items most recently purchased by the KU Libraries:
1. From the Library Homepage look under Find and choose Library Catalog
2. The Catalog will open to the Simple Search tab. Choose the New Items tab instead.
3. Choose which KU Libraries' location(s) you are interested in searching, how recent (1-4 weeks) the new items should be, and how you want to sort your results (by title, author, or call number).
Identifying Books by Subject
As you conduct your research using the KU Libraries Catalog and the Quick Search bar on the library home page, use Library of Congress (LC) Subject Headings for items that look useful in order to find other titles on similar topics.
The following are some examples of LC Subject headings relevant to Rhetoric and Composition:
New Books
These items are just a few of the print and electronic titles we have acquired in the past couple of years relating to Rhetoric and Composition:
Assembling Composition by Call Number: Watson PE1404 .A77 2017ISBN: 9780814101988Publication Date: 2017
Composition, Rhetoric, and Disciplinarity by Call Number: Online accessISBN: 9781607326946Publication Date: 2018
Connections Between Neuroscience and Writing Composition by Call Number: Online accessISBN: 9780415791779Publication Date: 2018
Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer by Call Number: Watson PE1404 .C7494 2017ISBN: 9781607326472Publication Date: 2017
On Writtenness: The Cultural Politics of Academic Writing by Call Number: Online accessISBN: 9781472505071Publication Date: 2018
Labored: The State(ment) and Future of Work in Composition by Call Number: Watson PE1405.U6 L32 2017ISBN: 9781602358928Publication Date: 2017
Rhetoric and Writing Studies in the New Century: Historiography, Pedagogy, and Politics by Call Number: Online accessISBN: 9780809335688Publication Date: 2017
Thinking Globally, Composing Locally by Call Number: Online accessISBN: 9781607326632Publication Date: 2018
