Lakeland College
P.O. Box 359
Sheboygan, WI 53082-0359

For the majority of us, college courses are not a walk in the park; in fact, sometimes they may even seem down right impossible.  Well, don't fear, and definitely, don't give up!  You've come to the right place.  The following WebPages provide useful strategies and tips for helping you to survive and succeed in the classroom:

Math and Science Resources

• Unit Conversion Tutorial

• Organic Chemistry Flashcards online:

  •  http://chem.osu.edu/organic/flashcards

• Excel Help:

  • http://phoenix.phys.clemson.edu/tutorials/excel

  • http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/lab/datareports/excel/plotting.html

  • http://www.contextures.com/xlfaqIndex.html

• Maple:

  • From the Lakeland College Startpage (www1.lakeland.edu/Startpage), choose Citrix Access from the drop down menu in the top right hand corner. From there, login using your username and password. A screen should then follow with a link to Maple.

• List of physical constants:

  • http://www.stanford.edu/~eboyden3/constants.html#top

• Common math, physics, and chemistry formulas

  • http://www.webelements.com

  • http://equationsheet.com

  • http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics

  • http://www.jesuitnola.org/upload/clark/Refs/equat_const.htm

  • http://www.jesuitnola.org/upload/clark/Refs/conv_const.htm

Note Taking Strategies

• http://www.richland.cc.il.us/staff/jodell/notes.html

• http://www.eiu.edu/~lrnasst/notes.htm

Reading From the Text

• www.rio.maricopa.edu/distance_learning/tutorials/study/textbook.shtml

• www.advising.wayne.edu/rdg.html

• www.marin.cc.ca.us/~don/Study/7read.html

• www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/skimming.html

Study Strategies

• http://caps.unc.edu/TenTraps.html

• http://www.sheridanc.on.ca/career/tips/study.htm

Test Taking Strategies

• Math Exams: 

  • http://www.eop.mu.edu/study/MathFinal.html

• Problem Solving Exams:

  • http://www.dsea.org/teachingtips/tips/test4.htm

Strategies for:

• True/False Questions

• Multiple Choice Questions

• Short Answer Questions

• Essay Questions

• Stress Management

  • http://www.arc.sbc.edu/Stress.html

• Time Management

  • http://www.arc.sbc.edu/time.html

• Overcoming Test Anxiety

o       http://www.counsel.ufl.edu/selfHelp/testAnxiety.asp

o       http://ub-counseling.buffalo.edu/stressstudy.shtml

o       http://www.almamater.edu.ru/publ/study_tips.htm

Writing Strategies:

• Research Topics

• Thesis statements

• Introductions

• Comma Splices

For guides on how to  write essays and research papers and for tips to on how to develop your writing style, try the following links:

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html

• http://www.harvardwestlake.com/students/studyskills/chapter7.html

• http://writing-program.uchicago.edu/resources/collegewriting/

• http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com/

• http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ics/study3.htm

Tips for online research and how to evaluate internet sources:

• Search help:

  • http://library.albany.edu/internet/checklist.html

• Evaluation:

  • http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/EvalSrcW/index.html

For tips on how to recognize and avoid plagiarism and for Lakeland's policies on plagiarism click HERE.

For tips for writing letters, resumes, citing and using sources, and other general format and procedure questions, try the following links:

• http://www.writinghelp-central.com/

• http://jobsmart.org/tools/resume/index.cfm

• http://www.hamilton.edu/academics/resource/wc/usingsources.htm

• http://www.jobweb.com/Resumes_Interviews/resume_guide/restips.html

For suggestions for ELI students on writing papers  from Suzanne House click HERE.

For paper writing guides for ELI students try the following links:           

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslaudience.html

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/

For tips for writing history papers try the following link:

• http://icg.harvard.edu/~afam119/handouts/Writing_History.html

For tips for writing psychology papers try the following links:

• http://www.gmu.edu/departments/psychology/writing/advice.htm

• http://www.georgetown.edu/departments/english/writing/howtopsychology.htm

For tips for writing science papers and lab reports try the following link:

• http://teacher.nsrl.rochester.edu/phy_labs/Writing_Science_Papers/Writing_Science_Papers.html

For tips for writing business papers try the following link:

• http://www.klariti.com/white-papers/white-papers-importance.html

For tips for writing an educational philosophy and putting together a portfolio try this link:

• http://depts.washington.edu/cidrweb/PortfolioTips.htm

For more resources and links, check out the Lakeland College Library resource page:

• http://www1.lakeland.edu/library/pages/resource.htm