Northern Illinois University
Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literacy

Lending Resources

Email us at cisll@niu.edu to borrow books, equipment or software.

• Complete book listing
• Software for lending: Eprime 3, Laptop with Nvivo 12
• Mobile research lab resources: Laptops (13), iPads (30)

Research Briefs

• Assessing Intertextuality: The Development of a Rubric for Academic Literacy Practices in Developmental Reading Courses
• The Benefits of Writing
• Building Better Bridges: Understanding Academic Text Readiness at One Community College
• Comprehending Natural Argumentative Texts
• A Declaration of Readers' Rights for all Student in Grades 5-12
• Does Literacy Coaching Make a Difference? The Effects of Literacy Coaching on Reading Achievement in Grades K-3 in a Reading First District
• NAAL Results Demonstrate Need for Adult Basic Education
• Native-like Second Language Processing Modulated by Proficiency, Working Memory, and Subject-verb Dependency Distance
• Operation ARIES!: A Computerized Game for Teaching Scientific Inquiry
• The Reading Strategy Assessment Tool (RSAT): Assessing Processes that Support Comprehension
• Reconceptualizing Bilingual Effect on the Development of Phonological Awareness: A Study with Children in General Education and Japanese-English Immersion Programs
• What Does the National Assessment of Adult Literacy Say About Low-Literacy Adults?

Research Report

• What constitutes 'college-ready' for reading?
• Literacy in the ‘In-Between Spaces’ of Community Colleges:
  Interstitial Practices in Developmental Reading and Career Technical Education