English, Integrated Learning Studies and Communication Studies Student Support Services

The English, Integrated Learning Studies and Communication Studies Department provides support services available to all students:

  • The Learning Center.  Need help in a class? Stop by the Learning Center in the Gordon Student Center, Suite G202, today to learn more!

This week's events: 

Thurs. Aug 22  Adjunct and New Hire Orientation with Breakout Sessions

 

Next week's events:  
TBA

 

Events over remainder of the semester: 

TBA

Composition

The Purdue On-line Writing Lab

This is one of the best places on the web to access citation, grammar, and formatting rules. It also contains many great resources for writers. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

Alan Cooper’s Homonym List

This page gives a list of most homonyms in the English language. It also contains a brief definition of each word. As many commonly confused and misspelled words are homonyms, this list can be an invaluable resource in proofreading.  http://www.cooper.com/alan/homonym_list.html

Literary Study

Dr. Wheeler’s Literary Terms and Definitions- This page contains an extensive glossary of literary terms. 

http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_A.html

Creative Writing

Cinema

American Film Institute

This is the website of one of the U.S.A.’s most important film organizations.  http://www.afi.com/

Rotten Tomatoes

This is a website that aggregates film reviews available on-line.  http://www.rottentomatoes.com/

Internet Movie Database

This database provides the basic information and plot summaries for the vast majority of films

http://www.imdb.com/

Journalism

      Be sure to use the ISBN or you might purchase the wrong edition

      Professor Dick Baggett 

      • English 104
        •  Arp, Thomas R. and Greg Johnson. Perrine’s Literature: Structure, Sound and Sense.(Note: you may use the 10th or 11th edition)
          •  11th ed. Boston: Thomson-Wadsworth, 2011.  ISBN Numbers: 11th edition: ISBN: 978-0-495-89796-5
          •  10th edition: ISBN: 13: 978-1-4130-3308-3; ISBN: 10: 1-4130-3308-3
        •  Lester, James D., and James D. Lester, Jr. The Essential Guide: Research Writing Across the Disciplines. 5th ed. New York: Pearson-Longman, 2011 ISBN Numbers: ISBN: 13: 978-0-205-76287-3 ISBN: 10: 0-205-76287-5

       Professor Michael O'Connor 

      • English 099 sections 013 and 019 
        • The Little Seagull Handbook by Richard Bullock and Francine Weinberg, ISBN 978-0-393-91151-0
        • The Merriam Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus, ISBN 978-0-877-79851-4   
      • English 103 sections 046, 052, and 801
        • The Little Seagull Handbook by Richard Bullock and Francine Weinberg, ISBN 978-0-393-91151-0
      • English 250 section 001
        • Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison, ISBN 0-452-26957-1
        • Donald Duk by Frank Chin, ISBN 0-918273-83-8
        • The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, ISBN 0-679-73477-5
        • Refuse by Elliot Deline, ISBN 978-1-477-66158-1
        • Paradise by Toni Morrison, ISBN 978-0-452-28039-7