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Citation and Style Guides

APA (2010, 6th edition)

APA Sample Paper [Word version - .docx] APA Style Guide [Word version - .docx] *Revised January 2012* To Quote, Paraphrase or Block Quote? - APA Style [Word version - .docx] *Revised August 2011* Annotated Bibliography - APA Style [Word version - .docx] Nursing Sample APA Paper Formatting Page Headers - APA Style For the 5th edition versions of these guides, click here.

MLA (2009, 7th edition)

MLA Style Guide, 7th Edition [Word version - .docx] To Quote, Paraphrase or Block Quote? - MLA Style [Word version - .docx] Annotated Bibliography - MLA Style [Word version - .docx] For the 6th edition versions of these guides, click here.

 

Essay Writing Guides

• How to Write a Review [Word version - .docx]
• Writing in College: A Short Guide to College Writing by Joseph M. Williams and Lawrence McEnerney
  [Hosted by the University of Chicago]
• What is Plagiarism? [Word version - .docx] *Revised August 2011*

 

Microsoft Office Guides

Office 2007

• Microsoft Excel 2007 Basics [Word version - .docx]
• Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Basics [Word version - .docx]
• Microsoft Word 2007 Basics [Word version - .docx]
  
• Saving in Office 2007 [Word Version - .doc]

Office 2003

• Microsoft Excel 2003 Basics [Word version - .doc]
• Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 Basics [Word version - .doc]
• Microsoft Word 2003 Basics [Word version - .doc]

 

General Research Guides

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

 

Program Research Guides

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.

• Addictions Counselling [Word version - .docx] *Created: June 2011*
• Business [Word version - .docx]
• Education [Word version - .docx] *Revised: June 2011*
• Environmental Sciences [Word version - .docx]
• Nursing [Word version - .docx]
• Police and Security [Word version - .docx] *Created: June 2011*
• Psychology [Word version - .docx] *Created: June 2011*
• Visual Communications [Word version - .docx]

 

Classroom Handouts

Education

• 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
• List of Juvenile Fiction and Non-fiction with First Nations Content in the Medicine Hat College Libraries 

English

• English 123 – Nonverbal Communication [Instructor: Avril Torrence]
• English 125 - Introductory Report Writing and Speech [Instructor: Avril Torrence]
• English 202 – Performing/Staging Hamlet [Instructor: Avril Torrence]
• English 203 – A Research Guide [Instructor: Avril Torrence]

History

• 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
• History 351 - Nineteenth Century Europe, 1815–1914 *Created: June 2011*
  

Paramedic

• Paramedic 100 – Foundations of Paramedic Practice I

Political Science

• 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

 

Technology

• Changing Passwords (Blackboard, computers, mhMHC portal, and student email)
• Flash Drives for Windows XP
• Printer Services - Double-side, staple, and hole punch options (Vera Bracken Library)
• Storage Options for Students 

 

Presentations

• 40 Cool Toys in 40 Minutes (Geekapalooza 2.0; .pptx - 10.75 MB) [PDF version - 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)