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Jewell, R. (2001-2009). //Online Grammar Handbook// (Minnesota State Colleges and Universities). Retrieved February 9, 2010, from [] The //Online Grammar Handbook// is a comprehensive and collaborative handbook edited by Richard Jewell. Richard Jewell is a writing specialist and tenured professor at Inver Hills Community College in Minnesota. He is both a published author and an educator of elementary, secondary and post-secondary teachers. The //Online Grammar Handbook// is an online tool for researching, speaking skills, writing skills and literary criticism. The website loads easily and is simple to navigate, although there are many options. The editor updates information every two to three years and adds new links occasionally. The website is organized logically. Users can choose from the simple and ‘short’ table of contents or the ‘longer’ version to initiate their search. Section A of the handbook is a ‘getting started’ place. It provides information about the website and some helpful tips about reading and writing and how they are connected. Within each section are subdivided parts. A user can click on applicable subdivisions and are then taken to a new page that is full of additional links. Many of the links provided are to departments from schools such as Harvard, Purdue, Rutgers and even NASA. The website offers assistance for varying ability levels. However, it is specifically addressed to post-secondary education. The resources provided could be used with high school students preparing for college. There are several tools that would be useful for middle school students, as well. This is a world of tools for teachers. I am going to share this website with members of my department and the English department. It was refreshing to see post-secondary criticisms of methodologies and of actual writing samples. I think that this website will be more useful for teachers in the middle school than for students. However, there are those few exceptional students who will utilize the resources available at this website. __Grade Level __: Middle+ __Subject Areas __: English/Language Arts, Reading and Writing, Public Speaking __Overall Rating: __10 ||  || //Tiffany's// comment : Wow! This site is really resourceful and well organized. I couldn't visualize the type of information it contained, so accessed the website. It was phenomenal! I saw a host of resources hat I use on a daily basis, from APA format,to setting up a research paper,among other things. It also has links to web pages translations for: English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, or Italian. This is a great and easy to use reference site.
 * Team 4, Reference log 2b: Yearbooks & handbooks ||  ||<   ||
 * Reviewed by //Nigel//
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//Kristie's// comment I wish that I had access to such a useful site when I was writing my senior reserach paper in high school although the site is geared for post-secondary use. I remember having to find all sorts of information in a vareity of places. However, this awesome site has many tools regarding research and writing skills that could be helpful to all writers. The one thing that I really liked about the site is the options to utilize it based a variety of ability levels. Overall, I thought this was a great tool. ||

//Europa World Plus Online.// Retrieved February 19, 2010, from [] This online yearbook is nationally known for its accurate accounts of detailed country surveys containing the most recent analytical, statistical and directory information existing for more than 250 countries. This yearbook has a complete index that lists all of the organizations that are a part of the //Europa World Plus Online// and contribute to its contents.The statistical data includes accurate and up to date findings on the following information area and population, health and welfare, agriculture, forestry, fishing mining industry, finance, trade, transport; tourism, the media, and education. The directory for the //Europa World Plus Online// list important information that would only be accessible if one were sitting in front of a computer like names, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and internet addresses, plus other useful facts about organizations from the fields of government. Moreover it also list contact information for the following: election commissions, political organizations, diplomatic representation, judicial systems, religions, the press, publishers, broadcasting, banking, insurance, trade, industry transport, and tourism. This would be an outstanding source for school media centers because it also provides a wealth of information that is available through computer usage, which means it, can be updated frequently and it can be used by several students at one time. However this online subscription is very pricey. Although the subscription is very pricey, it does grant interested users a free trial period. Another seemingly cool aspect about this online resource is that you can choose specific components to purchase as opposed to the entire online yearbook. This feature would be great for curriculum's that focus on certain themes, or schools who may not have the funds readily available to purchase a full resource. Very cool website! I wish that i could have accessed more, but it required a username and password. I like that the company offers to sell partial access. That would really work well, perhaps, in magnet schools that have a curricular focus.
 * Reviewed by //Tiffany//
 * Reviewed by //Tiffany//
 * Grade**: 8th grade and up.
 * Age**: 13 and up.
 * Subject area**: all
 * Rating:** 10 ||  ||  //Nigel's// comment :

//Kristie's// comment : The site offers alot of usefull information. Like Nigel, it would be nice to actually see more of what the site has to offer. Perhaps a free trial would do the trick. I can see how much of the information could be used to assist teachers with a variety of units focusing on world populations. || This handbook describes the employment outlook over a ten-year projected period of time for occupations across the United States. Jobs included in this handbook range from professional positions (Engineering and Education Administrators) to clerical positions (Office Support Staff) to construction positions as well as positions in the Armed Forces. The format for each listed job includes the job’s significant points, followed by the nature of work, as well as working conditions. Employment, training, qualifications, advancement, job outlook, earnings, related occupations, and sources of additional information are also listed. This handbook is an outstanding source for high school students because they are trying to decide on career paths and college majors which may lead to certain career paths. This can be an ideal source for those students who are looking to work immediately after high school as well as those students wanting information about the armed forces. The projections in this handbook can be quite helpful in such research. Students who are in the 10th grade or higher can benefit from this source. This handbook can be used for subjects in career exploration or job skills. The ranking for this source is 6. Occupational Outlook Handbook. (2004). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor. R371.42 Occ Grades: //10th grade or higher// Subject(s): Career Exploration Job Skills Rating:6 ||   ||<  //Nigel's// comment : I had the hardest time finding resources for this assignment. This sounds like a really great tool for high school students and perhaps some 8th grade students. We have a group of Jr. ROTC (type) students that would probably benfit from reading this handbook. I was on a visit to a high school recently and they had an entire classroom dedicated to career resources. These were seperate from the media center resources. It was a great place for studnets to go during lunch or before or after school for career research.
 * Reviewed by //Kristie//

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