Study Skills

The following are a number of sites that I like to use to aid my learning. This ranges from referencing help to revision to language learning. Attached to each link is a brief description of the site. Hopefully they can be of some help!

 

Mendeley

A referencing management page to read, organise and cite research from one library. An opportunity to collaborate and connect with millions of researchers worldwide.

 

MARGen

MARGen is designed to help students at the University of St Mark & St John correctly format references in academic pieces of work. It formats journals, books, web pages and more.

 

Google Scholar

Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.

 

Ben Jane Fitness

This is a website tool created by Ben Jane of the University of Marjons, and covers links to articles, journals and items of interest as well as study help such as information on lab report content and research methods.

 

TES

A teaching resource made for teachers, shared by teachers. The site includes free resources, as well as developed revision tasks for exam help, and can be used to help students studying specific courses.

 

Marjon Health

A department blog from the Health department at Marjons, covering a variety of different interests and blogs from the health professionals who run courses at Marjons.

 

BBC Learning

A factual and informative site created to aid learning. Got a topic in mind? You will be sure to find something on BBC Learning.

 

Duolingo

A great site for improving language learning. With lots of languages ready and waiting to be tried, the site provides a great opportunity either to prepare for a new country, or simply challenge your intellectual level with new information.

 

Google Books

Google Books is a service from Google that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition, and stored in its digital database.

 

Education Corner

A study skills guide for students that provides study skill tips and strategies to apply effective study habits to help you become a better student.