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The MATC Libraries Catalog provides access to books, magazines, reserve material,
audio-visual material, and web resources. Some subject and keyword terms to search with include American literature, authorship, business writing, communication, creative writing, criticism, drama, English language, English literature, essays, journalism, language, letters, literature, poetry, report writing, rhetoric, short story, speech, technical writing, and writing.
Most of the books on literature, speech, writing, and style manuals are in the 800's of the circulating stacks. Dictionaries, thesauri, basic grammar books, and books about language
are in the 400's of the circulating and reference stacks.
The fiction collection is arranged alphabetically by author’s
last name. Take a look at the following fiction bibliographies:
The MATC Libraries subscribe to a few magazines providing literary and professional information.
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ALEX Catalogue of
Electronic Texts
http://www.infomotions.com/alex2/
ALEX is a searchable collection of thousands of digital documents,
with the main scope of the collection being literature.
Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches From Around the World
http://gos.sbc.edu/
This site from Sweet Briar College in Virginia offers access to speeches by influential women from around the world.
Guide to Grammar & Writing
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
This site from Capital Community College in Connecticut offers helpful tips and interactive quizzes about grammar and writing.
Internet Public Library
Online Literary Criticism Collection
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/
Directory of Web-based literary criticism reviewed by the Internet Public Library
project at the University of Michigan.
Knightcite
http://webapps.calvin.edu/knightcite/index.php
This is a free citation-producing service (MLA , APA, and Chicago) created by
the Heckman Library at Calvin College. Take a look in the Learning Object section below for a tutorial on using Knightcite.
MATC
English Department
http://matcmadison.edu/english/
This site has information about English courses and faculty, as well as links to helpful sites for students.
MATC
Virtual Writing Center
http://matcmadison.edu/is/writingcenter/
The MATC Writing Center is available to all students at MATC who have writing
needs. The Center hopes to provide support and assistance to students from all
programs and departments in which teachers assign writing projects.
Online Etymology Dictionary
http://www.etymonline.com
Free online etymological dictionary.
Online
Speech Bank
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm
"An index to and growing database of 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming)
versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates,
interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two." Browse
alphabetically for speeches and speakers, or by topical themes
PAL:
Perspectives in American Literature
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/table.html
Created and maintained by a professor at California State Stanislaus, it's arranged
like a textbook with chapters on literary time periods and genres.
Project Bartleby (from Columbia University)
http://www.bartleby.com/
Includes Bartlett's Quotations, Strunk's Elements of Style, poetry, and more.
Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
Purdue's OWL is considered to be one of the best available. Easy to navigate with lots of helpful handouts.
UW-Madison Writing Center Writer’s Handbook
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/index.html
Offers electronic handouts on different types of academic writing, grammar and
style issues, documentation, and letter and application essay writing.
Voice of
the Shuttle: English Literature Main Page
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=3
Directory maintained by the University of California-Santa Barbara.
Words Without Borders:
the Online Magazine for International Literature
http://www.wordswithoutborders.org
Undertakes to promote international communication through translation of the
world's best writing.
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These library subscription databases are particularly good for finding biographical and critical information on authors and literary works. You can access them off campus with your school network login and password.
Academic Search Elite
Provides information from a wide range of academic areas, with an emphasis on scholarly journals.
Discovering
Collection
Provides access to biographical, bibliographical, and critical information on
the most studied authors from Ancient times to the present.
Expanded Academic ASAP
From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines for anyone needing full-text and indexed peer-reviewed articles. Scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers can be accessed.
Humanities Full-Text
Provides indexing and full-text to journal covering archaeology and classical studies,
art, film, folklore, history, journalism, linguistics, literature, music,
performing arts, philosophy, religion, and theology.
JSTOR:
Journal Storage Project
JSTOR is a full-text database of journals covering the fields of African-American
studies, anthropology, Asian studies, ecology, economics, education, finance,
history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science, population/demography,
sociology, and statistics. Dates covered include the late 1800s up to prior to the past 3-7 years.
LitFinder
International in scope, covers all time periods; includes bibliographies, biographies, work summaries, and photographs.
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A Learning Object is any digital resource that breaks educational content down into small chunks:
Evaluating
Sources for the Research Report (Wisc-Online)
HOWLER -- HOWLER (Help Online with Library Education & Research) is a series of multimedia tutorials designed to guide you through the library research process.
Knightcite
Learning Object
Plagiarism (Wisc-Online)
Thinking
About the Topic: Considering Your Purpose for Writing (Wisc-Online)
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