Resources for Online Students
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Help from a librarianLibrarians are here for you!
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Services for Online Students-Request books from Murray Library Collection
-Ebrary (e-books)
-Interlibrary Loan for Journal Articles and Books Messiah doesn't own
Librarians can help you:
- plan your research strategy
- brainstorm, focus, broaden, or clarify your research topic
- guide you to the right sources
- get your materials through ILL or online
- evaluate credible, scholarly information
- properly cite your sources
- make recommendations of where else to look for information
- with technology and formatting issues (though we're not computer wizards)
How to find...
Looking for current articles from scholars and practitioners?
Select any database linked below or use the embedded search box located on this page (scroll down).
- Education Source This link opens in a new window
- ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) This link opens in a new window
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
- PsycBooks This link opens in a new window
- PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Suggested Keywords
prescriptive and descriptive grammar
second language acquisition
contrastive analysis for language teaching
pedagogical language knowledge
Please watch the video below (scroll down) to easily access our 300,000+ ebooks
- Language/TESOL ebooksE-books purchases especially for Messiah's TESOL program
- Grammar Matters: Teaching Grammar in Adult ESL ProgramsA highly recommended resource by K. Lynn Savage
with Gretchen Bitterlin and Donna Price, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Useful Call Numbers
LB1501-1547 Primary education
LB1555-1602 Elementary or public school education
LB1603-1696.6 Secondary education. High schools.
PE1001-1693 Modern English
PE1700-3602 Dialects. Provincialisms, etc.
PE3701-3729 Slang. Argot, etc.
Subjects (Mix and match in a search)
- English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.
- English language--Grammar--Study and teaching.
- English language--Grammar--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Language acquisition.
- English language--Phonology.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Phonology.
Keywords
prescriptive and descriptive grammar
second language acquisition
contrastive analysis for language teaching
pedagogical language knowledge
- Online grammar quizesFrom Oxford University Press
Quizzes various skill sets and ability levels - Worksheets and multimedia for English learnersClass audio, workbook audio, and all video for the American English File, Second Edition.
- Learning resources for studentsAutomatically corrected assessments by ability level.
- Oxford Learner's DictionaryThe largest and most trusted free online dictionary for learners of British and American English with definitions, pictures, example sentences, synonyms,
Do you have a suggestion to make to this list? Please let me know. Your classmates will appreciate it!
