Resource of the Month - Student Success Collection

News item published on: 2025-04-04 10:20:00

Each month, University Libraries highlights a resource from its collections. This month the featured resource is Cook Library's Student Success Collection.

The Student Success Collection features over 500 new and popular books from a variety of genres, including memoirs, self-help books, LGBTQ+ resources, career guides, and other non-fiction titles. Topics include academic success, acclimating to college life, dealing with stress and mental health, financial literacy, adulting 101, relationships, cookbooks for healthy eating, and more! New titles are added to the collection frequently throughout the year.

Throughout the semester, rotating book displays can be explored in person at Cook Library or accessed online. This month's featured topic is study abroad and student travel.

Some of the currently featured books include:

• Become a Better You Abroad
• Prepare for Departure: A Guide to Making the Most of Your Study Abroad Experience
• In a Strange Land: A Student's Guide to Studying Abroad
• Like a Fish in Water: How to Grow Abroad When You Go Abroad
• Studying Abroad: What We Didn't See Coming
• Girls Who Travel Solo: The Essential Guide for First-time Travel Adventurers
• Europe by Milk Run: A Solo Travel Experiment from Copenhagen to Barcelona
• A Trip of One's Own: Hope, Heartbreak, and Why raveling solo could change your life

A Student Success Collection is now available at the Gulf Coast Library on the Gulf Park Campus.

For more information about library resources, contact Research Services by email at askalib@usm.edu.