Study Skills Resources

Time Management

1.  Time management skills are your abilities to recognize and solve personal time management problems. The goal of these time management lessons is to show you what you can do to improve those skills.
http://www.time-management-guide.com/time-management-skills.html

2.  This section of Mind Tools teaches you personal time management skills. These are the simple, practical techniques that have helped the leading people in business, sport and public service reach the pinnacles of their careers.
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/main/newMN_HTE.htm

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Memorization Techniques

1.  The art of memorization is referred to as mnemonics. Mnemonics are methods for remembering information that is otherwise quite difficult to recall. A very simple example of a mnemonic is the '30 days hath September' rhyme. The basic principle of mnemonics is to use as many of the best functions of the human brain as possible to code information.          
http://www.accd.edu/sac/history/keller/ACCDitg/SSMT.htm

2. This page gives you access to powerful methods for significantly improving the power of your memory.  http://www.academictips.org/memory/index.html

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Test-Taking & Test Anxiety

1.  Whether you're a high school or college student, tests are unavoidable. If you take a multiple-choice exam your strategy will be different than if you were to take an essay test. Learning proper note taking, studying and test taking strategies are a vital part of improving your grade and academic success. http://www.testtakingtips.com/

2.  Test taking help and tips for studying-study skills for students.  Learn strategies on how to reduce test taking anxiety. http://www.ulrc.psu.edu/studyskills/test_taking.html

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Note-Taking & Listening

1.  Note-taking skills can be improved by working on your listening abilities.
http://www.eiu.edu/~lrnasst/notes.htm

2.  Listening is an essential learning tool.  Class notes can serve as an important tool for reviewing for exams and distilling key concepts.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/success/notes.html

3.  There are many note-taking techniques available to help you become a more efficient note-taker. There are also guidelines to effective listening.
http://academic.cuesta.edu/acasupp/as/206.htm

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Useful Studying Habits
How to Study.com - A Study Skills Resource Site

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Internet Research Skills

1. Checklist of Internet Research Tips
http://www.internettutorials.net/checklist.html

2. University of Washington TRIO Quest Resources
http://depts.washington.edu/trio/center/howto/write/index.html

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Citing Sources Using MLA Style

1.  MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

2.  It is very important that you cite your sources when you are using other people’s ideas or it will be called plagiarism and that’s a crime. 
http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm

3.  In most college courses, we are asked to read and incorporate the writing of others into our own. Whenever you take ideas, paraphrase, or quote from a source, you need to indicate in your paper the sources from which the information came.
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/mla_style.shtml

4. University of Washington TRIO Quest Resourceshttp://depts.washington.edu/trio/center/howto/write/writing/mla.html

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Typing Skills & Drills
Free Online Typing Tutor: http://www.goodtyping.com/

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Using Your High School Counselor

1.  44 Reasons to Listen to Your High School Counselor
http://www.jobprofiles.org/library/guidance/guidance-counselors.htm