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Contributor -- Karen Gilbert, Eastern Kentucky University
Academic Tips
This site contains tips and tricks to help you manage your time, take better notes, study more effectively, improve memory, take tests, and handle the stresses of college life.
Career Center and Job Listings
Check the KYVL's Career Center and Job Listings page for more help with career planning or job listings.
Choosing a Major
This site discusses some of the common misperceptions about choosing a major.
Decision-Making Skills
This article provides tips on how to develop your decision-making skills.
Distance Education Clearinghouse
From the University of Wisconsin - Extension, provides links to numerous distance education resources such as student funding, news, definitions. Not just for Wisconsinites!
Exam Preparation
This article provides tips for how to prepare for exams.
Resources for Documeting Sources (citation styles)
A guide to the different citation styles preferred by various academic disciplines. Links to different style manuals. Examples of MLA style formats. Provided by the
Purdue University Online Writing Lab.
Self Assessment Quiz
A quick quiz to help determine if distance learning will be a good fit for you.
Semester Budget Planning
From About.com, this site helps you develop a semster-long budget.
Student Counseling and Resource Service
From the University of Chicago's Student Counseling Center, this site provides full-text virtual pamphlets on a number of issues, including anger, anxiety, depression, grief, sexual harassment and more.
Study Skills Self-Help Information
This site provides links to self-help articles in a variety of subjects includig notetaking, preparing for exams, improving reading speed, setting priorities and much more.
Time Management for University Students
This site discusses time management, setting goals, planning, and more. (PDF format)
Writing Center
Check the KYVL's Writing Center for a great list of resources for students who need help writing papers in all subjects across the curriculum.

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Last Updated: Friday, 15-Aug-2008 15:05:39 EDT