Learn About your University Resources – Library, Labs, Etc
Many very dutiful students begin their college careers missing out on some of the greatest resources on campus. While your focus should be on completing the assignments you have for your courses, you should not restrict your academic life to the rooms where you attend class and the room where you do your homework. There are many university resources at your disposal that will make your learning experiences in your courses more meaningful if you take the time to find out about them.
Libraries: Not Rendered Obsolete By Google.com
You might think that because you have so much course reading that you bought at the bookstore and the Internet in your dorm room that you really don’t have a need for the library. However, as many of your professors are bound to tell you, Google.com has not rendered the resource of the library obsolete. Though you might view having to get up and go there as a disadvantage, the library is still the best place on campus for research, and there are probably many specialty libraries on campus as well to enhance your learning experiences.
Even if you are not headed for a writing-intensive career, the chances are very, very good that you will have to write a few research papers during your time in undergrad. To get the best grade you possibly can on these papers, be sure you’re not handing in a works cited page that’s composed entirely of World Wide Web addresses. As your professors will tell you, the quality of information on the Internet varies widely, and they are only interested in you developing arguments in your papers that are based on analyses of the most scholarly reference materials you can find. How do you find these? Befriend a reference librarian. Take your assignment sheet to the reference desk of your university library and ask a reference librarian about what direction he thinks you should go to look for resources. You will be introduced to more information than you can read in your four years at school, but from that, you can cull great material for your paper.
Labs: A Great Place To Visit If You’re Not Sure What To Take
If you are taking a science course, you will probably have no chance of missing the labs. However, if you’re facing a science requirement and you’re not sure what to take, consider asking someone for a tour of the various labs in your science department. Maybe the mere sight of a Bunsen burner will help you decide to find out what chemistry’s all about. Or maybe it’s the display of geodes in the geology lab that will make you decide rocks aren’t only for jocks.
Elizabeth Saas
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