Link to SUNY Fredonia Home Page
Off-Site WebLink Resources

Online Dictionary:

http://dictionary.reference.com/

A quick reference guide.

Other more extensive dictionaries can be accessed by SUNY Fredonia students through Reed Library at http://www.fredonia.edu/library/databases.htm#dict


Oral Presentations:

http://web.stcloudstate.edu/pho/

Maintained by the St. Cloud State University (SCSU), St. Cloud, Minnesota

Presentation Help Online--
A web site for faculty using classroom presentation assignments.

  • Designing and Evaluating Assignments
  • Sample Assignments
  • Evaluation forms to download and modify.

Learning Skills Online Workshops:

http://www.trcc.commnet.edu/ed_resources/
tasc/skills_workshops.htm

Maintained by Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, CT

Academic Success Workshops include:

  • Time Management
  • Note Taking Techniques
  • Learning Styles Exploration
  • Textbook Reading Strategies
  • Stepping Up Your Reading Rate
  • Test Taking Strategies
  • Research Reading and Locating Sources

Study Guides and Strategies:

http://www.studygs.net/index.htm

Available in several languages.

Maintained by the University of St. Thomas (UST), St. Paul, Minnesota

Section Titles include:

  • Preparing to Learn
  • Classroom Participation
  • Project Management
  • Preparing for Tests
  • Writing Basics
  • Math and Science
  • Studying
  • Learning with others
  • Taking Tests
  • Reading Skills
  • Web truth

Library Research: http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/home.htm

Maintained by Duke University Libraries, Durham, NC

Seven Steps of the Research Process:

1. Choosing a Topic
2. Finding Background Information
3. Refining a Topic
4. Selecting Resources
5. Searching for Information
6. Evaluating Resources
7. Citing Sources


Content Area Specific Learning Strategies:
http://www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/content/

Maintained by Muskingum College, New Concord, OH

Offers Learning Strategies developed specifically for each of these disciplines:

Accounting
Anthropology
Art
Biology
Chemistry
Computer Science
Economics
Education
English
Foreign Languages
General Science
Geography
Geology
History
Math
Music
Philosophy
Physical Education
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology
Speech Communication
Theatre

Writing Handouts: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/

Maintained by OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Categories include:

  • General Writing Concerns
  • Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling
  • Professional Writing
  • English as a Second Language
  • Research and Documenting Sources
  • Writing Across the Curriculum
  • Practice Exercises

Citation and Documentation: http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/

Online companion to Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age, Third Edition by Diana Hacker and published by Bedford/St. Martin's

Finding Online Sources, Documenting Sources and Sample Papers for each of these styles:

  • Humanities: MLA
  • Social Sciences: APA
  • History: Chicago
  • Sciences: CBE

Calculus Practice: http://cow.math.temple.edu/

Maintained by Temple University, Philadelphia, PA and partially supported by the National Science Foundation

Collection of INTERACTIVE modules covering algebra, graphics and numerical calculation. Several chapters are included in each of these "books":

  • Pre calculus
  • Calculus
  • Linear Algebra
  • Number Theory
  • Abstract Algebra
Algebra

time
http://www.time.gov Official time in each US time zone.

New York State has various web sites for thruway travelers beginning with this home page:

http://www.thruway.state.ny.us/

car

For Thruway Road Conditions call:
1-800-THRUWAY
(1-800-847-8929)
http://www.thruway.state.ny.us/weather/index.shtml Weather conditions and forecasts from the National Weather Service for areas along the thruway.  Text format.
http://www.thruway.state.ny.us/maps/index.html On-Line Thruway Map with with current and planned lane closures/construction work along the NYS thruway.
http://www.travelinfony.com/wta/ Road conditions along the NYS thruway automatically updated every 5 minutes with data entered by the crews driving the snowplows.  Discontinued in Spring.
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