Here is a limited overview from our collection. For more books related to studying and other skills, see the Zuyd Library catalog.
E-book - How to do Research
This book is a how-to book and teaches students how they can carry out their own research in eight steps: Step 1: determine your topic, Step 2: draw up a research plan, Step 3: design your research, Step 4: collect your data, Step 5: analyse your data, Step 6: formulate your conclusions and recommendations, Step 7: write your research report, Step 8: complete your research.
From Stress to Success: A Practical Guide for Students
It discusses the most common forms of stress in students: worrying, fear of failure and perfectionism. It also takes a closer look at writing anxiety and public speaking anxiety. As you are working with the exercises, you will notice that you experience less stress, stressful periods pass more quickly, and that you recover faster from stressful events.
Get smarter!: Set Yourself Up for Study Success
Research shows that study success in higher education depends much more on behaviour than on intelligence. The good news is you can learn to study efficiently and effectively! This practical book gives you all the tools you need to do so.
Before you start searching, it is usefull to create a WORD document in which you note down erverything concerning your literature search.
In the logbook you describe the considerations you make around your search. This is especially useful for later: you know why you made which choices. In addition, this is an account of your search strategy.
Download and fill it in yourself.
Windows has a handy tool: a clipping program or snipping tool.
You can use this to capture/copy a screen shot or a fragment from a screen. You can then annotate or highlight the image. It can be easily shared or saved.
For example: a view of your search history from a database!
