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College Success Skills: Learning

Research Guide to the Education 1115 College Success Skills Course

Librarian: Karla Aleman
Office: SRC 3051
Phone: 630-942-2265
Email: alemank@cod.edu

Videos, Websites, and Books

Available at C.O.D.


Academic Support Center 
Check out the College's Academic Support Center to get one-on-one assistance with Math, Speech Communication, and Reading and Writing. The ASC also has Peer Tutors for a number of academic subjects.

Critical Thinking

  • Becoming a Critical Thinker by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero
    Generall Coll. BF455 .R829 2006
  • Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking by Neil Browne and Stuart Keeley
    General Coll. PN83 .B785 2001
  • Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware by Andy Hunt
    General Coll. BF442 .H86 2008

Reading

  • Improve Your Reading by Ron Fry
    General Coll. LB1050 .F797 2005
  • Steps and Plateaus: The Basics of Academic Reading by Jean Zukowski-Faust
    General Coll. PE1128 .Z84 2002
  • Reading Skills for College Students by Elizabeth Chesla
    General Coll. LB2395.3 .C54 1998

Study Skills

  • Study Skills: Do I Really Need This Stuff? by Steve Piscitelli
    General Coll. LB2395 .P49 2004
  • How to Study by Ron Fry
    General Coll. LB1049 .F74 2000
  • How to Study in College by Walter Pauk and Ross J.Q. Owens
    General Coll. LB2395 .P3 2005

Listening and Taking Notes

  • Learn to Listen, Listen to Learn: Academic Listening and Note-Taking by Roni S. Lebauer
    General Coll. PE1128 .L39 2000
  • Note-Taking Made Easy by Judi Kesselman-Turkel and Franklynn Peterson
    General Coll. LB2395.25 .K47 2003
  • Take Notes by Ron Fry
    General Coll. LB2395.25 .F78 1994