HMFS 101 – Planning a Michigan bus tour

Here are some websites with information that can help you plan your bus tour!

Writing 121 – Guilford-Sainz

Please post a comment about one thing you learned today that will help you with your research for Writing 121.

One strategy to broaden your search – using wildcards

You can use an asterick to stand for multiple endings for a word.  This is called wildcards or truncation. For example, if you search for child* you will find articles with the words child, children, childhood…  Lean more about how to use wildcards with this tutorial.

Keyword Brainstorming – guns

Post suggestions for keywords to search for articles about guns.

Keyword Brainstorming – prevention

Post suggestions for keywords to search for articles about prevention of school violence.

Keyword Brainstorming – school violence

Post suggestions for keywords to search for articles about school violence.

Etymology Resources

DatabasesList of LCC Library Research Databases

BooksList of English Language Etymology Dictionaries

Websites

  • Online Etymology Dictionary – www.etymonline.com
  • FunWords – www.funwords.com
  • Word Detective – www.word-detective.com/backidx.html
  • Sign up for Word of the Day from the Oxford English Dictionary
    Send an email to wotd@oed.com with the following message: subscribe oedwotd-amer-l. Leave the subject line blank.

    Writing 121 – Mullen

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    Writing 121 – Manning

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    Writing 121 – Rife

    Please post a comment about one thing you learned in the session today that will help you with your next writing assignment.