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Check out this gateway of guides to help you with research. In-particular, check out "Google Searching" and the English 101 Argumentative Essay guide.

This guide has been designed for MCC students taking English 102. It serves as a starting point for the researched argument paper (wp1 and wp2). Use the tabs at the top of the guide to get started finding, using and evaluating information for your assignments.

Key user guide for Studioworks application

This is a homeowners guide to installing a septic system. This guide is from the state of New Mexico's website. This is a very detailed guide.

The left navigation bar can serve as a guide to any specific formatting issues you may be struggling with when writing in MLA format.

Use this guide for tips on evaluating web sites. Example web sites are included to demonstrate good vs. bad web sites.

This guide provides tips and techniques for searching Google.

A guide for incorporating quotes into sentences, in-text and parenthetical citations included. When considering incorporating quotes, consider if paraphrasing or quoting adds most to your sentence, paragraph, etc. When selecting a quote, consider the "10-word rule," to get to the most valuable information from the quote (anyone can cut-and-past paragraphs), decrease in conventions errors (less unnecessary words = less opportunity for errors), and fluency. Once you've incorporated a quote into your sentence, try reading the sentence out loud, same sentence, without the quotation marks. If it's unreadable, revise how you've placed the quote in your sentence.

Perhaps too complicated, but this is a detailed guide for gadgets.

MLA style is based on the Modern Language Association's MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (available at LB2369 .G53 2009 in the Reference section and circulating stacks at both Red Mountain Library and the Paul A Elsner Library at Southern & Dobson) MLA Style is commonly used in the Arts and Humanities, which is why it is frequently taught in English classes.