Overview of The Little, Brown Essential Handbook, 7th ed.Cherie DarganHawkeye Community CollegeFall 2013

Overview

We will look at • Why you should use the

Handbook, either print or e-Book

• The contents of the book• Special features• Using the e-Book, found in

Angel

The Little, Brown Handbook

Why do you need a Handbook?• To help you with writing the essays

for your Composition 1 and 2 class (and other college classes, too!). You might have some questions:

• How do you do a Works Cited page?

• Do I need a comma here?• What’s a comma splice? How do I

fix it?• How do I figure out my writing

assignment, if I don’t understand the terms my teacher uses?

The Handbook, 7th edition

• This is a very abbreviated version of the full handbook.

• The contents reflect the idea of essentials—what are the most important things students need to know?

ContentsPart 1 – Writing. (Red)Part 2 – Effective sentences. (Navy Blue)Part 3 – Grammatical sentences. (Green)Part 4 – Punctuation (Purple)Part 5 – Spelling & Mechanics (Bright

Blue)Part 6 – Research and Documentation

(Teal)• MLA Documentation (Navy blue)• APA Documentation (Purple)• Chicago Documentation (Light Blue)• CSE Documentation (Green)

Special Features

Some of the features include• Checklists for each Part• Color coding of each Part: there is a

block of color at the side, like a tab, to identify each part.

• The final tab, Research and Documentation includes multiple Documentation styles, and each one has its own color code.

• Glossary of usage – pages 239-248. This is a list of words or phrases that often confuse users. Check here if you are wondering whether to use Accept or except?

Special features, cont.• Glossary of terms – pages 249-260.

This is a list of English grammar terms in alphabetical order. If you aren’t sure what comma splice is, check here!

• Index, pages 263-293. Use this guide to find what you need.

• ESL Guide, pages 294-295. This brief handout includes some general guidelines and then a list of topics and where to find help on them in the Handbook.

• Editing symbols, page 296 (Final page of the book)

Features--Checklists

Each section has a checklist• (Part 1) Page 2 – Checklist for

revising academic writing• (Part 2) Page 30—Checklist for

effective sentences• (Part 3) Page 50 – Checklist for

grammatical sentences• (Part 4) Page 84—Checklist for

punctuation• (Part 5) Page 104—Checklist for

spelling and mechanics• (Part 6) Page 117 – Checklist for

research and documentation

The e-Book version

• You will access the e-Book version of the Handbook in Angel, inside your class website

• You will need to first register with Pearson, and may need to sign in when switching to a new computer or using a new internet browser (This will all be done right within your class Angel website)

What can you do with an e-book?• You may be surprised!• You can bookmark pages• Highlight key ideas• Create notes• Edit notes• See list of notes in the note

manager tool• Search book • View in single page or two

page view

Highlight text using the pen

Bookmark pages using red ribbon

Use the hand tool to move up and down a page

Create a Note using the thumb tack icon

If needed, you can edit notes by clicking on the thumb tack

After creating a note, get the thumb tack icon to mark the space

Use the notes manager to review the list of notes, which includes page numbers

Use the search tool by typing key term in search window

Search specific part of e-Book

Search results—single page from list of results

Don’t throw away your print book!• Not everyone works well

with e-Books• We have many kinds of

learning styles• Many of you will just use

one of them; however, I hope that many of you will use BOTH of them at different times.

Why use the print book?

• You’re a visual learner• You feel more comfortable

with a “real book”• Your teacher wants you to

bring the book to class

When might it be handy to use the e-Book?

• You’re working on an essay and forgot the print book! Just open up Angel.

• You’re working on a worksheet about MLA documentation in word; you can switch back and forth from Angel to Word in two windows.

• You are creating your Works Cited page in word and can’t remember how to cite a journal from Ebsco Host.

Conclusion

• Print or eBook, the new Handbook is designed to be easy to use, whether you fill it up with your own sticky notes and hand written comments, or use the notes manager, book mark, and highlight tools.

• Keep it handy when you work on writing assignments for your Composition class—and other classes as well.