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MLA Format Guidelines

Helpful Links

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Vocabulary Study:

Quizlet.com --Use this site to study for vocab tests. Make your own list or use mine (if you're studying for English). Preview, review, play games, take a test--it almost makes vocab memorization fun.... :)
www.quizlet.com

FreeRice.com - Click here to challenge your vocab and give free rice to hungry
people around the world at the same time (really!).

http://www.freerice.com/

Writing Help:

MLA Format Instructions

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

Online English Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University - Click here for
TONS of easy-to-understand links about writing, ranging from grammar to
organization.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

The Guide to Grammar and Writing - Click here for more guides to grammar and
writing, including quizzes to check your understanding.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

Think ExistQuotes galore!

http://en.thinkexist.com/

Research Links:

NoodleTools.com - Click here to make an online bibliography. First create a
username and password (WRITE IT DOWN!), then enter your bibliographical
information (YES, you do need to use caps for names of people and titles).
This is a great resource because it saves your information online so that you
can access it later, adding or deleting as needed. You can also create
multiple projects in case you need to do a bibliography for another class too.

http://noodletools.com/

Choose the Best Search - Click here if you're not sure you know where to go to
get the best information and you tend to get sidetracked easily when looking
at random pages from google and end up wasting lots of time (like me!).  This
is a directory of good places to search for different types of information.

http://noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html

GoogleScholar.com - Click here to search for scholarly text (magazine &journal articles, books, etc.) available online.

http://scholar.google.com/

Advanced Google Search - Click here to do "smart" searches on Google.

http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en

HW Wilson Login Page - Click here to log into an online database of over 4000
magazines.  This is an awesome resource, paid for by FBHS, to find articles on
a wide range of topics.  You can usually get a pdf file, which will look like
the original picture, or a text document, complete with bibliographical
information.  The username is "FBHS" and the password is "wolves."

http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/login.jhtml

A Research Guide for Students --Got MLA bibliography questions? This is the place to go!

http://www.aresearchguide.com/12biblio.html#15

Reviews of Young Adult Literature:

Reading Rants: Reviews/descriptions of unusual teen books. Some interesting booklists, such as "Deadheads and Mosh-pits," "Gen-X Files," "Home Fries," "Riot Grrrl!" and more.

www.readingrants.org/

Young Adult Library: This website is one place to find the books that most interest teens every year. Voting for the top ten lists is open to teens during Teen Read Week in October.
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/...

TeenLink: A zine-like thing put out by the New York Public Library for teens to find books to read. Has a lot of titles listed in various categories, including nonfiction.

teenlink.nypl.org/bta1.cfm

Goddess Librarian: Blog about young adult novels--more informal than other sites because it's written by one person.
goddesslibrarian.blogspot.com/

No Flying Tights: A website reviewing an impressive/exstensive list of graphic novels. There is also a link to the latest news and gossip surrounding graphic novels.
www.noflyingnotights.com/lair/

Grouchy: Provides reviews and recommended reads of young adult lit. Books are organized according to subject, such as sex/love, fitting in, journeys, diary-ish, trouble, etc... Also provides links to other teen lit related websites.

www.grouchy.com/angst/

Teens Point: A huge site with lots of links to everything having to do with reading.
www.teenspoint.org/reading_matters/

Teen Ink: A website dedicated to publishing student work. This page is a collection of book reviews, all written by teenagers. Read what they think of the latest fiction and nonfiction, science fiction, inspirational books, horror, bestsellers, Pulitzer Prize winners, National Book Award winners, history, romance and more.

teenink.com/Books/

Flaming Net: A website where young adult books are reviewed by young adult readers. This site was started by a 16 year old! =)
www.flamingnet.com/

Teen Reads: Nice short book descriptions with thumbnails of bookcovers. Also includes podcasts, videos, graphic novels, and more.

www.teenreads.com/