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Learning Resources

It’s our goal to support you in every aspect of your studies. That’s why we’ve put together a growing library of clear and easy-to-read resources on some of the most common concerns we deal with every day.

Hanging Indents

Hanging indentation is required for your list of sources at the end of a paper (References, Works Cited, Bibliography, etc). This tip sheet will show you how to set up these hanging indentations on both the downloaded and online versions of Word.

Language Classes

Learning a new language is difficult. You will have to learn new grammar, new vocabulary, and possibly a new alphabet. However, all these concepts are attainable with patience and consistent practice. This tip sheet covers some language learning strategies to help you study!

Page Numbers, Headers, and Running Heads

This tip sheet will instruct you on how to include page numbers, headers, and running heads both in the online version and downloadable version of Microsoft Word.

Paper First Steps & Assignment Task Words

You are ready to start your assignment and you might be asking: What do I do? Where do I start? What is my professor looking for? Follow this step-by-step method to get your assignment started.

Passive vs. Active Voice

A lot of writers use the passive voice because they think it sounds smarter or more academic. But is it? Check out our "Passive vs Active Voice" tip sheet to learn more!

Prepositions

This tip sheet will define what prepositions are, introduce three types of prepositions, and provide guidelines for using prepositions correctly in different contexts.

Reading Strategies

Academic reading requires time and critical consideration to both comprehend and analyze what a text does. This page will provide you with some smart tips and reading strategies to help you tackle your academic readings!

Ready for Submission

This tip sheet will show you how to save your document and attach it to an email, submit it on Moodle, or print it out on paper.

Reflection Papers

Reflection papers are academic papers that allow us to think introspectively on a particular experience and how it helped us grow. Different from a research paper or exegetical paper, a reflection paper does not require a rigorous number of sources such as books or journal articles, but most of the content comes from within you and your experiences.

Revision and Editing

Good writers know that writing doesn’t end with the first draft. A strong paper requires polish and attention to detail, which involves going back over the draft and making changes to better communicate your points. This resource is all about the revision and editing skills necessary to do this.

Smart Studying Strategies

In this tip sheet, we cover 12 smart study tips/strategies including pre-study tips, considering your environment, as well as some practical study strategies.

Statistics Formulas

This resource provides many of the common formulas used in Tyndale's "Introduction to Statistics" course.