The Bookshelf

Come in and browse The Bookshelf which houses our collection of books and manuals.  These resources are available for you to use anytime that the TCC is open.  Whether you need help formatting a report or a resume, want to double-check your citation entries, or are looking for ideas to teach writing to your students, you can find a helpful resource on The Bookshelf. 

Anthologies, Poetry and Fiction | Arabic Resources | Composition & Rhetoric | Dictionaries and Thesauruses | ESL | Editing | Faculty Resources | General Technical Writing | Graduate Study | Handbooks and Style Manuals | Job Search | Oral Presentation | Reading | Reading Anthology | Reports & Manuals | Science & Engineering | Vocabulary | Writing about Research | Tutorial DVDs

Anthologies, Poetry and Fiction

 Readings: An Anthology

Santi Buscemi & Charlotte Smith

 Short Stories Vols. 12 & 13

Council of Editors of Learned Journals

 State of Poetry

Barbara Kingsolver

 The Story and Its Writer

Roger MGough

 Thematic Readings: An Anthology

McGraw Hill

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Arabic Resources

 The Arabic Alphabet

Nicholas Awde & Putros Samano

 Arabic-English Dictionary

J.M. Cowan

 Arabic Practical Dictionary

N. Awde and K. Smith

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Composition & Rhetoric

 Basic Composition Skills for Engineering Technicians & Technologists

David W. Rigby

 College Writing 1

Karen E. Walsh

 College Writing 2

Eileen Cotter

 College Writing 3

Gabriella Nutall

 College Writing 4

Li-Lee Tunceren & Sharon

 Destinations 2: Writing for Academic Success

Naney Herzfeld-Pipkin

 The Elements of Style

William Strunk Jr.& E.B. White

 Engaging Writing Paragraphs and Essays

Mary Fitzpatrick

 Engineering your Writing Success

James Vincler & Nancy Vincler

 Evergreen: A guide to Writing with Readings

Susan Fawcett

 Gateway to Academic Writing

Alan Meyers

 The Process of Composition

Joy M. Reid

 Read, Write, Edit (Grammar for College Writers)

Patricia Porter & Deborah vanDommeien

 Steps in Composition

Lynn Troyka & Jerrold Nudelman

 Tapestry - Writing 1

Meredith Pike-Baky

 Tapestry - Writing 2

Laurie Blass& Meredith Pike-Baky

 Tapestry - Writing 3

Marie Weidauer

 Tapestry - Writing 4

M.E. Sokolik

 Writing Analytically

Davis Rosenwasser & Jill Stephen

 Writing at the Threshold

Larry Weinstein

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Dictionaries and Thesauruses

 The American Heritage College Dictionary

Houghton Mifflin

 The American Heritage Thesaurus for Learners of English

Joyce & Susannah LeBaron

 Cambridge Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

Cambridge

 Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

Collins

 Dictionary of Engineering

McGraw-Hill

 Longman Dictionary of American English

Longman

 Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners

Macmillan

 Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Oxford

 Oxford English Dictionary - 11th Edition

Oxford

 Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 11th Edition

Merriam-Webster, Inc

 Thesaurus

Roget

 Webster's New World College Dictionary (4th Edition)

Wiley Publishing, Michael Agnes-Ed

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ESL

 The Bedford/St. Martin’s ESL Workbook

Sapana Gandhi-Rao, Maria McCormack & Elizabeth Trelenberg

 DVD's - 6 of them: various topics

Standard Deviants

 English Grammar (3rd Edition)

Betty Azar

 ESL Resource Book for Engineers and Scientists

Elaine Campbell

 ESL Writers

Marianne Celce-Murcia & Diane Larsen-Freeman

 Great Sentences for Great Paragraphs

Keith Folse, April Muchmore-Vokoun, & Elena Solomon

 Great Paragraphs

Keith Folse, April Muchmore-Vokoun, & Elena Solomon

 Second-Language Writing in the Composition Classroom

Paul Matsuda, etc

 Teaching Academic ESL Writing

Eli Hinkel

 Technical Writing and Professional Communication for Nonnative Speakers  of English

Thomas Huckin & Leslie Olsen

 Treatment of Error in Second Language Student Writing

Dana Ferris

 World Pass – Expanding English Fluency-(Upper-Intermediate)

Susan Stempleski, etc.

