Theoria + Praxis:  Topical Bibliographies

As with the list of scholars on the People Page, lists of bibliographies relating to Rhetorical invention and its various subtopics are eminently available in extant print resources.

The advantages of maintaining lists like these on a website lie in the factors we might label inclusivity, accessibility and updateability.

While print journals and other traditional resources can provide a list of both print and electronic resources, a website can provide that same list with physical links  to the latter. So the two media have approximately equivalent abilities to include; the website increases the ability to access.

As for the ability to update frequently and consistently: a journal, mired in a quarterly (or even less frequent) publication cycle, must often wait months to update a published list. A website is limited only by the frequency with which those maintaining it are able to make changes.

The benefits of the accessibility/updateability issues are reflected in the adopted practice of electronic journals, such as Kairos,  of maintaining a site linking to other resources of interest.


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