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[librariesandlanguages]

A research tip from a friendly neighborhood librarian! 

I want to introduce you to the wonderful world of subject librarians and Libguides. 

I’m sure it’s common knowledge that scholars and writers have academic specialties. The same is true for subject librarians! Most libraries use a tool called Libguides to amass and describe resources on a given topic, course, work, person, etc. (I use them for everything. All hail Libguides.) These resources can include: print and ebooks, databases, journals, full-text collections, films/video, leading scholars, data visualizations, recommended search terms, archival collections, digital collections, reliable web resources, oral histories, and professional organizations. 

So, consider that somewhere out there in the world, there may be a librarian with a subject specialty on the topic you’re writing on, and this librarian may have made a libguide for it. 

Are you writing about vampires? 

Duquesne University has a guide on Dracula

University of Northern Iowa: Monsters and Religion

Fontbonne University has a particularly good one on Monsters, Ghosts, and Mysteries

Washington University in St. Louis: a course guide on Monsters and Strangeness 

How about poverty? 

Michigan State: Poverty and Inequality with great recommended terms and links to datasets 

Notre Dame: a multimedia guide on Poverty Studies.

Do you need particular details about how medicine or hygiene was practiced in early 20th century America?

UNC Chapel Hill: Food and Nutrition through the 20th Century (with a whole section on race, gender, and class)

Brown University: Primary Sources for History of Health in the Americas

Duke University: Ad*Access, a digital collection of advertisements from the early 20th century, with a section on beauty and hygiene  

You can learn about Japanese Imperial maps, the American West, controlled vocabularies, Crimes against art and art forgeries, anti-Catholicism, East European and Eurasian vernacular languages, geology, vaudeville, home improvement and repairs, big data, death and dying, and conspiracy theories.

Because you’re searching library collections, you won’t have access to all the content in the guides, and there will probably be some link rot (dead links), but you can still request resources through your own library with interlibrary loan, or even request that your library purchase the resources! Even without the possibility of full-text access, libguides can give you the words, works, people, sites, and collections to improve your research.

Search [your topic] + libguide and see what you get!

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hello where can i see all of your study tips?

Hey! Here are a whole heap of links :-) I’d also go through my /tagged/q for more answers (or emmastudies.com/archive and filtering by ask, since I haven’t tagged things for a while).

Organisation

2018 student planner

2019 student planner

2018-19 digital student planner

planner brand recommendations

planner vs bullet journal: pros and cons

how to set up a bullet journal

setting up a digital bullet journal

bullet journal spread ideas

bullet journal decoration hacks

bullet journal brand recommendations

whats in my bag

my favourite stationery

back to school basic supplies

how to improve your handwriting

handwriting font suggestions

balancing study and work

desk/workspace essentials

student finance tips

2018 monthly planner printables

Productivity

productivity and time management applications

how to remove distractions

types of procrastination and how to deal with them

google chrome new tab options for improved productivity

10 small ways to improve your productivity

applications to block websites

no distraction writing applications

100 days of productivity challenge

how to focus in class

how to stick to a schedule

how to stay alert

how to build self-discipline

how to organise for exams

my after school routine

how to reduce perfectionist ideas

Motivation

what to do when you’ve tried everything

how to gain back motivation

motivational monday printables

how to stop avoiding studying

what to do when you feel exhausted before studying

how I stay motivated

tips on maintaining motivation

10 tips to increase your motivation for study

how to start a studyblr

how to utilise your studyblr for motivation

how to set up a studygram

dealing with competitive people

how to bounce back from ‘failure’

how to learn from a lower than expected grade

how to structure a weekly review

how to deal with a difficult class

things to do during holidays/study vacations

Studying

applications for students

how to take effective class or lecture notes

how to take notes from a textbook

how to prepare for exams

my note-taking method

my notebook system

how to write faster

how to study more effectively

how to summarise information

how I organise my binders

good habits to implement

how to study (my method)

