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• How to Write a Review [Word version]
  
  
• How to Write a College Paper
  
  
• What is Plagiarism? [Word version - .docx] *Revised: August 2010*

• Collecting Statistical Data
  
  
• Database Tip Sheet: Finding Journal, Magazine, and Newspaper Articles
  
  
• Doing Research on the Web: Evaluating Web Sites
  
  
• Essay Notes Sheet [Word version]
  
  
• How to Determine if a Periodical is Peer Reviewed [Word version]

Program research guides are designed to ease users into the research process for many programs being offered by the college. Each guide will provide users with direction on where to locate books, articles, audiovisuals, and web-based resources provided by Library Services for particular programs.

Library Services is regularly adding and improving upon the guides, so please check back.

• Business [Word version] *Revised: August 2010*
  
  
• Education [Word version]*Posted: August 2010*
  
  
• Environmental Sciences [Word version] *Posted: August 2010*
  
  
• Nursing [Word version] *Posted: August 2010*
  
  
• Visual Communications [Word version] *Posted: August 2010*
  

• EDEL 316 and EDEL 415 – Elementary School Mathematics Library and Information Resources
  
  
• EDEL 330 – Elementary School Science Library and Information Resources
  
  
• EDEL 335 – Elementary School Social Studies Library and Information Resources
  
  
• English 123 – Nonverbal Communication [Instructor: Avril Torrence]
  
  
• English 202 – Performing/Staging Hamlet [Instructor: Avril Torrence]
  
  
• English 202 – Resources Pathfinder [Instructor: Ken Clement]
  
  
• English 203 – A Research Guide [Instructor: Avril Torrence]
  
  
• History 203 – History of Europe
  
  
• History 205 – The Americas
  
  
• History 217 - The United States, 1607–1865
  
  
• History 231 – Canada, Origins to 1867
  
  
• History 233 – Canada Since 1867
  
  
• History 331 – Canadian Social Development
  
  
• History 333 – Popular Culture in Nineteenth Century Canada
  
  
• History 345 - Crime and Criminal Justice in Canada
  
• List of Juvenile Fiction and Non-fiction with First Nations Content in the Medicine Hat College Libraries
  
  
• Political Science 201 – Introduction to Government and Politics
  
  
• Political Science 223 – Conflict and Unity: Canadian Issues
  
  
• Political Science 313 – Political Ideologies
  
  
• Political Science 313 Worksheet
  
  
• Paramedic 100 – Foundations of Paramedic Practice I

• Flash Drives for Windows XP
  
  
• Storage Options for Students

• 40 Cool Toys in 40 Minutes (Geekapalooza 2.0; .pptx - 10.75 MB) [PDF - 5.2 MB]
  
  
• APA Presentation Package (2.4 MB ZIP Package - contains .pptx presentations and supporting documents in .docx and PDF)
  
• Creative Commons: ‘Some Rights Reserved’: A Primer for Faculty, Staff and Students
  
  
• Web 2.0: Realization to Actualization (Geekapalooza 2008; .pptx - 530 KB)