Physical Books on Our Shelves in Healey Library
College Knowledge:
What It Really Takes for Students to Succeed and What We Can Do to Get Them Ready
by David T. Conley
Young, Gifted, and Black: Promoting High Achievement among African-American Students
by Theresa Perry, Claude Steele, and Asa G. Hilliard III
Writing for Social Scientists:
How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article
by Howard S. Becker
with Pamela Richards
Teaching Stories:
An Anthology on the Power of Learning and Literature
by Robert Coles
with Trevor Hall, Ernest Patterson, and Michael Coles
How to Navigate Life: The New Science of Finding Your Way in School, Career, and Beyond
by Belle Liang and Timothy Klein
Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands: A Guide to the City's Hidden Shores
by Christopher Klein
Thriving! A Manual for Students in the Helping Professions
by Lennis G. Echterling
How to Study Linguistics:
A Guide to Understanding Language
by Geoffrey Finch
Study Skills: A Student's Guide for Survival
by Robert A. Carman
and W. Royce Adams
UMass Boston at 50:
A Fiftieth-Anniversary History of the University of Massachusetts Boston
by Michael Feldberg
E-Book Titles Available for Online Reading
The Ultimate Guide to
College Transfer: From
Surviving to Thriving
by Lucia D. Tyler
and Susan E. Henninger
The Secret Syllabus:
A Guide to the Unwritten
Rules of College Success
by Jay Phelan
and Terry Burnham
The Cheap Bastard's Guide to Boston: Secrets to Living the Good Life for Free!
by Kris Frieswick
Make It Stick:
The Science of Successful Learning
by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, and Mark A. McDaniel
The Guide to Learning and Study Skills for Higher Education
and at Work
by Sue Drew and Rosie Bingham
College Belonging: How First-Year and First-Seneration students Navigate Campus Life
by Lisa M. Nunn
The Return to Study Handbook: Study Skills for Mature, Distance, and Workplace Learners
by Chloe Burroughs
Learning with Others: Collaboration as a Pathway to Student Success
by Conrad Clifton
and Todd Lundberg
The Quick Fix Guide to Academic Writing: How to Avoid Big Mistakes and Small Errors
by Phillip C. Shon
Falsehood and Fallacy: How to Think, Read, and Write in the Twenty-First Century
by Bethany Kilcrease
Studying Tips, Tricks, & Hacks: Harness the Power of Routine, Build Self-Discipline, and Develop Time Management Skills
by Misa Lindberg
Academic Skills for Interdisciplinary Studies
by Koen van der Gaast,
Laura Koenders, Ger Post
How to Write Essays and Dissertations: A Guide for English Literature Students
by Nigel Fabb and Alan Durant
Critical Storytelling in
Urban Education
edited by Nicholas D. Hartlep and Brandon O. Hensley
How to Go to College on a Shoe String: The Insider's Guide to Grants, Scholarships, Cheap Books, Fellowships, and Other Financial Aid Secrets
by Debra Lipphardt
Selections curated from Healey Library's media collections by Louisa Choy & Ann Marie Shafer, August 2023