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Mary Livermore Library is excited to support our First Gen students in the academic and research journey. This page offers recommended library material, student support opportunities, and video tutorials to make this process smooth and uncomplicated. Feel free to reach out to any of our library faculty or staff with questions at any time.
This video offers a short introduction to our library website and the resources and services we provide.
For more library videos, visit the Library Tutorials page.
For more library videos, visit the Library Tutorials page.
For more library videos, visit the Library Tutorials page.
The Mary Livermore Library has several ways for students, faculty, and staff to contact the library for assistance and information. This video will give you a brief overview of the best ways to contact us. For more library videos, visit the Library Tutorials page.
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Krystal Dean: Congrats on being the first in your family to start your college career! As a first-gen student myself my first year was chaotic and I was often really overwhelmed. The biggest piece of advice I can give to you is to be aware and familiarize yourself with the resources the university provides. I struggled a lot with moving to a new area and doing something no one else in my family has experienced. I felt really alone but getting to know staff across campus made me feel less alone. If you're struggling to make friends like I did join a club or two! Getting involved on campus outside of the classroom is the best way to meet new people if you're uncomfortable approaching people in class. Have fun, learn new things, and get excited for your future! 🙂 |
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Jennifer Randall: I wasn't First Gen at UNCP but still. My advice is to not be hard on yourself and to utilize library resources! |
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This guide will help you get started researching and point you to library resources and how to use them, offer information about the research process, explain information literacy, and introduce the library's general education and graduate research courses.
Search for resources by subject area! Also locate other library resources & assistance.
There are many ways for citations to be written and there are strict rules that explain how these citations should look.
These tutorials will provide some basic information to help students and faculty get the most from these important resources.
A survival guide companion for students beginning their first online or hybrid class, Introduction to Online Learning introduces first-time distance learners to the realities of Web-based education and serves as the most comprehensive, practical guide to achieving success when facing online-specific barriers as well as common academic hurdles.
A companion to First in the Family: Your High School Years, this next-step guidebook straight from their peers tells first-generation college students how to stay in college and graduate.
A brand new guide that helps overwhelmed students manage their mental, physical, and social health, and reach and maintain a healthy balance in their college lives.....Students with the right community and support services have better outcomes, from increased chances of on-time graduation, to greater ability to take on head-start opportunities (like internships) that have deep impact on post-college life.
Looking for the perfect high school graduation gift for your college-bound grad? Now in it's 5th edition, the New York Times bestselling Naked Roommate is the #1 go-to guide on dorm and college life!
Based on his 45-year career as a business school educator, administrator, and textbook author, Pinkerton provides a fast, easy, well-documented resource book to help students determine when or where they should go to college. 128 pp.
Heading off to college? Or perhaps already there? This book's just for you. Winner of the 2010 USA Book News Award for best book in the college category, 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.
THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO BECOMING A MASTER STUDENT, 4th Edition, was written with you in mind. Beginning with an introduction to higher education, you will learn about Master Student Qualities - the attitudes and behaviors that lead to success in the classroom and beyond.
This book shows how any college student can land the position they want by creating relationships with professionals in the industries they're interested in by using the author's proven Career Launch Method. Did you know only 20 percent of jobs and internships are posted online? This means 80 percent of positions are filled in what Sean O'Keefe and others calls the hidden job market. This book will teach you how to tap into that 80 percent!
Students are confronted with major financial decisions as they enter college, and yet they have little experience with personal finance. Their decisions, if not well made, could adversely affect them throughout their lives. This book is meant to empower students at the beginning of their financial lives with basic, straightforward information on managing bank accounts, creating spending plans, determining how much they can afford to pay for college, making student-loan decisions, establishing a credit history, and other money-management options.
Want to know a secret about life in college? Everyone--from the social butterfly in freshman orientation to the top student in Bio 101--feels a little unsure about the college experience. And that's completely normal! In fact, everyone could use a little help sometimes, especially in their first year. We know, because we've been there. But don't worry: We have you covered! From the day you set foot on campus until the day you wear a cap and gown, get advice from a source you can trust: the expert and diverse team of all--star college students and recent grads behind U Chic.
