Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Smarthinking

Do you know about Smarthinking? This is a service that NDSCS supports to give you 24/7 access to tutoring and topic help. Among the several topics such as math, biology, chemistry, and writing, you can get answers to questions from a tutor, critique your paper, or interact with a live tutor.

You will need a password and login to set up your account, so first check with your instructor or with the library about access. Once you are set up, you will receive your own username and password for your own personal sessions.

The website is at http://www.smarthinking.com/

With this site there is help available on many topics, whenever you need it.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Work smarter, not harder

As a student working primarily online, you may feel you do not need to look at Library resources in order to complete your assignments. However, searching and finding the scholarly materials you need is actually a more complicated process starting from a search engine. The Library purchases subscriptions to many materials - journals, magazines, e-books, newspapers = that are available to you with your library ID. Connecting through the Library web page and using your personal login, you have a wealth of items to choose from. Take advantage of this great resource that is free to you as a student.