Sources Used and Recommended for

ORT 110, Strategies for College and Career

We would like to acknowledge and thank the many individuals, and organizations whose work we have used and recommended in the development of the College Orientation course at Quinsigamond Community College.

College Orientation | Study Skills | Learning Styles | Career Development | Miscellaneous

College Orientation and First Year Experience Resources

• National Resource Center for First Year Experience and Students in Transition

• Policy Center on the First Year of College

• National Career Development Association (NCDA)

• National Academic Advising Association (NACADA)

• The work of Joe Cuseo, Professor of Psychology and Director of First-Year Seminar, Marymount College

• Student Success Strategies   On Course  by Skip Downing

• Active Learning, Mel Silberman, 1996 Allyn & Bacon, Needham, MA

Study Skills

• Study Skills ~ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Cook Counseling Center Blacksburg, VA
• Study Skills ~ George Mason University Fairfax, VA
• Study Skills ~ Bucks County Community College  Newtown, Pennsylvania
• Mind Maps from Mind Tools - A Powerful Approach to Note Taking  

• How to Study

• Dr. King's Exam Hints ~ Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

 Learning Styles/Preferences Assessments

• Ethics in Test Interpretation (for faculty)  ~ Type Focus, Internet, Inc.

• Index of Learning Styles Assessment ~ Felder and Soloman, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

• Modality Questionnaire / Learning Styles Assessment ~ Muskingum College, Center for Advancement of Learning, New Concord, Ohio

• Learning Styles and MBTI  (for faculty)  ~ Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

• The Meyers–Briggs and Learning Styles (Source Unknown)

• Learning Styles ~ Chaminade College Preparatory, Chatsworth, CA

Career Development Information and Assessments

• Career Toolbox, Work Interest Quiz

• Career Interests Game ~ University of Missouri – Columbia, MO

• Career Link Inventory ~ Monterey Peninsula College

• Career Key ~ North Carolina State University

• Jung Typology Test ~ Humanmetrics

• Information on 16 MBTI profiles ~ Type Focus, Internet, Inc.

• Connecting Personality types with Jobs  ~ University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

• Career Planning Assessments  ~ Maryland's CareerNet, Department of Labor

• Occupational Outlook Handbook  ~ U.S. Department of Labor

• Mass Careers ~ Massachusetts Division of Career Services  

• Salary Wizard

• America’s Career Info Net

• Informational Interviewing Tutorial ~ Quintessential Careers  Deland, FL

• Preparation and Questions for Informational Interviews  (Source Unknown)

• Resume Writing ~ Northeastern College of Computer Science

• Damn Good Resume

• Resume Writing ~ Job Web, National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)

• Resume Tutor ~ University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Duluth, Morris, and Crookston, MN

Miscellaneous Information

• Information on academic problems, money problems, anxiety, abuse, health. ~ Campus Blues

• Stress Management  ~ Mind Tools

• Comprehensive Health Information (body, mind, spirit, environment) ~ U.S. Army Office of the Surgeon General

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