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Passing Exams

• Swinburne Careers & Employment Tutoring page
• Swin-eCounselling Information & Resources on Exam Anxiety

Presenting Public Speaking

• Swin-eCounselling workshops on study & social anxiety
• Toastmasters
• Effective Presentations (KU Medical Center)
• Powerpoint Tutorials (Trinity College)

Group Work

• Swin-eCounselling Working in Groups site
• Cooperative & Collaborative Learning (Uni of St. Thomas)
• Working in Groups (Uni of Canberra)
• Group Discussion (Curtin Uni of Technology)

Computing and Typing Skills

• Swinburne ITS Computing & IT guide for students
• Faculty of Design have podcast tutorials on Flash; Maya; Photoshop & Dreamweaver
• Library online guides on Databases, email/network account FAQs
• Computing Tutorials & Word Processing Tutorials (Trinity College)
• Training Downloads for Access - Word - Excel - PowerPoint - Windows etc.

Writing

• Swinburne Library Learn Referencing tutorials
• Styles for reference lists and bibliographies
• Harvard system citation guide
• Help Using Endnote
• Researching and Writing Literature Reviews (Uni of Arizona)
• The Critical Writing Program (Uni of Pennsylvania)
• Online writing lab (Purdue Uni)
• How to write in plain English (Plain English Campaign)
• Indispensable Writing Resources
• Elements of Style by William Strunk Free ebook at Bartleby.com

Avoiding Plagiarism

• Avoiding plagiarism at Swinburne website
• Avoiding plagiarism & cheating guide
• Swinburne Plagiarism Quiz
• Guide to Plagiarism and Cyber-Plagiarism (Uni of Alberta)

Research Skills

• Swinburne Library runs training workshops
• Research Help guides (on the left side of the Library site)
• Swinburne Library's Search the Internet page has links to:
  • How to do research on the Internet
  • How to evaluate what you find
• Virtual librarian (Monash Uni)
• Study Guides and Strategies (Uni of St. Thomas)
• Study Skills Self-help Information (Virginia Tech)

Stress and Time Management

• Swinburne Counselling has pages on:
  • Grades & Stress Time Management Studying & Stress Management Procrastination Motivation Procrastination & Motivation-FAQ
  • They also help with academic progress problems and relationship & family issues
• Ask Swin-eCounselling submit a question to a Counsellor
• Swinburne ACCESS Dept site on GettingOrganised/Time Management
• Study Skills (Columbia Uni) - Time management tips & info on how sleep affects memory
• Study Skills Online
• Study Skills Self-help Info - scheduling, study environment, procrastination, & priorities

International Students

• Literacy Collection - each Swinburne campus library has a Language and Literacy Collection containing resources for students whose first language is not English.
• Dictionaries - Dictionaries in the Literacy Collection are available for loan. English dictionaries are shelved at Call Number 423. Dictionaries in other languages eg. Korean are at Call Number 495.
• Swinburne International Student Association (SISA) runs seminars & workshops on topics like visas, migration and residency and also arranges events like movie nights and trips to Victorian tourist attractions
• Swinburne Counselling help students adjust to Australian culture:
  • New to Australia Culture Shock Getting Back on Course
• Swinburne International has Pre-departure & arrival page and Arrival Guide & for students new to Melbourne and also offers:
  • Counselling Service; Course Advice; International Student Advisors; English Language & Academic Skills Advisory
• ELICOS at Swinburne runs the following free workshops:
  • Information Technology; Maths and Statistics
  • Language and Academic Skills (LAS) Workshops including:
    -Oral Language Skills *Talk to teachers *Talk to students *AussieTalk *Oral Presentation
    -Writing & Reading Skills *Handling new vocabulary in reading *Increasing vocabulary *Referencing *Report & essay writing *Exam Preparation
• Language and Learning Online (Monash Uni)
• Making the most of tutorials (Uni of Canberra)
• My Language search engines in 60 languages eg. Arabic, Greek, Polish, Somali, Chinese
• LEO: Literacy Education Online Hints on grammar, writing & referencing.
• Grammar Lady Website
• English Quizzes (Vancouver English Centre)

Adapting to University & Return to Study

• Swinburne Counselling help with adjusting to university life.
  They have a page on Returning to Study and a Balancing Work & Study FAQ
  Attend a free workshop - see the workshop schedule.
• Emotional Intelligence Program enhance your personal management skills
• Academic Success Program workshops available include:
  • Personal Development Groups; Making the most of your time; Make stress work for you; Getting and keeping motivated; Preparing for exams
  • Check out the On-line Academic Success Program Materials
• Swinburne Access Department help with reading, writing & numeracy.
• Swinburne Chaplaincy provides pastoral care to students of any religions.
• Regional & Interstate Students Website - accommodation, budgeting & adjusting to life in Melbourne. Also see Guide for Parents & Relocating for Study Guide
• Student & Services Country Student Welcome & Orientation Program
• Swinburne Postgrad Website has an FAQ & Information Sessions
• Swinburne University Postgraduate Association (SUPA) phone: 9214 4375
• Swinburne Postgraduate Course Guide (2007) & Swinburne International Postgraduate Course Guide (2009)
• Swinburne Office of Research & Graduate Studies (ORGS)
• Back to the Books - VTAC guide for non-year 12 applicants returning to study
• Palgrave Skills 4 Study (Palgrave sell study skills books, the site also has free help

Library Catalogue

-use these keywords for best results:

• study skills
• research methodology
• reading
• note-taking
• report writing
• stress management
• time management
• business presentations
• public speaking
• examinations - study guides

eBooks

-study skills eBooks can be found in:

• EBL Ebook Library
• Knovel
• netLibrary
• Oxford Scholarship Online
• Bucknall's Refuge free study skills eBooks

Subject guide author: Sue Foster (sfoster@swin.edu.au)