LibGuides: SLS Library Resources: College Success

Featured Books

The Best Four Years: how to survive and thrive in college (and life) by Adam Shepard
Call Number: LB2343.32 .S525 2011
ISBN: 9780061983924
Publication Date: 2011
A lively, entertaining, and eminently insightful guide on how to make the most of the college experience from orientation to graduation.
The Freshman Survival Guide by Nora Bradbury-Haehl; Bill McGarvey
Call Number: LB2343.32 .B697 2016
ISBN: 9781455539000
Publication Date: 2016
A completely revised and updated guide to navigating the first year of college, featuring new research and advice on issues such as mental health, sexual assault, and finding balance and expanded sections on dating, money management, and more.
The Defining Decade: why your twenties matter and how to make the most of them now by Meg Jay
Call Number: BF724.5 .J39 2013 Life Skills
ISBN: 9780446561754
Publication Date: 2013
Provides the tools necessary to make the most of your twenties, and shows how work, relationships, personality, social networks, identity, and even the brain can change more during this decade than at any other time in adulthood.
Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer
Call Number: BF385 .F64 2012
ISBN: 9780143120537
Publication Date: 2012
Having achieved the seemingly unachievable-- becoming a U.S. Memory Champion-- Foer shows how anyone with enough training and determination can achieve mastery of their memory
The Organized Mind: thinking straight in the age of information overload by Daniel J. Levitin
Call Number: BF323.D5 L49 2015
ISBN: 9780147516312
Publication Date: 2015
Uses the latest brain science to demonstrate how people excel at managing information flow -- and how readers can use their methods to regain a sense of mastery over the way they organize their homes, workplaces, and time.

Campus Resources: Academic Support

Academic Advisement
Provides assistance to students as they select, plan, and complete academic programs at the university.
Learning Resources
At the library, you have access to tutoring in areas such as reading, writing, math, science, economics, public speaking, etc. You also have librarians that will help you with conduction research, creating citations and project inquiry. In addition, you have access to a ton of books, magazines, newspapers, technology, virtual resources, etc.

Web Resources

How to Study
Tips on how to study, prepare for tests, and write research papers. Also offers a variety of guides for writing and studying specific subjects.
Managing Your Time
Created by Dartmouth University, this website provides tips, videos, and worksheets to help students develop their time management skills.
Rescue Time
Helps you track your time and identify areas for improved time management. Claims to recover an average of just under 4 hours worth of productive time per week per person.