Below is a complete list of the resources that the Student Learning Centre has made available for self-help with your studies. For more information about any of the category topics, click on a heading.
If you still need more assistance, you’re welcome to contact us or drop into the Student Learning Centre to talk about it.
General study skills
- Managing your learning (PDF, 84KB)
- Time management (PDF, 539KB)
- Balancing commitments (PDF, 562KB)
- Weekly time planner (PDF, 179KB)
Study groups
- Forming a small study group (PDF, 549KB)
- The ABC of study groups – how to make them work (PDF, 521KB)
Writing
- Guidelines for writing and editing (PDF, 336KB)
- Perfect your punctuation – a brief guide to the comma, apostrophe, colon and semi-colon (PDF, 457KB)
- The quirky comma (PDF, 551KB)
- The dreaded apostrophe (PDF, 547KB)
- Colons and semi-colons (PDF, 560KB)
- Introduction to scientific writing for undergrads (PDF, 631KB)
Reading
Note-taking
Researching
- Searching for information (online tutorial)
- Evaluating information sources (online tutorial)
- Ethical use of information (online tutorial)
- New Zealand information sources (online tutorial)
- Pasifika information sources (online tutorial)
Referencing
Managing assignments
- Planning and writing assignments (PDF, 393KB)
- Essay writing with readings (online tutorial)
- Completing the first draft of an essay (PDF, 36KB)
- Paragraph and sentence structure (PDF, 152KB)
- Business reports (online tutorial)
- Scientific reports (online tutorial)
- Writing a literature review (PDF, 16MB)
- Preparing for a presentation assignment (PDF, 549KB)
- Making oral presentations (PDF, 86KB)