A computer-based learning program which covers every aspect of study skills - reading, writing, research, revision, exams, and even presentations. Can be used for self-instruction, for reference, or as a HELP program whilst using a word-processor. Instant access to guidance notes with extensive hypertext links. Suitable for all students in further and higher education.

Technical:

Windows 95/98/2000/XP/Vista
Needs only 2.0 MB space
4MB RAM minimum
Full HELP feature

Sample pages:

Exam techniques
Analysing questions
Net searching

Full contents:

A brief review - A good essay - Abbreviations - Analysing questions - Apostrophes - Bibliographies - Brackets - Brainstorming - Capitals - Categorising - Clear thinking - Colons - Commas - Common problems - Concentration - Concept trees - Confidence - Conclusions - Creating structure - Disks - Drafts - Editing - Efficient reading - Electronic sources - Emphasis - End of term exam - Endnotes - Essay examinations - Essay length - Exam papers - Examination by thesis - Examination essays - Examination techniques - Examinations - False arguments - Finding time - Fonts - Footnotes - Full stops - Generating ideas - Getting started - Grammar - Grammar checkers - Harvard referencing - Headings - How to take notes - Hyphens - Indentation - Instruction terms - Introductions - Key terms - Lectures - Library skills - Making time - Materials - Memory - Mock examinations - Net searching - Notes from books - Notes from lectures - OHP slides - Open book examinations - Oral examinations - Overcoming nervousness - Page layout - Paper - Paragraphs - Planning essays - Presentations - Previewing - Punctuation - Quotations - Reading - Reading materials - Reading on screen - Reading skills - References - Relevance - Research - Research projects - Revision - Revision conditions - Revision materials - Revision planning - Revision techniques - Revision topics - Semicolons - Seminars - Sentences - Short question exams - Some myths dispelled - Spacing - Specimen exam papers - Spelling-checkers - SQ3R - Storage - Stress management - Structure - Study conditions - Successful presentations - Summarising - Take-home papers - Taking notes - Task-based examinations -Tidy pages - Time management - Titles - Tutorials - Types of book - Types of presentation - Types of reading - Underlining - Using time - What examiners want - What to avoid - Word-processors - Writer's block - Writing strategies