Online Materials

To access all of the handouts and tutorials available in the lab, visit the English Desire2Learn Site. Access this site through the MGCCC home page under distance learning. Log on with your username and password. If you do not have a username, visit Ms. McMahon in the Learning Lab. (Accounts are not issued via email.)

Grammar Topics

• Punctuation Handouts for sentence punctuation, apostrophes, commas, hyphens, other punctuation, and, quotation marks
  
• Parts of Speech Handouts for nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, and prepositions. .
  
• Sentence Construction Handouts on sentence parts, patterns, sentence errors, sentence punctuation, clauses and phrases, dangling modifiers, parallel structure, active and passive voice in verbs.
  
• Writing (Planning/Writing/Revising/Genres) Handouts on planning/starting to write, effective writing, revising/editing/proofreading, types/genres of writing.
  
• NC State University's Online Writing Lab An informative site with loads of actual student questions answered clearly and often cleverly
  
• The Writing Source A good site for proofreading and editing tips. Applicable to any writing assignment. Accessible through "the file" icon.
  
• Grammar Book Blue book of grammar and punctuation.
• English Grammar and Composition Terms
  
• The Grammar Lady Fun site for tips and practice.

• Companion Site to Longman Writer. Comp I textbook companion site.
  
• Elements of Style, by William Strunk, Jr. A classic, now available on-line.
  
• Indiana University Writing Resources A good source for APA citation, book review format, using outlines, writing a good thesis statement, paragraphs and topic sentences. Explanations are clear and detailed. Accessible through the "Writing Resources" icon.
  
• Humanities Documentation Style Comprehensive Site for MLA documentation.
  
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute This site offers good suggestions for literacy analysis and revision of papers. Accessible through "Online help for common writing assignments and problems."
  
• Allyn and Bacon Compsite Guides, pointers and activity areas to help with writing projects
• University of Pennsylvania Offers grammar and style notes.
  
• Diana Hacker Companion site for Hacker's A Writer's Reference.
  
• Complete MLA Stylesheet Samples for MLA entries.
  

• MIT Libraries Literature Resources Excellent site devoted primarily to English and American literatures.
  
• Internet Classics Archive Searchable works.
  
• Victorian Web Overview Wonderful site for Victorian lit studies.
  
• Modern poetry Extensive links to contemporary poetry.
  
• Lit Links Wide variety of lit links.
  
• Online symbolism dictionary
  
• Anthology of Middle English Literature Entries on Chaucer, Gawain, Malory and others.
  
• American Verse Project 19th Century American Poets
• William Faulkner
• Fantastic Fiction Biographies Bibliographies for over 3000 authors of Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy

• Stanford University Library
  
• A Web of Online Dictionaries
  
• OneLook Dictionaries Names, terms, acronymns, abbreviations, etc.
  
• Translating dictionaries Over 15 languages. Free.
  
• Library of Congress
  
• Virtual Reference Desk
  
• The Alternative Dictionaries an Internet slang collaborative project.
• The Internet Public Library Collections include reference, exhibits, newspapers, and more!
• The Book of Cliches
• Thesaurus, Phrases and Quotations Search site.

• Purdue online writing lab

• Thinking Critically About WWW Resources How to determine the reliability and usefulness of web material.
  
• Evaluating World Wide Web Information Checklist for evaluating Web sites.

• Writing in the Job Search Handouts and tutorials on writing on the job, resumes, business letters, memos and much more.
  
• Technical Communication Companion site to Mike Markel's book. Excellent resources for technical writing.
• Handspeak Online sign language dictionary
  
• Jack Wolcott's Theatre History on the Web
  
• Great American Speeches
  
• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant