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	General Study Tips
Study Guides	Cuesta College offers learning skill guides.

Learning Skill Database	Muskingum College provides a learning strategies database.
College Learning Strategies	Dartmouth College suggests strategies for effective learning.
Content Specific Strategies	How to Study.org is a directory of resources for college study in specific content areas.
Guide for Studying History	This site discusses how to read and prepare for your history class.
	TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS
Master Weekly Schedule Form	Use this form to plan and track activities for your week--24 hours a day.
How Well Do You Plan?	Quiz yourself on improving your planning with tips from Dartmouth College.
Where DoesTime Go?	An exercise from Virginia Tech helps you find more time.
Managing Your Time	Dartmouth College's time management tips includes a video.

	LANGUAGE
Tips For Learning A Foreign Language	Check this site to discover unique strategies for learning a foreign language.
Studying A Foreign Language	UIC's Academic Center presents study tips for foreign language students.
ESL Students Study	UIC's Academic Center has study ideas for international students.
ESL Study Guide	Purdue University provides tips for ESL students.
	MATH and SCIENCE
Math Resources	This site links to the Top 20 list of math websites.
Help for Studying Algebra	This site reviews resources for studying algebra
Understanding Mathematics	The University of Utah provides a study guide for studying and understanding mathematics.
Science Class Study	This site offers advice on how to study for science classes.
Study Hints for Chemistry	This site provides suggestions on how to study more effectively for chemistry courses
Exam Tips for Chemistry Exams	This site provides lots of ideas for studying chemistry
	WRITING AND RESEARCH
The NIU Writing Center On-Line	The N.I.U. Writing Center should be your first choice in writing support from on or off campus!
The Writing Process	Purdue University's writing site is an extensive guide for all types of writing.
The Grammar Request Line	This interactive site allows you to ask quick grammar questions.
Research Notetaking	University of Toronto link will help with taking notes from research reading.
	STYLE GUIDES FOR WRITING PAPERS
MLA Style Guide	The MLA Style Format can be found at this Purdue University site.

APA Style Guide	APA Style Guide can be found at this Purdue University site.
Chicago Style Guide	Chicago Style Format is found at this Purdue University site.

Turabian Style Guide	This link refers to the Turabian format.

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Writing and Study Skills Resources

Websites to Support Your Studying

General Study Tips

Cuesta College offers learning skill guides.

Muskingum College provides a learning strategies database.

Dartmouth College suggests strategies for effective learning.

How to Study.org is a directory of resources for college study in specific content areas.

This site discusses how to read and prepare for your history class.

TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS

Use this form to plan and track activities for your week--24 hours a day.

Quiz yourself on improving your planning with tips from Dartmouth College.

An exercise from Virginia Tech helps you find more time.

Dartmouth College's time management tips includes a video.

LANGUAGE

Check this site to discover unique strategies for learning a foreign language.

UIC's Academic Center presents study tips for foreign language students.

UIC's Academic Center has study ideas for international students.

Purdue University provides tips for ESL students.

MATH and SCIENCE

This site links to the Top 20 list of math websites.

This site reviews resources for studying algebra

The University of Utah provides a study guide for studying and understanding mathematics.

This site offers advice on how to study for science classes.

This site provides suggestions on how to study more effectively for chemistry courses

This site provides lots of ideas for studying chemistry

WRITING AND RESEARCH

The N.I.U. Writing Center should be your first choice in writing support from on or off campus!

Purdue University's writing site is an extensive guide for all types of writing.

This interactive site allows you to ask quick grammar questions.

University of Toronto link will help with taking notes from research reading.

STYLE GUIDES FOR WRITING PAPERS

The MLA Style Format can be found at this Purdue University site.

APA Style Guide can be found at this Purdue University site.

Chicago Style Format is found at this Purdue University site.

This link refers to the Turabian format.