Tutoring and Academic Resources

How to Get Help When You Need It

The following links provide directions and tutorials for accessing SUNY Schenectady's virtual tutoring options on Upswing, resources to help support writing assignments and research papers, interactive websites with lessons and tutorials to supplement your course content, and links to other helpful resources to help you complete your coursework successfully.

• SUNY Schenectady Learning Center main page
  Main informational page for Academic Services provided to SUNY Schenectady students
• Citation Machine
  Website to create citations, provide grammar suggestions, and detect unintentional plagiarism
• Cliffsnotes
  Online study guides for literacy, test preparation and other subjects
• CodeAcademy
  Learn to write code
• CrashCourse Channel
  YouTube channel focused on instructional videos for a variety of topics including history, sociology
• Duolingo
  Gamified language learning website
• Effective Online Research
• Evernote
  Note taking app
• Grammarly
  Virtual writing assistant for proofreading and editing
• Khan Academy
  Free online tutorials and study materials covering many subjects and courses
• Math is Fun
  Math help website
• myHomework
  Planner application to assist with time management and organization
• The Physics Classroom
  Physics help website
• Plagiarism - A Quick Introduction
• Professor Leonard
  Free online math tutorial video library
• Purdue OWL
  The Online Writing Lab and formatting resource
• Purple Math
  Math help website
• Scrible
  Modern research and writing platform for school & work
• Sparknotes
  Online study guides for many subjects including math, history, science, literature
• TedTalks
  A clearinghouse of free knowledge from the world's most inspired thinkers
• Virtual Nerd
  Math help website
• YouTube