LIBRARY AND LEARNING COMMONS

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The unique needs and challenges of the working professional
returning to school to study at postgraduate level

Becoming a self-directed learner

New study patterns
Understand your learning style
Manage your time
Study strategies
Develop your thinking and questioning skills
Improve your memory
Organize your work space
Making the most of your Unit Guide
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 Off-Campus Learning
Bare essentials to support your off-campus
learning journey:
Look into contacts and support services

Understand off-campus learning

YOU as a learner

Be strategic

Your individual approach

Make use of Learning Support resources

Orient yourself to assessment (and the link to outcomes)

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Understand yourself better and apply that self-awareness

Explore your personality and learning preferences

Expand your learning techniques

Enrich your learning with technology

Enjoy your university experience plan, prepare,

find out.

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 On-line links and support

http://www.monash.edu/library/skills/resources/studying-at-university

https://www.monash.edu/library/skills

http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/

http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/OffCampus/

http://monash.edu/lls/hdr
https://www.monash.edu/library/skills/rsd

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 What do we want to achieve with
an academic assignment?

RSD facets of research

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Acknowledging your resources: Citing and referencing
NB NB NB : if you cite and reference correctly, you will not plagiarize
Ways to cite and reference:
1. MANUALLY (DO the library on-line tutorial 15minutes):
http://monash.edu/library/skills/resources/tutorials/citing/
http://resources.lib.monash.edu.au/learning-objects/test/apa-quick-
guide/
2. Using MICRO-SOFT WORD REFERENCING (but you still need to
have the manual referencing background knowledge)
3. Using ENDNOTE (but you still need to have the manual referencing
background knowledge)

Referencing resources:
Monash Library Website, Moodle and Libguides
https://www.monash.edu/library/skills/resources/tutorials
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 ASK for HELP

For
assistance
with learning, writing or communicating
your findings,
contact
a learning skills advisor
in
the library
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