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Suggested Readings for Current Students
Having trouble in a class? Need some advice on living away from home? The following is a list of suggested books and articles to help with virtually every aspect of being a college student.
Don't have money to buy these? Check out Penn State Behrend's Library to get them for free!
Books:
- Cohen, Harlan. The naked roommate: And 107 other issues you might run into in college. Sourcebooks Incorporated, 2005.
- Lipson, Charles. Doing honest work in college: How to prepare citations, avoid plagiarism, and achieve real academic success. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004.
- Miller, Robert H. Campus confidential. Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2006.
- Nathan, Rebekah. My freshman year: What a professor learned by becoming a student. USA: Penguin Group, 2006.
- Nist, Sherri L. & Holschuh, Jodi. College rules! How to study, survive, and succeed in college. Ten Speed Press, 2002.
- Oz, Daphne & Oz, Mehmet. The dorm room diet: The 8-step program for creating a healthy lifestyle plan that really works. Newmarket Press, 2006.
- Pauk, Walter & Owens, Ross J. How to study in college, 8th edition. Houghton Mifflin College Division, 2004.
- Rich, Jason R. The everything college survival book. Adams Media Corporation, 1997.
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