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 LEARNING STRATEGIES

UNIVERSITY  LEARNING CENTER
Located in Old Main Room 202. Ph. 621-4548.  See map for Old Main

Useful resources provided by the UNIVERSITY LEARNING CENTER:

Online Learning Strategies Workshop Descriptions --on Time Management, Learning Styles, Note Taking, Reading Textbooks, Memory Techniques, Motivation & Goals, Test Preparation, Test Taking Skills and more.  
or SIGN-UP for a Workshop at the Learning Center

You can also do SELF-ASSESSMENTS online:    Identify Your Learning Style, Assess Your Use of Learning Strategies, etc. 
 plus a Semester On-A-Page & weekly planner,   . . . . and more!

 WRITING & RESEARCH

THE WRITING CENTER at the University of Arizona

A Student's Guide to First-Year Composition -- Online. 

 English Composition Writing Resources

Æ AVOIDING  PLAGIARISM - the UA Library's excellent guide -- READ IT THOROUGHLY!!

TUTORIALS & GUIDES for doing Research  
by the UA Library

A Student's Guide to Research with the WWW
(tips on analyzing web sites)

Google Scholar - search scholarly literature across many disciplines

On-line DICTIONARY & THESAURUS -- by Merriam Webster Online

Dictionary.com & Thesauus.com & Reference.com

 COMPUTER SKILLS

OSCR  -- The Office of Student Computing Resources    (View locations of OSCR sites here)

D2L Student Help Pages    
D2L's online PROBLEM REPORT FORM for students

MS OFFICE APPLICATIONS TUTORIALS 
(from the UA Library Information Commons)

Some Macintosh tips also available

Advanced Computer Tutorials - free from UA CBT (Computer-based Training) - requires UA NetID

 UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA INFORMATION

The University of Arizona: UA website
The UA Library website

Student Link
Academic Policies & Procedures

 MATH & CONVERSION TOOLS

See the tcaep.co.uk (formerly Constants and Equations Pages )  to find information on:

MATH BASICS    (numbers:  e.g.,  metric prefaces, roman numerals)

SI UNITS (all the SI units complete with their units and symbols)

CONVERSIONS (convert to or from many different measurements -- see also the MegaConverter link below)

SYMBOLS used in math and science (Greek alphabet, Mathematical symbols)

Other useful conversion sites:

MegaConverter - for conversion of units

Martindale's Calculators Online Center -- links to every kind of calculator you can imagine

NOAA -NWS  National River Forecast Center Converter

 MAPS, ATLASES, & GEOGRAPHIC 
 INFORMATION ONLINE

 

 


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