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Learning Resources
Style Guides for Writing
A list of resources for the most popular style guides for writing research papers including ACM, APA, CBE, CMS/Turabian, Harvard, IEEE, MLA and UW Graduate School styles.
Study Skills Web Sites
Web sites that provide tips and strategies to improve general study skills (e.g. reading, note taking, test preparation, & time management) and discipline-specific study skills.
On-Line Handouts
A collection of handouts covering group work, math, plagiarism, public speaking, reading, study skills, and writing.
Technology Handouts and Tutorials
Style Guides for Writing
ACM (Style Samples) http://www.elearnmag.org/subpage/sub_page.cfm?section=7
APA Style http://www.apastyle.org/styletips.html
APA Electronic Referencing http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
APA Cheat Sheet http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/guides/43APA.pdf
CBE Number Style http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/publications/ssf_numberstyle.cfm
CBE Cheat Sheet (scientific) http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/guides/42CBE.pdf
CBE/CSE Reference Links http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/publications/ssf_numberstyle.cfm
CMS Cheat Sheet http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/guides/45chicago.pdf
Harvard System
http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/academic_services/documents/Library/Citing_References.pdf
IEEE Computer Society http://computer.org/author/style/refer.htm
MLA Style http://www.mla.org/style_faq
MLA Cheat Sheet http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/guides/44MLA.pdf
UW Style & Policy Manual for Theses and Dissertations
http://www.grad.washington.edu/stsv/stylman/2001manual.pdf
Study Skills Web Sites
Links to a Better Education
http://www.chemistrycoach.com/linkstoa.htm#Links
This is a general help web site, which provides tips for note-taking, test taking, listening, writing, mathematics, reading, public speaking, physics, chemistry, and other sciences. It is in easy access chart form, with links to help from major universities.
Study Guides and Strategies
http://www.studygs.net
This is a broad-based help site is available in English, Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, German, Spanish, French, Hindi, Croatian, Indonesian/Malaysian, Italian, Kiswahili, Korean, Lugandan, Portuguese, Russian, Tamil, and Turkish. The broad categories of the site are Preparing to Learn, Studying, Classroom Participation, Learning with Others, Project Skills, Reading Skills, Preparing for Tests, Writing Basics, Math & Science, and Webtruth.
(The Study Guides and Strategies web site was created and is maintained by Joe Landsberger , academic web site developer at the University of St. Thomas (UST), St. Paul , Minnesota . It is collaboratively maintained across institutional and national boundaries, and revised on an on-going basis. Suggestions, comments, critiques, etc. are warmly welcomed in the interest of helping learners worldwide. Additional contributions and translations are warmly received. Permission is granted to freely copy, adapt, print, transmit, and distribute Study Guides in settings that benefit learners. No request to link is necessary. Translations, collaborations and acknowledgements)On-Line Handouts
Group Work
• Critiquing a
Work in Progress
• Peer Evalutations
• Team Work / Team Writing
Math
• Key Terms for Calculus
• Functions of Excel
• Successful Mathematics
Plagiarism
Public Speaking
• Power Point Presentations
• Preparing Your Oral Presentation
• Seminar Presentations
Reading
• Grappling with Text
• Plot
• Reading & Note-taking – SQ3R
• Some Elements of Tragedy
Study Skills
• Taming the In-class Essay
Exam
• Taking Notes in Class
• Team Work / Team Writing
Writing
• Annotated Bibliographies
• Critical Analysis
• Critical Book Reviews
• Eleven Hints for Better
Writing
• Field Journals
• Scientific
Papers (IAS)
• Literature Reviews
• Research Papers
• Transition This