 World Pass – Expanding English Fluency-(Advanced)

Susan Stempleski, etc.

 Writing Academic English

Alice Oshima & Ann Hogue

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Editing

 The Craft of Editing

Michael Alley

 Writing Clearly

Janet Lane & Ellen Lange

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Faculty Resources

 Classroom Practices in Teaching English

NCTE

 Best Practices in College Reading and Learning

Jeanne Higbee et al, editors

 Effective Grading

Barbara Walvoord & Virginia Anderson

 Elements of Teaching Writing

Katherine Gottschalk & Keith Hjortshoj

 Essential Communication Strategies

Herbert L. Hirsh

 Essentials of Teaching Academic Writing

Joy M. Reid

 Good Intentions

Nancy Grimm & Nancy Barron

 Inspiring Independent Learning

Mary Ann Rafoth

 Machine Scoring of Student Essays

Patricia Ericsson & Richard Haswell

 More Ways to Handle the Paper Load

Jeffrey N. Golub

 Preventing Plagiarism

Laura H. DeSena

 Standards for the Assessment of Reading and Writing

IRA and NCTE

 Teaching and Evaluating Writing in the Age of Computers and High-Stakes Testing

Carl Whithaus

 Teaching Online: Internet Research, Conversation and Composition

Daniel Anderson, Brett Benjamin, Christopher Busiel & Bill Holt

 What is College Writing?

Patrick Sullivan & Howard Tinberg

 Workplace Communications for Engineering Technicians & Technologists

David Rigby

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General Technical Writing

 Technical & Professional Writing

Kennedy & Montgomery

 Technical Communication

Markel

 Technical Communication

Pfeiffer

 Technical Communication Situations & Strategies

Markel

 Technical Communication Today

Sheehan

 Technical Writing

Lannon

 Technical Writing & Professional Communication for Nonnative Speakers of English

Huckin & Olsen

 Technical Writing & Professional Communication

Olsen & Huckin

 Technical Writing Process & Product

Gerson & Gerson

 The Bedford/St. Martin's ESL Workbook

Rao, Cormack et al

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Graduate Study

 Commentary for Academic Writing for Graduate Students

John M. Swales & Christine B. Feak

 Academic Writing for Graduate Students

John Swales & Christine Feak

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Handbooks and Style Manuals

 ACS Style Guide

Anne Coghill & Lorrin Garson (eds)

 AMA Manual of Style (10th ed)

JAMA & Archives Journals - AMA

 APA/MLA Guidelines – (pamphlet)

BarCharts, Inc.

 APA: The Easy Way!

Peggy and Timothy Houghton

 The Blair Handbook

Toby Fulwiler & Alan Hayakawa

 The Business Writer’s Handbook

Gerald Alred, Charles Brusaw & Walter Oliu

 Chicago Manual of Style

University of Chicago Press

 The College Writer’s Handbook

Meyer, Van Rys, & Sebrane

 Concise Rules of APA Style (x 3

APA Association

 Easy Writer

Andrea Lunsford

 The Elements of Style

William Strunk Jr.& E.B. White

 Handbook of Technical Writing

Gerald Alred, Charles Brusaw & Walter Oliu

 A Manual for Writers (Chicago – 7th ed)

Kate Turabian

 Mastering APA Style: Student’s Workbook and Training Guide

Harold Gelfand, Charles Walker & APA

 MLA Handbook (6th edition)

Joseph Gibaldi

 Pocket Guide to APA Style

Robert Perrin

 Publication Manual of the APA (5th Ed)

APA Association

 Scientific Style and Format (CSE)

Council of Science Editors

 Stylebook 2006

Associated Press

 Writer’s Handbook for Engineering Technicians and Technologists

David Rigby

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Job Search 

 175 High-Impact Resumes

Beatty

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Listening & Speaking

 College Oral Communication 1-4

Chan, Roemer, Delk & Jones

 Tapestry - Listening & Speaking 1-4

Benz, Dworak, Gill et al.

