Success: Next Exit

Welcome back, students! It's time to shake off those post-holiday blues and double down for another semester. Whether you've emerged from academic hibernation a lean, mean studying machine or half-asleep, start out your semester on the right foot by dropping by the library. We've put together a book display with your success in mind, with books covering everything from time management to adult learners, strategies for nursing school, learning disabilities, and study tips. Looking for some recommendations? We've got a few:

Who says there's no such thing as a magic bullet? Sharon Melnick shares tips for managing stress and improving quality of life in Success under stress : powerful tools for staying calm, confident, and productive when the pressure's on.

Cal Newport plumbs the secrets of successful students and shows you how you can develop your own blueprint for success in How to win at college : simple rules for success from star students and How to become a straight-A student : the unconventional strategies real college students use to score high while studying less.

Intimidated by your professors? Learn how to better communicate with them and get the most out of your academic experience with Say this, not that to your professor : 36 talking tips for college success by Ellen Bremen.

Finally, it can be difficult to know when and how to cite, and you many not always have an opportunity to sit down with a librarian when you need help in a pinch. Charles Lipson offers a primer to citation guidelines in Doing honest work in college : how to prepare citations, avoid plagiarism, and achieve real academic success, ensuring that readers not only learn how to cite but why.

Check out all of these books and more in the Success: Next Exit display at the front of the library, right between new books and popular fiction. Happy spring semester!