Learn how to access most of the library’s digital resources from anywhere, 24/7. Find out how to search through the library website to find ebooks, videos, articles, tutorials, statistics and more! Learn new strategies for navigating our online resources and digital collections and easily find the resources you are looking for.

Learn how to find and use free and openly licenced resources from the internet, including high-quality photos, videos, templates, graphic design tools and more. Learn how to incorporate open multimedia into your own projects, and learn the art of attribution through the TASL technique.

Part 1: What are Open Educational Resources?

Learn the basics of OER and how they can be useful for your work.

Part 2: Learning to Use OER

Learn how to use OER according to the terms of open licenses.

Part 3: Learning to Attribute

Learn how to give credit to the creator of a work.

Visit the Presentation Skills module - open in a new tab in the Essential Study Skills guide and check out the videos below for strategies to improve your presentations.

Click on the following titles to view the corresponding videos:

How to present a presentation online

How to Create an Effective Presentation

How to Prepare for Your Presentation

How to Manage Presentation Anxiety

How to Deliver an Effective Presentation

Complete the activity and watch the video below for an explanation of what plagiarism is and how you can avoid it.

Complete the activity below to learn about avoiding plagiarism in your academic paper.

Need to write a paper but don’t know how to get started? Learn how to come up with appropriate search terms, find resources, and evaluate what you find.

Go through process of planning, researching, and writing your paper in the Research Guide - open in a new tab, and watch the videos below. Visit the Research Guide page on evaluating resources and use the C.R.A.A.P. Evaluation Checklist to evaluate resources in your research.

Defining Your Topic - Recorded Workshop

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Learn to find scholarly articles using library resources. Learn the characteristics of a scholarly article and how to differentiate it from a popular source.

Watch the videos below to learn about how to find scholarly resources using Library search tools, and how to tell if a resource is scholarly.

How to identify a scholarly article

How to Find a Scholarly Article

The modules below cover how to use APA 7 to format your papers and cite your sources. Check with your professors to see which edition of APA they want you to use.

Check out the Structuring Your Writing - Opens in a new window module of The Learning Portal for help structuring and writing the paragraphs in your essay, as well as with incorporating the sources you found during your research.

Managing your time and keeping on top of your work are the keys to success as a college student.

Visit the Time Management module and watch the videos below to learn how to create weekly schedules and a semester plan to manage your time better.

How to create a weekly schedule

How to create a semester plan in Word

It can be challenging to listen to your professors while also writing class notes . . . and how do you balance all of the readings that you need to get through, anyway?

Visit the Reading & Note-Taking module and watch the video below to learn some strategies for taking notes in class more effective and useful.

How to Use Cornell Method

Do you cringe when your professors assign group projects? Do you dread completing these projects because you know it’s going to be difficult to get everyone on board to get the job done?

Visit the module on Agreeing on Expectations for group projects, and watch the videos below.

About Group Contracts

How to be successful when working with classmates using online platforms like Zoom

“If I’d just started earlier, I could have done so much better.” Although many students claim to work better under the pressure of deadlines, not having enough time to complete assignments can mean that you are not reaching your potential as a student. Learn to maximize your marks by starting early and breaking down your assignments into manageable parts using an “assignment tracker.”

Visit the Time Management module and watch this video to learn how to plan out the time to work on your assignment so you’ll be less likely to put it off.

How to Use Assignment Tracker

Practice makes perfect! If you want to feel more comfortable with new material, you need to review regularly and actively! Trade in straight reading for techniques that will allow you to rehearse material, test yourself, and come up with memory devices. Learn how to prioritize your studying and focus on the material that really matters.

Visit the Studying and Test-Taking module and watch the videos below for strategies to make your studying more effective.

How to Decide What to Study

How to Remember Information

For many students, exam time can be filled with stress, anxiety, and worry.

Visit the Studying and Test-Taking module and watch the videos below for strategies to make your studying more effective.

Click on the following titles to view the corresponding videos:

How to Use the Stoplight Technique

How to Get the Most Out of Your Study Time

How to decide what to study

What to do during a test

Balancing your course-load and personal commitments can be a stressful experience for many college students.

Visit the Stress Management module and watch the videos below to learn strategies that can help you deal with stress.

Click on the following titles to view the corresponding videos:

Guided Belly Breathing

Let's Take a Mindfulness Moment

How to Solve Practical Problems