Course Guides: College & Career Success Skills

Course listed in the General Catalog:

• CCSS 1100: College and Career Success Skills

The College & Career Success Skills course is designed for entering students as an introduction to the nature of higher education and an overview of the skills needed to succeed at the college level as well as career exploration.

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• Printable Guides & Handouts
• Suggested Databases
• Selected E-Book Sources
• Locations of College & Career Success Skills Resources in the Library
• Selected Books in the Library
• Online Resources

In addition to the resources listed on the Research Guides section of this website, other resources are listed below.
For more career and job information, please see our
Career Information and Resources page.

PRINTABLE GUIDES & HANDOUTS:

• Course Guide Handout-College & Career Success Skills (PDF)
• 24-Hour Rule (PDF)
• Calculating Grade Point Averages (PDF)
• Content-Based Reading Strategies (PDF)
• Cornell Note-Taking System (PDF)
• Curve of Forgetting (PDF)
• Evaluation of Time-use Summary (PDF)
• Graphic Organizers (PDF)
• Learning Styles & Assessment (PDF)
• Managing Your Courses (PDF)
• Study Skills Checklist (PDF)
• Study Skills Tips (PDF)
• Studying with Note Cards (PDF)
• Ten Principles of Memory(PDF)
• Top Ten Misconceptions about College (PDF)
• Weekly Schedule Planner (PDF)

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SUGGESTED DATABASES:

• Academic Search Complete - Provides full-text articles from more than 5,500 multi-disciplinary, scholarly journals and publications.
• ERIC - Provides citations, abstracts, and some full-text records from over 1,000 education-related journals collected by the Educational Resource Information Center.
• LearningExpress Library - Includes "Job Search and Workplace Skills" resources. This will require a sepatate user account to be set up on an on-campus computer; if you are off-campus and need assistance, click HERE and follow the directions.

Please note that when accessing the databases from off-campus, you will be prompted to login.

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SELECTED E-BOOK SOURCES:

• NetLibrary - Provides access to over 59,000 ebooks (electronic copies of printed books, often in PDF format) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. NetLibrary has an easy to use search interface. (You will need a NetLibrary account to access these e-books from off-campus. Please see the tutorial, Accessing & Using NetLibrary for more information.)



General Reference

• College Majors Handbook with Real Career Paths and Payoffs, 2004, by Neeta Fogg. Also available in print - see below.
• You Can Do It! A Guide for the Adult Learner and Anyone Going Back to School Mid-career, 1997, by Harry G. Turner.

General Study Skills and Resources

• Critical Thinking for Students: How to Assess Arguments and Effectively Present Your Own, 1999, by Roy van Den Brink-Budgen.
• How to Study: And Other Skills for Success in College, 2003, by Allan Mundsack.
• The Secrets of Getting Better Grades: Work Smarter, Not Harder, 2002, by Brain Marshall.
• Test Taking Strategies and Study Skills for the Utterly Confused, 2003, by Lauri Rozakis.

Time Management

• Get Organized, 2000, by Ronald W. Fry.
• The Great Big Book of Personal Productivity, 1999, by Ronald W. Fry. Includes chapters on improving reading, memory and writing.
• Organization Skills, 2nd Edition, 2004, by Richard Worth.


• Google Book Search - Many full-text ebooks in PDF format, free and available to download. Google Book Search has an easy search interface with option to see only full-text titles.
  
  

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LOCATIONS OF COLLEGE & CAREER SUCCESS SKILLS RESOURCES IN THE LIBRARY:

College & Career Success related topics can be found in resources located in these Library of Congress call number ranges:

• HF5381 to HF5386 - Vocational guidance. Career development.
• LB2300 TO LB2430 - Higher education
• LB2337.2 to LB2340.8 - Student financial aid
• LB2343 - Student guidance and conseling, including College orientation,College student development programs, and College placement services.
• LB2350.5 to LB2359 - Choice of college, Admission and entrance requirements.Examinations, test handbooks and study guides
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• LBLB2395 to LB2396 - Methods of study, including Note-taking, Reading skills, Thinking skills.

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SELECTED BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY:

General Reference

• Adults in College: A Survival Guide for Nontraditional Students, Revised Edition, 2002.
  Call number: LB 2343.32 .S33 2002
• College Majors Handbook: With Real Career Paths and Payoffs, 2nd Edition, 2004.
  Call number: HF 5382.5 .U5 F644 2004
• New Beginnings: A Guide for Adult Learners and Returning Students, 1999.
  Call number: LB 2343.32 .S576 1999
• What's Your Type of Career?, 2001.
  Call number: HF 5381 .D88 2001

General Study Skills and Resources

• Becoming a Critical Thinker: A User Friendly Manual, 2nd Edition, 1998.
  Call number: LB 2395.35 .D54 1998
• How to Study and Other Skills for Success in College, 5th Edition, 2003.
  Call number: LB 2395 .M595 2003
• Integrating College Study Skills, 6th Edition, 2002.
  Call number: LB 2395 .S597 2002
• Success in College: From C's in High School to A's in College, 2006.
  Call number: LB 2343.32 .B87 2006

Time Management

• It's Hard to Make a Difference When You Can't Find Your Keys: The Seven-step Path to Becoming Truly Organized, 2003.
  Call number: TX 147 .P38 2003
• Orientation to College Learning, 2nd Edition, 1999. Includes chapters on setting goals and time management.
  Call number: LB 2343.3 .V36 1999

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ONLINE RESOURCES:

General Study Skills and Resources

• Study Skills Self Help Information. From Virginia Tech's Division of Student Affairs, Cook Counseling Center. This site has a wealth of resources to help students with study skills and time management.
• The Study Skills Guide for Students, from EducationAtlas.com.
• Study Guides and Strategies, "authored, developed and maintained by Joe Landsberger as a learner-centric educational public service."
• Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire. From NC State University; this will give you results with a link to another page with an explanation.
• Learning Style Inventory, a quick, interactive inventory that gives you results without entering ANY identifying information.
• Learning Styles, a quick and concise chart.

Time Management

• Time Scheduling and Time Management, time management help for students with dyslexia.
• Managing Time for Success in College, from Tutoring Services of University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

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