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Business Communication:

A Research Guide


Contents: Dictionaries | Style Manuals | Career Guides | DELCAT Subject Headings | Databases | Key Journals

Dictionaries

Collin, P.H., Carol Weiland, and Derek S. Dohn, eds. American Business Dictionary. Teddington: Peter Collin Publishing, 1991.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HF1001 .A44x 1991)
De Vries, Mary Ann. Business Thesaurus. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, 1996.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HF1001 .D48x 1996)
Folsom, W. Davis and Bradley P. Folsom. American Business Language: A Pocket Dictionary.
Aiken, SC: Kalmia, 2000.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HF1001 .F65x 2000)
McKay, Melanie and Elizabeth Rosa. The Accountant's Guide to Professional Communication: Writing and Speaking the Language of Business. Fort Worth: Dryden Press, Harcourt College Publishers, 2000.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HF5719 .M388 2000)

Style Manuals

Angell, David and Brent Heslop. The Elements of E-Mail Style: Communicate Effectively via Electronic Mail. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1994.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HE6239 .E54 A53 1994)
Location: Morris Library (HE6239 .E54 A53 1994)
Arkebauer, James B. The McGraw-Hill Guide to Writing a High-Impact Business Plan: A Proven Blueprint for Entrepreneurs. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HD30.28 .A75 1995)
Bacon, Terry R. and Lawrence H. Freeman. Business Writer's Quick Reference Guide. New York: Wiley, 1986.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref PE1479 .B87 B34 1986)
Bailey, Edward P. Writing & Speaking at Work: A Practical Guide for Business Communication. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002.
Location: Morris Library (HF5718 .B343 2002)
Cunningham, Helen and Brenda Greene. The Business Style Handbook: An A-to-Z Guide for Writing on the Job with Tips from Communications Experts at the Fortune 500. Chicago: McGraw-Hill, 2002.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HF5718.3 .C86 2002)
De Vries, Mary Ann. Internationally Yours: Writing and Communicating Successfully in Today's Global Marketplace. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HF5721 .D353 1994)
Foster, Timothy R.V. 101 Great Mission Statements. London: Kogan Page, 1993.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HD30.28 .F67x 1993)
Freed, Richard C., Shervin Freed, and Joseph D. Romano. Writing Winning Business Proposals: Your Guide to Landing the Client, Making the Sale, Persuading the Boss. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HF5718.5 .F74 1995)
Griffin, Jack. Lifetime Guide to Business Writing & Speaking. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HF5718 .G75 1996)
Meyer, Harold E. The Skill and Art of Business Writing: An Everyday Guide and Reference. Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 2002.
Location: Morris Library (HF5718.3 .M48 2001)
Sparks, Suzanne D. The Manager's Guide to Business Writing. New York: McGraw Hill, 1999.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HF5718.3 .S68 1999)

Career Guides

Garay, Mary Sue and Stephen A. Bernhardt. Expanding Literacies: English Teaching and the New Workplace. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998.
Location: Morris Library (PE1068 .U5 .E97 1998)
Guiley, Rosemary. Career Opportunities for Writers. 3rd ed. New York: Facts on File, 1995.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref PN151 .G84 1995)
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Occupational Outlook Handbook. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2002.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HF5381 .A1 O36) Career Collection
Location: Internet (http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS4235)
Van Wicklen, Janet. The Tech Writer's Survival Guide: A Comprehensive Handbook for Aspiring Technical Writers. New York: Facts on File, 2001.
Location: Morris Library (T11. V368 2001)

DELCAT Subject Headings

Business Report Writing
Business Writing
Commercial Correspondence
Proposal Writing in Business
Persuasion Rhetoric

Databases

Academic OneFile
Location: Library Databases [restricted to UD]
Academic OneFile provides indexing to both popular magazines and scholarly journals in a variety of subject fields. Many articles are available in full text. Covers 1980 to present.
Communication & Mass Media Complete
Location: Library Databases [restricted to UD]
Education Full Text
Location: Library Databases [restricted to UD]
Education Full Text indexes articles in education journals. Provides the full text of many of the articles.
ERIC
Location: Library Databases [restricted to UD]
ERIC is an important bibliographic database of education literature.
Business & Company Resource Center
Location: Library Databases [restricted to UD]
The index provides indexing to both popular and scholarly business publications. Many articles are available in full text. Business & Company Resource Center covers 1980 to present.

Key Journals

Business Communication Quarterly. New York: The Association.
Location: Morris Library (HF5721 .A1 A14)
Location: Library Databases (full text via Academic OneFile) [restricted to UD]
Location: Library Electronic Journals [restricted to UD]
Current print issues are located in the Periodicals Room. Business Communication Quarterly is indexed by Academic OneFile and Business & Company Resource Center.
English for Specific Purposes. New York: Pergamon.
Location: Morris Library (PE1128.A2 E76)
Location: Library Electronic Journals [restricted to UD]
Current print issues are located in the Periodicals Room. English for Specific Purposes is indexed by MLA International Bibliography.
IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. New York: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Location: Morris Library (T11 .I16)
Location: Library Electronic Journals [restricted to UD]
Indexed by Engineering Village 2, Academic OneFile, and Business & Company Resource Center.
Journal of Business and Technical Communication.
Location: Morris Library (HF5717 .I595)
Location: Library Electronic Journals [restricted to UD]
Current print issues are located in the Periodicals Room. The Journal of Business and Technical Communication is indexed by ERIC.
Journal of Technical Writing and Communication. Ames, IA: Iowa State University.
Location: Morris Library (T11 .J66)
Location: Library Electronic Journals [restricted to UD]
Current print issues are located in the Periodicals Room. The Journal of Technical Writing and Communications is indexed by ERIC, MLA International Bibliography, Engineering Village 2, and LLBA.
Technical Communication. Washington, D.C.: Society for Technical Communication.
Location: Morris Library (T11 .S2)
Location: Library Electronic Journals [restricted to UD]
Location: Library Databases (full text via Business & Company Resource Center) [restricted to UD]
Current print issues are located in the Periodicals Room. Technical Communication is indexed by ERIC and Business & Company Resource Center.
Technical Communication Quarterly. St. Paul, MN: Rhetoric Department at the University of Minnesota for the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing.
Location: Morris Library (T11 .T3371)
Location: Library Databases (full text via Education Full Text) [restricted to UD]
Current print issues are located in the Periodicals Room. TCQ is indexed by ERIC, Education Full Text, and MLA International Bibliography.

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