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Welcome to eBooks Monthly Libguide @ the West Library!

The eBooks shown in this guide are free for access to all TxWes students, faculty, and staff. They can be accessed on or off-campus. From this page, you can do the following:

Browse our monthly picks for eBooks in our collection
Find out how to browse our catalog for eBooks
Get tips on accessing eBooks through your local library
Get tips on accessing eBooks on Google Scholar
Browse our list of Freshman Success eBooks (below)

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eBook Resources for Freshmen Success

What the Best College Students Do by Ken Bain
Call Number: Available via EBSCO eBook Collection
ISBN: 9780674067479
Publication Date: 2012-07-16
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The author of the best-selling What the Best College Teachers Do is back with humane, doable, and inspiring help for students who want to get the most out of their education. The first thing they should do? Think beyond the transcript. Use these four years to cultivate habits of thought that enable learning, growth, and adaptation throughout life.
21 Strategies for Starting College Strong by Jason Morris
Call Number: Available via EBSCO eBook Collection
ISBN: 9781576859964
Publication Date: 2014
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This eBook, written by education experts, will help you start college on the right path with strategies to achieve academic success, navigate technology and online learning, and manage your higher education experience. Get the most out of your college experience and continue your academic career with confidence.
Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: a guide for students by Marcy Levy Shankman; Scott J. Allen; Paige Haber-Curran
Call Number: Available via EBSCO eBook Collection
ISBN: 9781118932315
Publication Date: 2015
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The only book for students which explores the connection between emotional intelligence and effective leadership Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: A Guide for Students is based on a conceptual model that helps students to become emotionally intelligent leaders.
How to Succeed at University (and Get a Great Job!): : mastering the critical skills you need for school, work, and life by Thomas R. Klassen; John A. Dwyer
Call Number: Available via EBSCO eBook Collection
ISBN: 9780774838993
Publication Date: 2015
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Going to university is exciting, but it can also be stressful. What courses should I take? What program should I choose? Will I get a job after graduation? This book shows that the best preparation for success on the job, and in life, is succeeding at university. Teamwork, meeting deadlines, overcoming challenges, writing well, and dealing with people are essential in any professional job. These same skills are also vital to becoming a strong student. This practical guide shows you how to master the critical skills and strategies for success at school, work, and in life.
How to Succeed in College and Beyond: the art of learning by Daniel R. Schwarz
Call Number: Available via EBSCO eBook Collection
ISBN: 9781118974827
Publication Date: 2015
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How to Succeed in College and Beyond is an insightful, inspired guide to the undergraduate experience that helps students balance the joy of learning with the necessity of career preparation. Features a wealth of advice for getting the most from an undergraduate education, especially inthe areas of arts and humanities, written by an experienced educator and mentor Covers the entire undergraduate experience, from high school preparation, applications,financial aid, each undergraduate year from freshman to senior, junior year abroad course selection, and extra-curricular activities, to independent study, honors essays, graduate school, dissertations, and career searches
Teach Yourself How to Learn: strategies you can use to ace any course at any level by Saundra Yancy McGuire; Mark McDaniel (Foreword by); Stephanie McGuire (As told to)
Call Number: Available via EBSCO eBook Collection
ISBN: 9781620367568
Publication Date: 2018-01-02
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Following up on her acclaimed Teach Students How to Learn, that describes teaching strategies to facilitate dramatic improvements in student learning and success, Saundra McGuire here presents these “secrets” direct to students. Her message is that “Any student can use simple, straightforward strategies to start making A's in their courses and enjoy a lifetime of deep, effective learning.”Beginning with explaining how expectations about learning, and the study efforts required, differ between college and secondary school, the author introduces her readers, through the concept of metacognition, to the importance and powerful consequences of understanding themselves as learners.