Subject Guides: End-of-Semester Study Help

Compiled by:

Prof. Miriam Laskin

Instructional Services Librarian

This Pathfinder is offered especially for end-of-semester exams and writing projects. Many of these Internet Resources are available in a variety of locations on the Hostos Library Web site, but we have pulled the best together and put them all in one place for your convenience. Please remember that Librarians will be glad to help you find information on these and other topics if you need more.

HELP IN TAKING THE CUNY-WIDE ACT & CPE EXAMS

This section provides links to Web sites that will explain what these exams are, and how to prepare for them.

They all contain practice questions and sample exams, with answers. You don’t have to visit all of these resources – start with one and if you wish to do more practice exams, check out the other links.

CUNY’s Write Site provide help for ACT and CPE exams: Writing for Exams - CUNY 

WriteSite

Click here for help with the  ACT - ESL exam.

Want more resources for the CPE, as well as help preparing for a test, beginning to write, term paper skills and more?

The Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) site, created recently by Hostos’ Graduate Writing Fellows has some good ideas for students: Welcome to Writing Across the Curriculum

Finally, here are two links from the Official ACT Web site.

Test preparation: ACT : ACT Assessment : Test Prep

Sample ACT practice exams in English, Reading and Math:

            ACT : ACT Assessment : Test Prep : Sample Questions and Answers  

DOING RESEARCH PAPERS

Need some tips or help with organizing your time in order to study effectively? Need help in preparing for, and taking final exams for your courses? Help in writing papers? Math & Science? Try the University of St. Thomas’ extensive collection of Internet resources at Study Guides and Strategies

If you need step-by-step help in organizing and writing your research paper, this Internet resource from the Internet Public Library may be the best site for you: Research & Writing: Why the Step By Step Approach?

Need even more resources for writing library (research) papers? We have more links here.

HELP IN FORMATTING & WRITING BIBLIOGRAPHIES, REFERENCES & FOOTNOTES

There are several different styles of documenting sources and formatting your paper. Your professor will tell you which one s/he wants you to use. The two main styles followed at Hostos are the MLA (Modern Language Association) style, which is used in English and other Humanities courses; and the APA (American Psychological Association) style, which is used in Behavioral Sciences and some medical or dental courses.

For MLA style documentation: uw-madison writing center writer's handbook

For APA style documentation: uw-madison writing center writer's handbook 

Here is an easy-to-use Internet resource for documenting information from the Internet and World Wide Web and full-text articles (subscription) databases, from Purdue University’s OWL site:

Documenting Electronic Sources