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easybib.comPrior to Al Gore inventing the Internet, bibliographieswere a real hassle. Competing styles required dif erent

ormats, and who could keep track o the various citationsneeded or magazine articles, books, interviews, and otherrare media ormats? T anks to tools like Easybib, studentsdon’t have to worry about such trivialities any longer.Select your source, ll in the blanks, and there’s yourcitation. It’s as easy as the name implies.

thesaurus.comCollege students need to use good words. Wait, let’s try that again. Academicians should be compelled to adoptsuperb vocabulary. Knowing when to retire “interesting,”“extreme,” and ten million other over used words is the

rst step to writing at the college level. Just make sureyou understand the meaning o the words you’re using,otherwise you’ll come of as more than a bit pedantic.

merriam-webster.comT e best way to guarantee you know how to properly usethe words you’re choosing is to look them up. Merriam-Webster has brought their established print reputationto the Internet by creating one o the most in ormativedictionaries on the Web. It’s much more reliable than

Urban Dictionary to say the least.babelf sh.yahoo.comPero, que haces cuando no hablar una lingua? Anyonetaking a language course will quickly learn that Babel shis a double edged sword. T e website is a use ul tool thatcan help you gure out what you’re trying to say in anun amiliar language. Yet, using it to translate large blockso texts or neglecting to double check the translation leadsto problems. Use it as a resource, not a crutch.

sparknotes.comNot that you should snooze throughBritish Literature o the Middle Ages,but the harder an assigned reading is, themore valuable SparkNotes becomes. Readingthrough a summary can augment the readingthat you’re certainly already doing or the classand help you to better understand the text thatyou de nitely read on your own.

ratemypro essors.comGiven ACC’s large body o adjunct aculty, notevery pro essor is rated on the site. But i you do

nd a pro essor that you’re considering, si ingthrough lazy students’ complaints and earnestpraise can help you get a eel i this teacher willbe talk ing over your head the whole semesteror leading a un and engaging class. It also tellsyou i your pro essor is hot i you’re into thatsort o thing.

Trans er101.org T is is a great website or exas community college students interested in trans erring to

exas our-year schools. Everything is broken

down into our steps, rom picking a university that’s right or you, to actually applying andgetting aid at your new school. For morein ormation on trans erring check out thetrans er guide on page 60.

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