Carroll Community College

College Success (COL 100) Resources

Internet resources:

Mission Statements:

• Mission Statement Builder  - from the Franklin-Covey organization.  Guides you through creating your personal goals.

Time Management:

• Time Management - advice, downloadable schedules & calendars, video and more from Dartmouth University. 
• Time Management - tips from the University of Nebraska.
• Time Management - helpful guidelines from the University of St. Thomas includes links to printable charts for goal-setting and scheduling.

Money Management:

• 12 Money Management Tips for College Students - practical advice useful to any student from Bankrate.com.
• Money Management - from the University of Minnesota.  Covers credit, spending, problem solving, etc.
• Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans - provides more than 4,200 sources of education-related financial aid and awards at all levels of study. 7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.

Study Skills:

• Study Skills from the Augustine Club -  includes time savers, reading comprehension, studying foreign languages, and links to other resources from Columbia University.
• Study Skills Guide - from a college Academic Advising Office. Classroom strategies, effective listening and reading, test-taking, and more.
• Study Skill Resources - very comprehensive site on reading, note-taking, remembering, test-taking,  how to study by specific subject and lots more from Chemeketa Community College.

Personality Type:

• Kiersey Temperament Sorter II - short online test yields temperament description only. A character report for your type is available for a fee.  Links to information on different temperaments is available at the bottom of the initial page.
• The Myers and Briggs Foundation - quality basic and detailed information.  Includes an overview of the questionnaire and types, and how to apply them as well as articles and links to more information.
• Personality Plus - from the Personality Institute of the Southern Tier. Check out the "Meat and Potatoes:  the Mechanics of MBTI" section which includes terminology and detailed information on the MBTI and the 16 types.
• PersonalityType.com - includes a "Discover Your Type Quiz," FAQs regarding personality type, and links.

Learning Styles:

• Learning Style Survey for College - online survey from Diablo Valley College.

Careers:

• Career Development Links -- links selected by librarians for CAR 100 course.

Library electronic resources:

• Online book & media catalog
• Periodical Databases
  • General Databases 
• Documenting sources

updated 2007