Category: Services

Skill Builders for Student Success

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In addition to providing students with research materials, the University Libraries offers access to a variety of skill builders to enable students to acquire important skills for student success including critical thinking, study strategies, research skills and personal well-being.

Students can also gain practical professional skills through courses in leadership, marketing, finance basics, communication and entrepreneurship.

Specific modules are also available for technology and engineering. Find these resources and more on the library’s Services for Students page.

Sage Skills helps students develop the vital academic and professional skills necessary to success in higher education and beyond. Over 3,000 on-demand courses are available on a variety of topics.

StudentLingo is a series of workshops designed to support student learning, personal growth, and health and wellness. Topics include success strategies, learning to learn, academic and career exploration, personal management, and reading and writing strategies.

O’Reilly Online Learning offers thousands of courses for technology and engineering including the areas of programming, data analytics, software development, data architecture, project management.

Mometrix eLibrary is a comprehensive collection of test preparation tools, offering study materials for over 1,500 different exams, including Ohio Assessments for Educators study guides and practice tests. It also includes flash cards, practice exam questions, and study guides for the NCLEX-RN and the Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Exam. (Temporary access to this database and its contents was provided through the Students First grant. This database is available through 2026.)

Library of Things

Camera, tripod, webcam and other equipment available to borrow at the Dunbar Library

Are you ready to explore a new hobby? Do you enjoy visiting area museums? Would you like to try new board games? The library has you covered! Our Library of Things collection allows you to borrow kits, fitness tools, museum passes, photo and video equipment, technology tools, and more—all free of cost!

Borrow passes to visit the Dayton Art Institute, Carillon Historical Park, and the Dayton Peace Museum.

If you are interested in wellness and fitness, you can try some beginner kits to explore yoga, resistance training, and jump rope.

Our extensive games collection in the 1st floor group study room includes multi-player board games and card games, building kits and more.

Maybe you are curious about starting a new hobby? We have kits for watercolor and drawing, baking, music, birdwatching, gardening and more.

Enjoy Wright State’s beautiful campus and relax between classes in a lawn chair or hammock from our outdoor items collection.

Are you interested in photography or videography? We have cameras, green screens, tripods, and a ring light to assist you.

Let us help by providing the tools you need to be productive. Borrow a mini whiteboard kit, graphing calculators, computer adapters and more.

Explore our technology collection for microphones, DVD drives, powerpoint clickers, a Robot kit and more.

Visit the 1st floor circulation desk to borrow items from the Library of Things collection. And if you have suggestions for new items to add to the collection, let us know! We’d love to hear from you.

DeStress for Success

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Are you feeling stressed, overwhelmed, or anxious? 

Do you need something to take your mind off of what is worrying you? 

DeStress for Success in the Library!

Week 14 and finals week the library hosts activities to help ease your stress so you can reach for success.

(You’ve got this.)

April 15

2:30pm Raider Pups – Group Study Room

Co-sponsored with Counseling and Wellness Services

April 15 through April 21

Zen Gardens – Group Study Room

Connect the Dots and Coloring Books – 2nd floor Atrium

Jewelry Making – Group Study Room until April 18th

Play Dough – Group Study Room starting April 19th 

April 22 through April 26

Fidget Toys – Group Study Room

Fuzz Therapy – 2nd floor Atrium

Vision Board Collage – Group Study Room until April 24

Button Making – Group Study Room starting April 25

We have year-round DeStress options.

See our year-round DeStress section in the Group Study Room.

https://guides.libraries.wright.edu/destress

Don’t stress. You have what it takes to succeed!

Library Game Night, Friday, September 1, 2023

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The University Libraries invites all current Wright State students to attend our free Game Night, Friday, September 1, 2023 from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm. Celebrate a successful first week of classes with games and pizza!

Join us in the first floor Group Study Room of Dunbar Library. Check-in will be at the Circulation Desk. Your Wright1 Card is your ticket in, so please bring it with you.

The focus will once again be on board games and card games. The library has a large selection of board games, but feel free to bring your own games to share.

Many thanks to our sponsor, the Friends of the Libraries, and to our student and staff volunteers.

Questions? Email: [email protected]

We are excited to welcome you back to campus and hope that you visit the library often!