ENG
1003
Strategies for Academic Success
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Suggested Keywords |
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How to Generate Ideas for a Paper
Scholarly
Versus Popular Periodicals
Watch
this 3-minute YouTube to distinguish the difference:
Scholarly vs. Popular
Periodicals
Searching
the Catalog
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Resources
can be found by searching the online catalog: http://library2.nsuok.edu/
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Subject
headings used in the catalog
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academic
achievement
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learning
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study
skills
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test-taking
skills
Want an item NSU owns placed on the hold shelf for you? Order it
through the online catalog.
Want an item NSU does not own? Order it through the interlibrary
loan system ILLiad.
Books
Academic Success:
College Success Strategies. LB2395 .N545 2003
High-Achieving Schools: What Do They Look Like? LB1131 .S54 2002
The Minds of Boys: Saving Our Sons from Falling Behind in School and Life. LC1390 .G87 2005
Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and
Why They Should be Learning More. LB2322.2 .B65 2006
Reference Materials on the
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English
Language. Ref PE1628
.A623 2000
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. Ref PE1628 .M36 2001
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. Ref AG5 .H757 2002
The New Oxford American Dictionary. Ref PE1628 .N429 2005
The
Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations. PN6084 .H8 094 2001
E-books
Film Snob’s Dictionary, c2006
The
Keepin’ It Real: School Success beyond Black
and White, c2005
Up Your Grades: Proven Strategies for
Academic Success, c1997
Writing Your Doctoral Dissertation: Invisible
Rules for Success, c2000
E-journals
Campus Life
Chronicle of Higher Education
College Student Journal
Journal of Advanced Academics
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Academic
Search Premier -
a general database that contains article citations and full-text articles covering
many academic subjects.
Wilson Web – this database
provides access to domestic and international English-language periodicals,
monographs and yearbooks. Citation coverage goes back to 1983. Full text
articles are available from 1996 to the present. Contains a thesaurus.
Suggested
Keywords for Strategies for Academic
Success
One
of the first steps in creating a research plan is to select “key words” which
best describe the topic you plan to research. If you are unfamiliar with the
terminology of your assigned topic you may wish to refer to sources such as
textbooks, dictionaries, and other reference materials in the field of study.
Use
the following terms individually or in combination with one another:
college
students
development
social, physical, emotional, educational
education and psychology (combine terms using and)
diversity
"cognitive style"
"learning modalities"
"learning strategies"
"learning motivation"
"thinking skills"
"learning styles "
culture
gender
"multiple intelligenc*"
students
teen* (truncate to get all forms: teen, teens, teenagers, teenaged, etc.)
1.
Use synonyms if your original search produces no results. A thesaurus can be
helpful, if the database is equipped with one.
2.
Pay attention to search tips or help screens provided by each database.
3. Most
databases allow for Boolean Searching. Use and
to narrow, or to expand, not to exclude. Truncation is also
useful for bringing back all relevant results. For example, type counsel*
to bring back documents containing the words counsel, counseling, counselor,
etc.
4.
Take advantage of the following sources of help:
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Reference desk: Located on the second floor of the BA library, the desk is
staffed from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mon - Thurs & 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday by
reference librarians or other experienced library staff members.
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Feel free to contact the library with a question or to schedule a one-on-one
reference session.
Strategies for Academic Success
Guidelines and Thoughts for Academic Success
Learning Strategies: Maximizing Your Academic Experience
Significant Factors to Achieve Academic Success
Style Manuals for Academic Writing
American
Psychological Association (APA)
Modern Language Association (MLA)
General
Tom Messner's Search
Engine Page
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