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Catalyst 2.0, www.mhhe.com/catalyst, is an integrated, Web-based, assisted writing environment. It is free to students, although you must register as a user. It is designed to help you improve your academic writing and research skills. The chart below groups related Catalyst resources and lists them beneath the Exercise Your College Reading Skills chapter or OLC topic they go with. After you log in to the Catalyst website, go to the section (Learning, Research, Writing, and Editing) and then to topic indicated.

Exercise
Chapter/Material
Related Catalyst Resources

“Secrets” of Success, Handle Textbooks and Textbook Assignments Like a Pro

Intro sections

Catalyst>Learning>Study Skills Tutor

Intro sections

Catalyst>Learning>Additional Links on Learning

Part I: Warm-Up (vocabulary)

Ch 1-2

Catalyst>Learning>Dictionary and Thesauri

Ch 1-2

Catalyst>Editing>Clichés, Slang, Jargon, and Colloquialisms

Part II: Basic Workout (basic comprehension skills)

Ch 4

Catalyst>Writing>Paragraph/Essay Develop.>Thesis/Central Idea

Ch 5

Catalyst>Editing>Sentence Fragments

Ch 5

Catalyst>Editing>Sentence Types

Ch 5

Catalyst>Editing>Run-on Sentences

Ch 5

Catalyst>Editing>Multilingual/ESL Writers>Sentence Structure

Ch 6

Catalyst>Writing>Paragraph Patterns

Part VI: Cooldown

Ch 14

Catalyst>Learning>Study Skills Tutor

Ch 14

Catalyst>Learning>Additional Links on Learning

Ch 14

Catalyst>Writing>Outlines

Appendixes

Appendix 4

Catalyst>Research>Using the Internet

 

Catalyst>Research>Web Links on Research

Other OLC Modules

Spelling

Catalyst>Editing>Spelling

Interpreting Literature

Catalyst>Writing> Writing Tutors>Interpretive Analysis and Writing about Literature








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