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Books

Title Author Call# Book Cover
Bailey, Stephen PE 1413 B28 2011 Academic Writing
Soles, Derek A. LB 2369 .S65 2013 The Essentials of Academic Writing
Northey, Margot LB 2369 .N67 2018 Making Sense in the Social Sciences: A Student鈥檚 Guide to Research and Writing
Ellison, Carol LB 2369 .E35 2010 McGraw-Hill鈥檚 Concise Guide to Writing Research Papers
Moore, Sarah LB 2395 U48 2010 The Ultimate Study Skills Handbook
McWhorter, Kathleen T. LB 2395.3 .M386 2010 College Reading and Study Skills
Hopper, Carolyn H. LB 2395 .H66 2010 Practicing College Learning Strategies

* Want to reserve one of these titles? Email library@alexandercollege.ca with your student # and the book title.

E-Books

These e-Books are available in the online library collection. Click the title to access the resource.

Strongman, Luke 2013

Infinite Ideas 2012

Brown, Peter C. 2014

Drew, Sue 2010

Keywords

When looking for resources related to UPRE, try some of these keywords in your searching:

e.g., Study Skills and University Students OR College Students

* Interested in learning more about using keywords for research? Check out our videos on how to create and search using keywords on our Research Skills page.

Resources

Open access resources are resources that are available to everyone for free online. Links here will lead to sites where you can download textbooks or access journals related to UPRE.

Writing for Success is a textbook that provides instruction in steps, builds writing, reading, and critical thinking, and combines comprehensive grammar review with an introduction to paragraph writing and composition.

Writing in College is a short textbook that explains the purposes behind college-level writing and offers advice for organization and expression.

Writing in College is a textbook which includes examples, exercises, and definitions for a wide variety of reading and writing-related topics that students will encounter in their college courses.

Blueprint for Success in College is a student鈥檚 guide for classroom success. This textbook, designed to show how to be successful in college, focuses on study skills and time management.

Kwantlen Polytechnic University Learning Centres University 101 is a textbook designed to help students create a foundation for post-secondary studies by learning how to learn. It contains exercises and skills that will support them in future learning.

Strategies for Academic Success is arranged to help students develop essential study skills and provide the information students need to succeed in university. It was built as a guide for first year arts and science students.

Purdue鈥檚 Academic Writing Lab provides a list of resources to help with university and college level writing. It covers different types of writing approaches, organizing an assignment, and sentence-level tips for clarity.

An SFU guide which provides students with resources to help them create good study habits and prepare for and write exams.

Help at 欧美精品视频

AC provides one-on-one tutoring for all courses offered at the College through the Writing the Learning Center and personalized feedback on writing through WriteAway. The WLC provides information to students on academic skills, like help with Microsoft programs, note taking, and presentations, as well as basic computer help. Additionally, the WLC provides academic writing how-to guides and citation guides.

How to Cite

There is no one citation style used in UPRE. Online WLC citation guides can be found here. You can also book an appointment with the Writing and Learning Centre for workshops and one-on-one citation help.

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欧美精品视频 acknowledges that the land on which we usually gather is the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the x史m蓹胃kw蓹y虛蓹m (Musqueam), Skwxw煤7mesh (Squamish), and S蓹l虛铆lw蓹ta蕯/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are grateful to have the opportunity to work in this territory.

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