Bruin Success with Less Stress

With a job, schoolwork and an active social life, just getting through the quarter can be quite a challenge.

It's easy to feel overwhelmed. Adopting or adapting some of the strategies below can help you get a handle on juggling all the things going on in your life, help you feel more in control, and help alleviate stress.

Here are some strategies for:

1. planning and managing your time
2. keeping things on track
3. getting help

Think about how your assignment is going so you can adjust your plan before it's too late.

Ask yourself:

• Am I completely lost and can't find any information?
  It's easy to get lost or feel overwhelmed when there's access to so much information. Sometimes the library can seem like a chaotic labyrinth, but it's probably one of the most organized places that you'll ever come across, which makes it easy to find stuff — really, it's true. Becoming familiar with how information is organized in the library and on the library web site will save you time and frustration. A few ways that you can get help with library research are by speaking with a librarian at the reference desk, by making an individual research appointment or by chatting with a librarian online. 
• Is my paper or project starting to come together?
  As you get closer to your deadlines, are things starting to gel? If not, find someone to bounce ideas around with like a classmate, a friend, a family member, a tutor, a T.A., a professor…

Did you know that you can ask a librarian a research question via online chat? It's true. You don't even have to leave your home or pick up the phone to ask a question. 21st century research is so convenient. Try it out!