Resources

There are many places where students in need of help and information can turn to.  The Internet is an excellent source of useful information and the links provided below will direct you to informative and trustworthy sources.

Customized Academic Support (CAS) Resources

Dictionary and Thesaurus

• Longman online dictionary. A great online dictionary that not only gives the definition of a word, but also examples of how to use it in a sentence.
• Easy-to-use dictionary and thesaurus
• Free online dictionary: An amazing free dictionary that includes a thesaurus, a legal dictionary, medical dictionary, and much more.
• Rhymezone.com lets you type in a word to find its rhymes, synonyms, definitions, quotations and much more:

MLA and APA Style Citation

MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities.

• A comprehensive MLA resource from the Purdue Online Writing Lab
• This is an MLA citation generator. Simply enter the information and this website will create the citation for you. Make sure you use the most current MLA handbook to double check the citation.

APA (American Psychological Association) is most commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences. Check out this website for help with APA documentation.

Personal Statement and Appeal Letter Writing

• This is De Anza College's transfer center website:

• Tips on writing appeal letters.
  

Resume Writing

• Check out the Career center's website for tips on writing your resume.

Reading

• This is a link to De Anza's Skills Reading class.
• Here's an excellent link that teaches students reading strategies to use before, during, and after interact with texts.

Spelling

• Spelling tips
• Spelling game
• Spell checker

Writing

General writing website:

• Purdue Online Writing Lab
• Guide to Grammar and Writing
• Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.

Grammar exercises and explanations

• Conditionals

• Comma Use
• Fragments
• Run-on sentences

• Reported Speech

• Semi-colons

• Subject verb agreement (make sure you watch the power point presentation)

• Verb Tense

De Anza Faculty Websites

There are several De Anza faculty members whose web sites are treasure droves for a student in need of help with English assignments.

• Marilyn Patton
• Suzanne Helfman
• Julie Madigan
• Maryanne Ifft