Resources

• MLA Format
  • What is MLA Format?
  • Using MLA (Modern Language Association) Format
  • EasyBib.Com
  • MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
  • A Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on MLA Documentation
• For All Writers
  • Other OWLs
    • The Purdue University OWL
    • Trinity College's Online Writing Center
    • The Writing Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    • Gallaudet English Works Web
  • Online Handbooks
    • Online Language Dictionaries and Translators
    • Research Tools (iTools)
    • Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
  • For ESL Students
    • English Language Resource Center
    • ESL Pronunciation and Resources
    • "Idioms You Need to Know to Sound American" (Charles Bordogna)
• Learning About Disabilities
  • An informational homepage for special education issues
  • Links to math and other resources
  • Resource page with hundreds of links
  • Job Exchange
• For Students with Learning Disabilities
  • Dyslexia: Technologies, legal issues, info.
  • Facts about ADD
  • Myths and Misconceptions About AD/HD
• For Students with Mobility Impairments
  • Information on jobs and resources.
• For Students with Low Vision/Blindness
  • Audio tape library
  • Links to technologies, universities, libraries.
• For Students with Hearing Impairments
  • Poems about the deaf experience
  • Gallaudet University's "English Works!" Site
• Resources for Teachers
  • Classroom Materials for Teachers
    • Better English (provides free grammar and vocabulary exercises for students)
    • The Grammar Center (provides grammar and punctuation self-help handouts)
    • The World Lecture Hall (links to other teachers' course materials in English, writing, and rhetoric)
  • Classroom Materials Developed by BCC Faculty
    • "Idioms You Need to Know to Sound American" (Charles Bordogna)
    • Tutorial on Understanding Plagiarism (Thomas Jewell)
    • "Using Quotations" Powerpoint (Leigh Jonaitis/Judi Davis)
    • Helpful Links for the Research Paper (Jonaitis)
    • Key Terms in Evaluating Web Sources (Jonaitis)
    • Helping Students Develop Introductory and Concluding Paragraphs (Mark Altschuler)
  • Online Journals for Teachers
    • Kairos (an online journal for teachers of writing)
    • The Writing Instructor (a networked journal and digital community for writers and teachers of writing)
    • Teaching English in the Two Year College (a journal for two-year college teachers)
  • Strategies for Teachers
    • Accommodations required by ADA Section 504
      How to create barrier-free web content
    • ADA accessibility standards for web pages
    • Auxiliary aids and services for post secondary students
    • Learning Disabilities
      Supporting the writing process with the computer
  • Building Barrier-Free Websites
    • "Bobby" helps repair barriers to access
    • Add captions, subtitles and audio descriptions to multimedia works
    • EASI's (Equal Access to Software and Information) web design kit
    • Guidelines and Checklist for Accessible Web Sites