A-Level Survival kit
Starting at A-Level can be a little hard. The Library has put together a few resources to help you with your academic skills to give you a boost over the year.
These are things that will help prepare you for coursework, EPQ projects, exams and University later on.
Feel free to download the resources below, and pop by the Library for a chat if you need any extra advice. (Or Batman. We can also provide Batman.)
Also, have a little dubstep mashup to make things better:
Note-taking: The Best Way To Be Prepared!
How to Cheat at Revision: Note-taking the Cornell Way
Total Recall: Using SQ3R to Take Notes from Books & Written Material
(SQ3R: A Task for Note-Taking Skills)
Resources: Finding Stuff and Being Critical!
Searching Out Material: The Dewey Library Cheat Sheet
Wiki Is Not Your Friend: Guide to Online Sources & The Online Research Kit
Presentations! Everybody's Best Friend.
Words, Words, Words! - Essay Writing Style and Substance.
(Including: Shiny Essay Planning Guide,
Essay Bread and Bones,
Good Essay/Bad Essay,
Essayology.)
Nuts and Bolts: Bibliographies and Referencing
Critical Survey (or, Evaluative Bibliographies: Talking About Things That Talk About Your Topic)