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• Cherri's already formatted rtf template, open this up in whatever program you use and replace Cherri's words with your own. It's already perfectly formatted.
• Great instructions on how to format essays--margins, headers, etc.--in MLA
• Video done by ARC Library on how to format your essays in MLA using Word 2007
• Youtube video for formatting an essay to MLA in Word 2007

• Need to get better at computers? Start here.
• Need a way to store your files? Try dropbox. It's easy (and free) and you can access your documents anywhere there is internet.
• Word Count Tool--website that will count the words for you
• OpenOffice--an alternative to spending money on MSWord
• Emailing your professors
  

• Basics of citing sources and plagiarism (for all videos in the series, which I highly recommend):
• When do I cite a source? (video)
• Cutting and pasting from several sources (video)
• Cut and paste with minor changes (video)
  
•  Plagiarism and How to Avoid It (video MMU)
• Plagiarism.org, a definition, more examples of plagiarism: cut&paste, here, by a journalist
• Why Deciding What and How to Cite is a challenging, changing game
• Overview of MLA In-text Citation (video)
• Another series of videos going over the various aspects of MLA citation
  
• Video on what MLA citation is for and how it's used

• ARC Library Handout on MLA Formatting
• Other MLA Handouts: one, and two
• Elements of MLA Citation, chart form and scroll down page for good graphics
• Where does the MLA info come from?
  
• Longer Handout from Diane Hacker pdf 2009 MLA
• Longer Norton pdf of 2009 MLA
• A list of useful citation resources (recommended by the students at Pathway to Empowerment)
  
• What gets italicized and what gets put into quote marks?
• Use this free online software to walk you through the MLA citation process from Noodle Tools; it's better than easybib, which makes mistakes.

• Overview of Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing.    And another.
  
• Quoting
• This is a good video (part 1) (part 2) about quote integration. (Signal verbs and other St. Martin Handbook stuff she mentions in the video.)
• Handouts about quoting, and integrating sources, and another about literary essays
  
• Tips on why and how to quote from sources.
• Paraphrasing basics. Paraphrasing and Summarizing.
  

• ARC Library Ask-a-libraian, research appointments, etc
• Woodland College Library Resources
• What is a scholarly source? Academic Source?
• Popular versus scholarly source
  
• Life Hacker's Tips on Writing Good Research Essays

• How do you know when to cite sources? (handout)
• Kinds of research sources
• Evaluating various kinds of sources for academic papers; a quick review of fact versus opinion

Critical Thinking and Logic

• A pleasant article overviewing Critical Thinking in Writing
• Levels of Comprehension
  
• The Critical Thinking Academy and Critical Thinker Podcasts
  
• Critical Thinking Academy Biases in Thinking Video
• Rhetorica.Net
  
• Logical Fallacies
• Kip Wheeler's site on fallacies
• A good video overviewing a few fallacies
  
• Red Herring Video, Philosophy Freak on You Tube
• Slippery Slope Guy on America
  
• Daily Show Clip on Global Warming, Post Hoc
  
• "You Hate Children" South Park, Either Or
• Stupid Fucking Piece of Shit Time Vampire, Bandwagon
• Article about Ad Hominem
• A generally easy to follow description of some fallacies
• This video illustrates a few fallacies in movies and cartoons
• Although some of these links are dead, the examples are very good
• Love is a Fallacy, Max Shulman short story
• Think twice before you use statistics of any sort: Todd Snider's "Statistician's Blues"

Argument and Rhetoric

• Cherri's Intro to Rhetoric and Argument
• Cherri's Fallacies Handout 
• Fundamentals of Critical Reading
  
• Intro to Artistotle's Rhetoric video
• First in a series of lectures about Aristotelean Rhetoric
  
• Rhetorica.Net
• Basics of Argument
• One definition of Argument
  
• Appeals: Ethos, Pathos, Logos
• Duke's Making an Argument Slide Show
• Structure of Argument
• Synthesis Essay Writing
• Verbs for Analysis and other handy thinking verbs
• Cool videos on various devices used in writing.

Improve Your Typing

• If you struggle with typing, there are many free programs online to help you improve your skills. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing is one. Click here for the program review and download link.

Succeeding in College and Beyond

• Being a Successful Student
• Dealing with Anxiety and Writer's Block
• Myths of College Writing: here, here and here
• No, you cannot multi-task, nor can you text AND listen at the same time. I promise.
• Succeeding at Tests and Studying
  
• A  quick video about how to feel less cluttered and get things done.
• A list of Must-Dos for the first week of school and the authors' website, the USA Today's Professor's Guide Blog, with lots of other tips for college student success. Clilck around on the links that seem most interesting to you. I like the first seven tips on this one about sending professors email.
• The Student Rights and Responsibilities document for American River College
• The Woodland Community College Student Code of Conduct is in the schedule book
• Here are some interesting ideas about college
• Why a resume is a tool for a messy life and not set in stone: the mutable and dynamic resume
• Jenny Blake's Life After College site
• Steve Jobs' Commencement Address to Stanford 2005
• JK Rowling's Commencement Address to Harvard 2008, part 1, part 2, part 3
  

Buying Textbooks

• A great place to check for online text book prices is bigwords.com. You put in the ISBN and it will search all the online booksellers for the current inventory and sale price.
• You can also check out textbook rentals. This is new, but it's picking up in popularity. 
• Many texts are currently available in online formats as well as Kindle and Nook formats.
• The public library has many texts as well.
  

Dictionary & Thesaurus

(A great place to find dictionaries is Goodwill as the hardback dictionaries are usually $2.49. The Goodwill at Watt and El Camino generally has a decent selection as does the one at Manzanita and Cypress; I like the other thrift stores for other kinds of items though.)

• Oxford American Dictionary & Thesaurus
• The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

Grammar and Usage Handbooks

• Write Right! Jan Venolia
• For English Majors:  MLA Handbook 
• Woe is I
• Grammar Girl's Quck and Dirty Tip's for Better Writing