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Education: For Students: Learning strategies

Welcome! This guide includes helpful resources to support your educational and career journeys as students, faculty, and staff, as well as recommendations for our IEP students

Library resources

Our Library Collection is home to countless great resources, printed and electronic, including material to support your college success!

Get started by looking for relevant resources with our AUK Library - Search All or in the box below:

You can also try the below search suggestions:

For off-campus access, remember to log in with your valid AUK username and password to view the collections
Need a refresher on finding your way around the Library and our services? Check out our First Year Experience guide for help

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Watch: How to start maximizing your learning?

Try some of these tips from to get some effective study strategies in your arsenal and to optimize your note-taking strategies during class instruction:

Get help from your Librarians!

     Feel overwhelmed with a lot of new information or advice? Need
     someone to talk you through the first steps of academic writing? The AUK Library
     team is here to help you find your footing when it comes to making the most of
     our resources and support your academic success. Visit us on campus or book a
     research consultation appointment to seek support!

     For info visit AUK ➤ Academics ➤ Library, for appointments
     visit
 here

     Contact information: 1802040 or 22248399 ext.
     3070 or library@auk.edu.kw

     Campus Location: Library Building in front of central courtyard

Get help from your Writing & Tutoring Center!

If you're not sure how to approach your academic writing projects, or just want a helpful pair of eyes to look over your work, you can request a one-to-one or group consultation with a trained tutor who can help you with any stage of the writing process, from understanding your assignment to developing and expanding your ideas and organizing your thoughts into a coherent whole. You'll also get advice on clear communication, academic writing and citation rules, and incorporating research research into your work.

For info and appointments visit AUK ➤ Academics ➤ Writing & Tutoring Center

Contact information: 1802040 ext. 3200 | 3201 | 3202 or writing@auk.edu.kw

Campus Location: Student Center - Floor 3

Featured online resource

Credo Reference

Try out Credo Reference for your next research project or homework assignment. With this easy-to-use tool, you can search in hundreds of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations, and subject-specific titles, as well as 200,000+ images and audio files, and nearly 100 videos. You might like to use Credo Reference at the beginning of your writing prep, as you develop your preliminary thesis and assemble a list of background sources and key words. You can try the Advanced Search option to filter to your subject of choice, try the Mind Map tool to help you brainstorm a topic of choice, or check out 'Related Resources' to view other items our library has that might be useful for your research.

For off-campus access, remember to log in with your valid AUK username and password to view the collections

Want to know more about Educational classes @AUK?

Visit the university's course description catalogue to see what upcoming UNIV classes will be available

Visit the First Year Experience Unit homepage to discover more about transitioning into a liberal arts education while at AUK