Here are some new books with tips for studying, learning, and overall success in college!

Ready Study Go! Smart Ways to Learn

By Khurshed Batliwala and Dinesh Ghodke
Call Number: BF201 .B38 2016
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Can studying really be interesting and enjoyable? This book explores attitudes towards studying and offers tips and techniques to turn studying into an interesting, enjoyable activity instead of the dull drudgery that it is for most people.

Learning from the Learners

Edited by Elizabeth Berry, Bettina J. Huber, and Cynthia Z. Rawitch
Call Number: LB2395 .L385 2018
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This book turns the traditional approach to student success on its head by examining the learning habits of successful students based on what they have told us about their learning strategies, on what they do to succeed in college, and on the teaching practices they think best foster their learning. This approach is in stark contrast to most recent studies of learning at the college level which focus on what students need to do to succeed, but are written from the point of view of “experts” who provide advice to struggling students.

The Student Leadership Challenge

By James Kouzes and Barry Posner
Call Number: LB2346 .K68 2018
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The Student Leadership Challenge tailors one of the world’s most respected leadership models to students’ unique needs, and provides a proven pathway to success. Based on The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership, this book merges solid research with personal stories from real-world student leaders to help students develop the critical skills they need to lead both now and after graduation. Useful from high school to graduate school and beyond, these lessons are reinforced by reflective and critical thinking activities to help students internalize important concepts while honestly assessing their own practices. Updated and expanded, this new third edition includes four extra chapters to allow deeper investigation, while broader, deeper, and more vivid examples from real-life students illustrate what student leadership looks like around the world. New discussion delves into the research behind the model, as well as the usefulness of leadership in the transition to post-graduate life.

The Freshman Survival Guide

By Nora Bradbury-Haehl and Bill McGarvey
Call Number: LB2343.32 .F74 2016
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In the four years since its initial publication, The Freshman Survival Guide has helped thousands of first year students make a successful transition to college life. However, much has changed on campuses. The explosion of technology, ubiquity of social media, and culture changes have all added new layers of complexity to the leap from high school to college. This updated edition features new research and advice on issues such as mental health, sexual assault, and finding balance. It also features expanded sections on dating, money management, and an increased focus on how the over 1.5 million incoming freshman can prepare themselves for the biggest change they’ve encountered in their lives: heading off to college.

The Secrets of College Success

By Lynn F. Jacobs and Jeremy S. Hyman
Call Number: LB2343.32 .J35 2013
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The Secrets of College Success combines easy-to-follow tips that really work with insider information that few professors are willing to reveal. The over 800 tips in this book will show you how to: Pick courses and choose a major; manage your time and develop college-level study skills; get on top of the core requirements; get good grades and avoid stress; interact effectively with the professor; match college and career, and more. New to this second edition are tips for: online courses and MOOCs; community colleges, engineering schools, and arts and design colleges; r-readers, tablets, and laptops; taking out student loans and paying them off, and more.