Library Guides: First Year Foundations: Welcome

Featured Resource

The Science of College by Patricia S. Herzog et al.
Publication Date: 2020
eBook
The transition to adulthood is a complex process, and college is pivotal to this experience. The Science of College aids entering college students - and the people who support them - in navigating college successfully, with up-to-date recommendations based upon real student situations, sound social science research, and the collective experiences of faculty, lecturers, advisors, and student support staff.

How to Study a Textbook
This step-by-step guide from The Learning Scientists outlines a method of reading, note-taking, and formulating questions that will help you practice retrieval and deepen your understanding of a text.
Blueprint for Success in College: Indispensible Study Skills and Time Management Strategies
This open educational text, designed to show how to be successful in college and career preparation, focuses on study skills and time management.
Study Skills Hub
This hub from The Learning Portal will help you develop the skills you need to succeed in your program and cope with the demands of college. Each unit covers practical study skills that will build a foundation for academic success.

Academic Integrity at Mohawk College
This webpage gathers the top resources for explaining and supporting academic integrity at Mohawk College. Visit to find helpful definitions, college policy, and tools to avoid plagiarism.
Why Cite?
Learn what it means to cite your sources and why it's important. You will also find tips for how to cite your sources effectively and efficiently.

Writing Hub
This hub from The Learning Portal will help you develop effective planning, writing and revising skills that will help you complete your written assignments.
Essay Writing Guide
How to plan, write and revise your essay.

APA Guide
The Library's APA Guide is designed to help you form citations for the most commonly used items such as books and articles. This is a good place to start and also provides Quick Links to more resources.
APA Style & Grammar Guidelines
The style and grammar guidelines pages present information about APA Style as described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition.

Evaluating Internet Resources
This list of websites from Ryerson University Library and Archives will provide users with advice for evaluating information found in books, journal articles, and on the web.
How to Spot Fake News
This step-by-step guide from Simon Fraser University Library helps students easily identify propaganda, satire, and false information that is masquerading as facts.
TEDEd: How False News Can Spread
In previous decades, most news with global reach came from several major newspapers and networks with the resources to gather information directly. The speed with which information spreads now, however, has created the ideal conditions for something called circular reporting. Noah Tavlin sheds light on this phenomenon in this video.
Evaluate for Quality
Tips from The Learning Portal to help you determine whether or not you should use a particular source for your research assignment.

Internet and Email
In this module from The Learning Portal, you will learn essential information to help you master using the internet, selecting and using web browsers, and using email.
Social Media
This module from The Learning Portal focuses on the tricky territory of managing your social media presence, highlighting its potential consequences in your professional life and personal relationships.

Digital Tattoo Project
This project aims to raise questions, provide examples and links to resources to encourage you to think about your presence online, navigate the issues involved in forming and re-forming your digital identity, and learn about your rights and responsibilities as a digital citizen.