With Planet Earth II hitting our screens, here’s our obligatory post relating your study styles to wild animals, as a little tip of our hat to Sir David Attenborough. Well, it’d be rude not to… As you are hopefully aware of by now, the Library has gone 24 hours! Which means that the Library is enjoying […]
New Arts or Social Sciences student? Here are 5 tips for surviving your first ever assignment
So it’s come to this: time to write your first assignment. Make that mountain into a manageable hill with these handy tips…By Thomas Bray So, you’ve bonded with your flatmates, mastered beans on toast, and conquered the ravages of the freshers’ flu. Nothing can stop you now. But then one of your lecturers starts talking about […]
First assignment as a Science student? Here’s a quick crashcourse to see you through
Staring at a blank word document on a computer screen, if only you could come up with that first sentence! We’ve all been there, so from start to finish, here’s how you get through…By Charles Hand [Repost] Step 1 As a fresher approaching my first university assignment I had many new challenges to face: a strict […]
24-hour Library: Researching Into the Night
24-hour Library: 5 foods and drinks to keep you going through a late night study session
Studying late at the Library? Tummy grumbling? Energy-levels dwindling? Here are our food and drink suggestions to keep you going… **WARNING** This is not a fun post. Unfortunately Monster and Haribo are not the best thing to keep your focus when you are working through the night, so if that is what you want to […]
24-hour Library: How not to leave things to the last minute
The Library is 24/7 but you don’t need to be. Here’s our best advice on how to avoid all-nighters and beat the procrastination bug! Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. It’s an important life lesson, but one that’s hard to stick by; especially when it comes to studying. There are so many other […]
24-hour Library: Take good care of yourself…
Welcome to your 24-hour Library! If you’re planning on staying late to finish that essay or arriving early to guarantee your favourite desk by the printer on Floor 3, you might find yourself on campus at some fairly random times. Here are our top tips for staying safe on your journey to and from the […]
You said, we did; The Library is going 24 hours!
We have some very exciting news for you… The Library is going 24 hours! Great news for you night owls and early morning larks! Find out more… One of our joys at the Library is granting your wishes, though these usually take the form of book requests rather than pumpkin carriages and glass slippers. So […]
Get Familiar: The Modern Records Centre
Struggling to find original source material? Want to make your essay stand out? Here’s how to get ahead by using the Modern Records Centre (MRC) and its archives…by Nuala Clarke We’ve all been there; staring up at the looming gap of oblivion where your book should be. You check your code again. You look around the […]
New to Warwick? Navigate your way with the Library
Bubble or not, when you’re new to Warwick, the campus can be pretty daunting… There’s the brief flood of panic when you nonchalantly accept a 10am Chemistry block rendezvous, before realising you have no idea where the Chemistry block is. And when you finally twig you’ve been walking in the wrong direction for 10 minutes, […]