English/Reading Resources

Blackboard Website for online students
http://noccccd.blackboard.com

Reading

Online resources for Reading and All That Jazz
http://www.mhhe.com/mather/

Online exercises for Ten Steps texts
Building, Improving, and Advancing Reading Skills
Click "online exercises" in the top menu bar and select the appropriate text.
http://www.townsendpress.com/

Online exercises for Joining A Community of Readers
http://wps.ablongman.com/long_alexander_jcr_3/0,9386,1482354-,00.html

The Flying Inkpots Zine Scene
Links to online journals, magazines, periodicals, and zines.
http://inkpot.com/zines/ 

Newspapers.com
Links to worldwide newspapers by geographic area and subject
http://www.newspapers.com/

Classic Short Stories: Bibliography and Related Links
http://www.bnl.com/shorts/

Vocabulary

Online exercises to accompany Building Vocabulary and Improving Vocabulary Series
Click "online exercises" in the top menu bar and select the appropriate text. 
http://www.townsendpress.com/

Writing

Online Writing Lab – The OWL at Purdue
Writing, Grammar and MLA Formatting
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

Study Skills

University of Minnesota, Duluth
Study Strategies, including time management, learning styles, test taking, metacognition
http://www.d.umn.edu/kmc/student/loon/acad/strat/study_strat_enr.html

The Realms of Recall
Improving Memory from the Cuesta College's Academic Support webpage http://academic.cuesta.edu/access/AS/262.htm

Mind Tools
Academic and career skills, including time management, stress management, memory improvement, problem solving, and project planning
http://www.mindtools.com/memory.html

General

Refdesk.com
Reference source for facts on many topics.
http://refdesk.com/