Library Research Guides: Student wellness: Study tips

Taking some time to learn or improve your study techniques may save you a lot of time and effort in the long run. You can improve your study skills in order to research, read, write, listen and learn more effectively and efficiently. Below are some library books on various study skills, tools and tips that may be helpful.

Book resources

Academic Success: Australian Edition
Designed to help students on their university journey.
Part A addresses what it is like to be a new student at an Australian university. Part B introduces basic skills in English language, techniques for accessing and working with information, and understanding academic integrity. Part C presents the everyday, core skills that successful students use while at university. Part D meets the challenges of tertiary assessments. Part E examines the transition from tertiary study to the next stage of life.
Eat That Frog! for Students
This book offers readers tips, tools, and techniques for structuring time, setting goals, staying on task (even when you're not interested), dealing with stress, and developing the skills to achieve far more than you ever thought possible.
Your Guide to Successful Postgraduate Study
The leap between the undergrad and postgrad can sometimes come as a surprise, especially if you′ve been out of education for a while. Postgraduate study involves applying skills and knowledge in a more sophisticated and advanced way than was required during your degree. Your Guide to Successful Postgraduate Study demystifies some of the expectations of post-grad study and outlines tools and strategies for developing skills that will improve your work throughout the whole of your post-graduate course.
The Realities of Completing a PhD: How to Plan for Success
This book gives a balanced and evidence-based view of the realities of PhD life. Full of practical tips and including a checklist to complete before sending an application, the book helps prospective PhD students prepare for the realities of taking on a PhD from an informed basis and offers guidance on submitting a well-planned application.

College Study Hacks: 101 Ways to Study Easier and Faster
Students will learn how to take the best notes, time management skills, and the low-down on sleep, caffeine, and food. Learn how to write better papers, how to take tests more efficiently, and how to be a better reader.
The Guide to Learning and Study Skills: For Higher Education and at Work
Skills in learning and studying are vital to ensure success in higher education study, whether at undergraduate or postgraduate level, in university, college or in the workplace.
The Psychology of Effective Studying
This book provides a guide for students to key study skills that are instrumental in success at university, covering time management, academic reading and note-taking, academic integrity, preparation of written assignments, teamwork and presentations.
Study Skills for International Postgraduates
This book provides clear, comprehensive guidance for students embarking on postgraduate study at a western university. Helping to maximise your chances of academic success, topics include challenges such as critical thinking, research, writing and speaking skills.

Academic Writing
How do I improve my essay writing skills? Where can I learn quickly how to improve my speech writing? Are there some categories of mistakes that people commonly make in attempting to write good prose? How can I be persuasive in my writing style? These and other curious and relevant questions are answered in Academic writing.
The Little Pearson Handbook
This book focuses on what students need to know about the writing and research processes, while providing extensive coverage of documentation and grammar.
How to Write for University
Undertaking a writing project for assessment can be a challenging prospect for students of all disciplines and especially those new to academic writing in higher education. The unique 12-step approach in this book leads students through the different stages that apply to any form of academic writing - gathering relevant information, processing that information through effective planning, creating the text and developing writing for future assignments including exam writing.
Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students
Academic Writing helps international students succeed in writing essays and reports for their English-language academic courses.

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Provides a foundation for finding, storing and using information at university.
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