What's happening at the library and items of interest to the UB community
As every college student knows, textbooks are expensive! The game is rigged: publishers are constantly releasing new editions of textbooks with only slight changes to the material, but if you don’t buy the overpriced textbook, you’re going to have a Continue reading Free textbooks! What’s not to like?
Welcome Back UB! Achievement & Learning Services wants to share our workshop schedule with you! We have a lot of exciting things scheduled already and we have even more to come. Below you’ll find our schedule for math group tutorials, Continue reading Spring Workshop Schedule
Oxford University Press is at Langsdale for a limited time! Langsdale is hosting trials for four Oxford University Press resources up until February 16. You can find them here, as well as on our Databases page. Check out the right Continue reading Try Out Oxford University Press
Preparing for the Math Placement test? Achievement & Learning Services are prepared to help you review! RSVP today for our Accuplacer review workshop to refresh your knowledge of algebraic expressions, linear and quadratic equations, and real numbers. If you need Continue reading Taking the Math Placement Test?
Registering for Practicum in Writing (WRIT 200) or Advanced Expository Writing (WRIT 300) next semester? The Upper-Division Writing Placement Test is required of all UB students registering for these courses. Students are only allowed to take the test once, and Continue reading Writing Placement Test Prep
Interested in becoming a tutor? Achievement & Learning Services is looking to hire for the spring semester. Being a tutor is a great opportunity to not only help your peers succeed, but to help you succeed academically as well. It Continue reading Tutors Needed
Here are Langsdale’s holiday hours to help you plan your study schedule this week. We’ll be back in full swing on Monday. Have a great holiday!
Business, Psych, Criminal Justice, or any other APA major? Don’t miss this opportunity to demo APA Style CENTRAL for free during the month of November. The ALC will be hosting a walk-in clinic for students and faculty to explore the Continue reading APA Style Central Tutorials
Curiosity got the best of student Kayla Antoine on Wednesday– she stopped into Langsdale’s administrative offices and asked what the ultra-mysterious “Cell Zone” booth on the third floor is supposed to be used for. Antoine was probably a little let Continue reading Intrepid Student Unlocks a Learning Commons Mystery
Breaks in the academic calendar are important in Special Collections because they allow time for in-depth research. It’s common for faculty and graduate students to take advantage of their time outside the classroom to develop theses, dissertations, peer reviewed articles, Continue reading Academic Syncopation