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Websites to Support Your Studying

Academic Resource Links	GENERAL STUDY SKILLS WEBSITE Academic Resource Core-content Links are links to tutorials and other resources in various academic subjects.
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.

	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.

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.
Lecture Styles In Math And Science	Note-taking tips for math and science lectures are outlined by the University of Texas Learning Center.

	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.
Editing and Proofreading Advice	A guide to editing and proofreading comes from the University of North Carolina's Writing Center.
Research Notetaking	University of Toronto link will help with taking notes from research reading.
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 SKILLS WEBSITE

Academic Resource Core-content Links are links to tutorials and other resources in various academic subjects.

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.

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.

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

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

Note-taking tips for math and science lectures are outlined by the University of Texas Learning Center.

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.

A guide to editing and proofreading comes from the University of North Carolina's Writing Center.

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

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.