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Foundational & Technical Skills Guide

This general purpose guide features resources on foundational and technical skill building.

Introduction to this Guide

This guide provides resources related to building foundational skills for succeeding in your courses and in your future career. It includes many interactive tutorials, library resources, and videos about academic skill building and using Microsoft Office software.

Use the blue tabs to navigate through the guide.

Foundational Skills Tutorials: Peterson's Test and Career Prep

Gale Presents: Peterson's Test and Career Prep features Foundational Skills Tutorials on basic writing, math, and reading skills, as well as Microsoft Office tutorials. To access this database, please click on the link below.


PLEASE NOTE: In order to use the various features in this database you will need to create a free user account through Gale. Click on the link below for instructions. If you have any questions, please email us at libhelp@egcc.edu.


How to Access the Foundational Skills Tutorials

After you have created a Gale account, access the Foundational Skills Tutorials by clicking on Improve Your Score and then on Foundational Skills. From there, select the tutorial you would like to complete. Your progress will automatically be saved, so you can pick up where you left off the next time you log in.

Screenshot showing where foundational skills tutorials are located in Peterson's Test and Career Prep

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