CONTENTS
Basic Internet Search Tips
Learning Skills
Writing Skills
Math &
Science Background and Tools
U of A Information
UNIVERSITY LEARNING CENTER
Located in Old Main Room 202. Ph. 621-4548. Find
the Center in the Campus Map
RIO
(Research Instruction Online) (presented by the UA Library) -- provides tutorials
designed to sharpen your research, critical thinking, and paper-writing skills
A Student's Guide to
Research with the WWW (tips on analyzing
web sites)
THE WRITING CENTER at the
Evaluating web resources-
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Student's Guide to First-Year Composition --
Online.
On-line DICTIONARY & THESAURUS -- by
Merriam Webster Online
more to be added . . .
FORMER HOMEWORK EXERCISE WITH GOOD INFO ON
SCIENTIFIC NOTATION, CONVERSIONS, ETC.
From the Constants and Equations Pages ©
MATH BASICS (numbers, algebra, trigonometry, and more)
CONSTANTS & EQUATIONS (alphabetical listing of numerous constants and equations used in science)
SI UNITS (all the SI units complete with their units and symbols)
CONVERSIONS (convert to or from many different measurements)
SYMBOLS used in math and science (Greek alphabet, Mathematical symbols)
From the Particle Adventure by The Particle Data Group of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory:
What is Fundamental? -- learn about the atom and beyond . . .
What Holds it Together? -- learn about the four fundamental interactions (we'll focus on electromagnetic and gravitational forces) and a bit about Quantum Mechanics
How Do We Detect What's Happening? -- see "A Better Microscope," specifically the section beginning "Wavelength, the Cave" and the following pages.
Other useful sites:
MegaConverter - for conversion of units
Calculators Online Center -- links to every kind of calculator you can imagine
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