ENG102: First-Year Composition

This guide was designed to support students enrolled in ENG102; however, others conducting research might also find the content useful.  Here is the basic format:  

• Find Articles -- How to access articles from the library databases
• Find Books -- How to access electronic and physical books, including reference books
• Find Video/Images -- How to access the library's film and art resources and databases. How to find images.
• Website Evaluation -- Tips for evaluating the quality of found resources
• Google: Enhanced Searching -- More effective Google searching.
• Primary Versus Secondary Sources - Explains the difference between primary and secondary sources. Provides links and tips to searching primary sources in the GCC Library databases.
• Specific Assignments/Essay Structure -- A brief guide to rhetorical approaches and structure for types of essays. Includes ubtabs for assignments in specific sections of ENG102, listed with instructor's name. 
• Specific Assignments -- Direct link to subtabs for assignments in specific sections of ENG102, listed with instructor's name. 
• Citation Assistance -- Guide and citation tools for MLA, APA, and Chicago citation styles
• Ask a Librarian -- Available research assistance   

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            Dreamingyakker. "Pencil, Composition Book," Flickr Creative Commons, 5 March 2006.