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Oral Presentation

 Essential Communication Strategies

Hirsh

 Oral Presentation in the Composition Course

Duncan & Friedrich

 Pocket Guide to Technical Presentations & Professional Speaking

Zwickel & Pfeiffer

 Technical Presentation Workbook

Sullivan & Wircenski

 The Craft of Scientific Presentations

Alley

 Workplace Communications for Engineering Technicians & Technologists

Rigby

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Reading

 Academic Reading

McWhorter

 Breaking Through College Reading

Smith

 College Reading

Benz, Avery, Fellag et al.

 Efficient & Flexible Reading

McWhorter

 Essential Reading Skills: Second Edition

McWhorter

 Essential Reading Skills: Third Edition

McWhorter

 Guide to College Reading

McWhorter

 Making Connections

McWhorter

 Reading Skills Handbook

Wiener & Bazerman

 Tapestry: Reading 1-4

Guleff, Sokolik et al.

 

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Reading Anthology

 75 Readings: An Anthology

Buscemi & Smith

 75 Thematic Readings

McGraw-Hill

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Reports & Manuals

 Guidelines for Writing Effective Operating and Maintenance Procedures

AICHE

 The Complete Guide to Writing and Producing Technical Manuals

Haydon

 Writing Reports to Get Results

Blicq & Moretto

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Science & Engineering

 A Guide to Writing as an Engineer

Beer & McMurrey

 An Engineer's Guide to Technical Communication

Sorby & Bulleit

 Basic Composition Skills for Engineering Technicians & Technologists

Rigby

 Basic English for Science

Donovan

 Basic Technical English Teacher's Book

Comfort, Hick & Savage

 Basic Technical English

Comfort, Hick & Savage

 Dictionary of Engineering

Hill

 The MIT Guide to Science & Engineering Communication

Paradis & Zimmerman

 Effective Writing for Engineers, Managers, Scientists

Tichy

 Oxford English for Electrical & Mechanical Engineering

Glendinning & Glendinning

 Oxford English for Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Answer Book

Glendinning & Glendinning

 Engineering your Writing Success

Vincler & Vincler

 English in Electrical Engineering & Electronics

Glendinning

 English in Physical Science

Allen & Widdowson

 English for Science and Engineering

Williams

 English for Science and Technology

Evans, Smart & Wall

 Scientific English

Day

 Technical Document Basics for Engineering Technicians & Technologists

Rigby

 Writer's Handbook for Engineering Technicians & Technologists

Rigby

 Writing in the Technical Fields

Markel

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Vocabulary

 

 College Vocabulary 1-4

Howard, Gille et al.

 Focus on Vocabulary

Schmitt & Schmitt

 Vocabulary Simplified

McWhorter

 World Pass: Expanding English Fluency, Upper-Intermediate

Stempleski, Morgan & Douglas

 World Pass: Expanding English Fluency, Advanced

Stempleski, Morgan & Douglas

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Writing about Research

 How to Write & Publish a Scientific Paper

Day & Gastel

 Practical Research: Planning & Design

Leedy & Ormrod

 Proposal Writing

Coley & Scheinberg

 Sourcework (Academic Writing From Sources)

Dollahite & Haun

 Teaching on Line: Internet Research, Conversation and Composition

Anderson, Benjamin, Busiel & Holt

 The Craft of Research

Booth, Colomb & Williams

 Writing Up Research

Weissberg & Buker

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Tutorial DVDs

 Adobe Acrobat 7

 Adobe After Effects 7 - Rock Solid Foundation

 Adobe Creative Suite Power Projects

 Adobe Framemaker 7

 Adobe Golive CS2

 Adobe Illustrator CS2

 Adobe Indesign CS2

 Adobe Photoshop CS2

 Blogging

 HTML 4

 Introduction to XML

 Macromedia Flash 8 Fundamentals

 Macromedia Dreamweaver 8

 Microsoft Frontpage 2003

 Microsoft Excel 2003

 Microsoft Powerpoint 2003

 Microsoft Publisher 2003

 Microsoft Visio 2003

 Microsoft Word 2003

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List of Books/DVDs in the TCC in PDF

Note: These resources are for use in the TCC only. You are welcome to consult these resources any time the TCC is open.

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