The document provides strategies for students to achieve academic success by managing stress, practicing good time management, concentrating effectively, staying motivated, and setting realistic goals. It also provides tips for writing research papers and evaluating internet resources.

2. Financial problems.

3. Frustrations, due to delays in reaching goals.

4. Problems in personal relationships.

5. Daily challenges.

6. Pressures due to competition or deadlines.

8. Time management

9. Concentration

10. Motivation

11. Setting goals

12. Research skills

14. Chronic inability to make choices or decisions

15. Fatigue or restlessness

16. Constantly missed deadlines

17. Not enough time for rest or personal relationships

19. Do not underestimate the delight of real simplicity.

20. Whatever situation you meet in life, consider first whether it is really worth fighting for.

21. Try to keep your mind on pleasant aspects of life and on actions that improve your situation. Nothing paralyzes your efficiency more than frustration; nothing helps it more than success.

22. Even after the greatest defeats, combat the depressing thought of being a failure by taking stock of all your past achievements, which no one can deny you.

23. When faced with a task that is very painful yet indispensable to achieve your aim, don’t procrastinate.

25. Set small, manageable goals.

26. Think in terms of evolution, not revolution. Revolutionary changes only inspire counterrevolutions. If you want to change the way you eat, start by changing just one meal a week.

27. Identify your resources. Do you have the knowledge, skills, finances, and time--whatever it takes? Find out from others who know. Be sure you’re ready for the next step.

28. Systematically analyze barriers. How can you acquire missing resources? Identify and select alternative plans. List solutions for any obstacles you foresee.

29. Choose a plan. Think it through, step by step trying to anticipate what might go wrong and why.

30. Unlike most print resources such as magazines, journals, and books that go through a filtering process (e.g. editing,

31. peer review, library selection), information on the Internet is mostly unfiltered. So using and citing information

32. found over the Internet is a little like swimming without a lifeguard. The following guide provides a starting point

34. The Format of Your Written Paper:

35. Your first paragraph (Introduction)

36. Introduce the topic!

37. Inform the reader of your point of view!

38. Entice the reader to continue with the rest of the paper!

39. Focus on three main points to develop.

40. The first paragraph is often the most difficult to write. If you have trouble, just get it down with the intention of re-writing it later, even after you have finished with the rest. But remember this first entry draws your audience into your topic, your

42. Connect one idea to the next topic sentences in each paragraph. (See a examples of transitional words and phrases on

43. page 7.) Also near the beginning, define their place in the overall scheme. Avoid one and two sentence paragraphs which may reflect lack of development of your point.

44. Keep your voice active

45. "The Academic Committee decided..." not "It was decided y..."

46. Avoid the verb "to be" for clear, dynamic, and effective presentation

47. Avoiding "to be" will also avoid the passive voice.

48. Use quotations to support your interpretations

49. Properly introduce, explain, and cite each quote

50. Block (indented) quotes should be used sparingly; they can break up the flow of your argument

51. Continually prove your point of view throughout the essay

52. Don't drift or leave the primary focus of the essay.

54. Summarize, then conclude, your argument.

55. Refer back (once again) to the first paragraph(s) as well as the development.

56. Do the last paragraphs briefly restate the main ideas?

57. Reflect the succession and importance of the arguments.

58. Edit/rewrite the first paragraph to better set your development and conclusion.

60. Does the author list his or her occupation, years of experience, position, education, or other credentials?

61. Affiliation

62. What institution (company, organization, government, university, etc.) or Internet provider supports this information?

63. If it is a commercial Internet provider, does the author appear to have any connection with a larger institution?

64. Does the institution appear to exercise quality control over the information appearing under its name?

65. Does the author's affiliation with this particular institution appear to bias the information?

66. Currency

67. When was the information created or last updated?

68. Purpose-What appears to be the purpose for this information?

69. Inform? Explain? Persuade?

70. Audience

71. Who is the intended audience?

72. Compared to what?

73. What does this work or site offer compared to other works, including non-internet works?

74. Adapted