how to revise from notes

how to organise a colour code

how to memorise information effectively

how to memorise quotes

how to use flashcards

how I reduce waffle and narration in essays

tips for essay writing

how to find out where you’re going wrong

how I prepare to study

different ways to study

how to study during the semester

how to annotate a book/novel/etc

how to get ahead in school

how to break up a large textbook

studying as a visual learner

how to practice and present a speech

mindmapping apps and extensions

how to deal with online classes

how to study a language

how to study maths

how to improve group assessments/projects

ipad study inspiration

Self Care

how to improve your sleep schedule

how to wake up earlier

how to study when sick

over-coming self doubt

dealing with stress

how to balance studying and anxiety

how to balance studying and depression

apps that help with depression

ways to reward your productivity

my favourite tv shows

my favourite podcasts

ways to use empty notebooks

how to be more sociable

tips for getting a job

advice for the first day

things (personal, academic, etc) to do every week

Printables

all my paid student printables, planners, digital planners + stickers, etc

2018 monthly planner printables

2018 student printables (includes 2018 overview + calendar, daily + weekly + monthly planner, 30 habit tracker, class overview and timed worklog)

2019 free student printables (2018-19 overview, 2019 overview, 2019 key dates, year in pixels, monthly portrait planner)

weekly study schedule

weekly planner

weekend planner

daily planner

assessment planner

subject to do list planner

study session planner

exam revision printable pack (includes revision checklist, formulas + definitions sheet, essay + project planner, weekly schedule)

note-taking printables (includes dotted, grid, lined, cornell method)

organic chemistry printable

literary techniques and devices sheet

100 days of productivity tracker printable

ultimate student organiser pack

study and revision pack

2018 student planner

2018 weekly planner

pomodoro tracker

grade and assessment planner pack

essay guide and planner pack

productivity planner

student reading journal printable

student finance planner

goal and habit planner

customisable weekly study planner

xxx

[librariesandlanguages]

If you want to learn Hindi, this is the perfect time to do it. Although Duolingo has finally launched the Hindi course, there’s an app that might be better. It’s built similarly to Duolingo, with several lessons on different topics but! There’s some additional exercises you can do. You can even practice conversations!

Compared to the Duolingo course, it also has a lot more lessons. I really recommend trying it.

The app is called Namaste Hindi. Have fun ♡

[librariesandlanguages]

want to learn persian but don’t know where the fuck to start?

yay then I’m your person! this is only to get you started, so there’s not a lot here

this will be farsi-resource heavy, but as a dari learner i’ve included some things for tajiki and dari + classical

resources

grammar: - my google drive full of persian books (farsi, dari, tajiki, old) - an introduction to persian (dari, grammar heavy, slightly confusing + spelling errors, good overall) - persiandee (a goldmine, i use this) - my personal grammar notes (messy, don’t use as a primary source, only as revision) - persian verbs - my persian verb cheat sheet (+ practice charts + 65 most common verbs with present stems) - prepositions

misc + vocab: - AFZA books (1 and 2 are for beginners, VERY good for vocab + practicing) - my 600 word farsi memrise course (does not completely have audio) - list of 600 most common farsi words + transcription - clozemaster (the website) - some flashcards ranging from B1 (intermediate) to C2 (native), don’t recommend unless for cultural exposure

media: - i’m working on a full post for movies and shit  - my persian spotify playlist

good luck in learning persian!

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100 days of productivity: 3/100 Worked on some basic verbs and conjugation today- also got an email from my host family, which was really cool, and I can’t wait to meet them!

[librariesandlanguages]

Guess who just got her host family placement for NSLI-Y’s Summer Hindi program!!!

[librariesandlanguages]

100 days of productivity: 2/100 Made some flash cards for vowels today- I’m extremely ready for finals to be over so I can actually focus on hindi!

[librariesandlanguages]

100 days of productivity: 1/100 Did some writing and pronunciation practice today- my pronunciation is pretty abysmal currently, but I’m working on it!

[librariesandlanguages]

hello langblr!

I’m Lauren, and I’ve decided it’s about time I stopped lurking through the langblr tag and made a separate blog for language stuff!

My native language is English (I’m from the US) and my target languages are Spanish and Hindi. In the future, I hope to add German and Swedish, but I’ve got my hands full right now and am doing my best to resist the temptation to attempt to learn four languages at once.

Some other stuff about me: I love musical theatre and fantasy books, I adore libraries- hence the url- and I’m a massive nerd for history and politics.

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I’m excited to finally join the langblr community and meet some awesome people!