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Welcome Back to School

Wednesday, September 5th, 2012

Hello September, and welcome back to classes!

Enjoy the orientation sessions, the many festivities, and the freebies handed out throughout your campus (in fact take an extra backpack to load up:).

And don’t forget to use your cute and helpless “I’m lost, help me find my class” look wisely: use it to make new friends, or who knows, your future girlfriend/boyfriend.

In honor of Week 1 of classes, and yes in response to your requests (and thank you for your feedback), we’ve updated our home page at last www.locazu.com. Let us know what you think.

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Hello September!

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

The sun is out, the sky is blue, the bus lines are long and you’re going back to school. Sound familiar?!

Good luck to everyone heading back to school today! We hope you all have a fun and productive semester.

And for all your student needs, from used textbooks, lecture notes, study guides, and practice exams, to campus events, don’t forget to check out the new www.LocAZu.com. Stay tuned for new and extra features coming your way soon!

Welcome to the new LocAZu!

Welcome to the new LocAZu!

 

 

The Locoz and Locaz salute the first year students and wish you luck finding your classes and with Yr. 1 survival:)

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Top 10 back to school web tools and apps

Saturday, September 11th, 2010

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Not really. But fortunately for students, there are a lot of useful free or almost free tools to get you through the year. Here are some of our favorites.

1. Evernote – This is a free app that allows you to capture notes, pictures, white board images, lecture recording and access them later from any computer. The cool feature about it is that it recognizes words from a picture, then you can find your recordings a lot easier using these tags.

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2. PI83 Graphing Calculator – If you’re stuck and in need of a graphing calculator for school, this iPhone app for 99 cents is a good deal. The PI83 Graphing Calculator is basically a limited version of the Texas Instruments TI83 graphing calculator.PI83 Graphing Calculator

3. Google Docs –  Google Docs is one of the best online word processing and spreadsheets applications available, and it offers great collaboration features that allow you to work together on group assignments. Multiple students from different locations can simultaneously work on the same document and the entire team can see the changes live. And it’s free!Google Docs

4. Free Language Tutors –  This is a free app by 24/7 Tutor which offers several free tutoring apps, including Spanish, French, Italian and German. They include audio of words, a puzzle game, flash cards, and quizzes. For translating text, Google Translate is great.free-language-tutors

5. locazU –  locazU, yes that’s us, is a simple site where Canadian students can post/find used textbooks and tutorials/textbook solutions. It also has a comparison search engine to let you know if you can find a better deal on your books from online booksellers.locazU

6. iStudiez Pro – Keep your schedule and class locations at a glance, keep track of lecture and lab locations, and track tasks and deadlines, and homework assignments. The app sells for $2.99.istudiez-pro

7. AlgebraPrepSeries –  Need to get your algebra knowledge in shape? These apps — a series of five, for $2.99 each — include practice, videos, and tests for algebra factoring, graphing, systems, equations, and real numbers.algebraprep-series

8. Myhomework –  This is a simple assignment notebook to help track assignments, quizzes, tests, etc. And it’s free.MyHomework

9. CiteMe –  When you get your term papers in order, make sure you cite your sources and in proper format.citeme

10. Addicting Games – OK this this is not a study tool, but we snuck it in anyway because it blissfully wasted hundreds of hours in between classes, and might as well do the same for you!AddictingGames

 

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Find used textbooks, networking tips, and more online

Monday, August 9th, 2010

Find used textbooks, networking tips, and more online

Find used textbooks online this school year. Browse locazU.com for used university textbooks, learn how to buy and sell used textbooks at cut rates, and check out our blog for more tips and advice on student issues.

It’s easy to build student networks when you trade textbooks with your classmates online. But what most university students don’t know is how easy it can be to build a network of professional contacts. Don’t worry, once you have the know-how from locazU.com, there’s nothing to it

The best networking tips for university students

Most university students are networking all the time without realizing they’re doing it.

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Think about it. How many professors and academics have steered your path in the classroom, or connected you to a resource previously unknown to you? That’s networking.

To get you started, take a look at these six key networking tips for university students:

  1. Volunteer. Get involved in your community through non-profit organizations. Choose an area that you have a particular interest in, or where you think you have the right skills to help. Volunteer experience is a great way to build relationships with mentors and collect references for down the road.
  2.  Look for Internship opportunities. Gaining hands-on experience in your career field goes a long way. Contact your student career service center for information on Co-op placements, where you can find work for credit, and sometimes pay.
  3. Search for part-time jobs in the career field of your choice. You may spend your time manning the phones, running packages, or sending faxes, but what you’re really doing is building contacts with professionals in your field.
  4. Find a mentor. A mentor can offer you insights and advice for your chosen career path and connect you with a variety of their professional contacts. My first significant locazUpublishing credit came from the connections that my mentor shared with me. My published article earned me a scholarship and street cred.
  5. Join student organizations on campus. Many of these professional student organization host guest speakers and conferences within your chosen field.
  6. Look off campus for more networking ideas. Your family connections and associations with unions or guilds may open up opportunities for the future.

Wow. That’s a lot of advice. But that’s what locazU.com is all about: connecting university students to resources for a successful career on campus.

By Ann Schwab

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Trade Textbooks at UBC: Find the Best Deals on UBC Books

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

New to UBC? Buy and sell used textbooks at locazU.com and find UBC books online. Avoid high prices at the UBC bookstore to start your year off right. 

Trade your UBC books. Beats UBC bookstore or buyback prices.

Trade your UBC books. Beats UBC bookstore or buyback prices.

Who said you had to pay more to attend the best university? Not the people at locazU. The University of British Columbia is the top-rated university in western Canada and is consistently considered one of the best in Canada. 

It’s true that university students certainly benefit from the facilities, staff, and research opportunities that UBC tuition affords. 

Yet, with an average undergraduate tuition of $5,371 per school year, UBC is an expensive school to attend (although its tuition is on par with many of the larger universities throughout Canada). To top it off, Vancouver is one of the most expensive cities in Canada to live in, which often challenges students on limited budgets or student loans. 

But don’t despair. You can save money on classes with used university books. Keep reading to learn more about student-life at UBC.  

Why university students choose UBC  

The University of British Columbia has earned an international reputation for first-class research, and has an annual influx of $401, 267 in research grants to prove it. 

UBC is often thought of as one of the top universities in Canada, with an operating budget of $677 million, and annual enrolment of 28,716 undergraduate students and 6,906 graduate students. 

Here’s a look at some of UBC’s top-rated programs:

  • -   Medicine
  • -   Biology
  • -   Chemistry
  • -   Engineering
  • -   Environmental Science
  • -   Journalism
  • -   Business

University students are unanimous in their praise of UBC’s beautiful campus: classroom windows open to views of the Pacific Ocean and coastal mountain range. The diversity of the local and foreign student body makes campus life a stimulating cultural exchange. 

Enjoy the campus views rather than getting stuck in the UBC bookstore lines.

Enjoy the campus views rather than getting stuck in the UBC bookstore lines.

The downside to campus life at UBC is its isolation from the rest of the city. While those who live on campus has access to everything they need – UBC is miniature cities all on its own –students often feel isolation from the rest of Vancouver life. Indeed, commuters must drive across the city and fight heavy traffic to make it to class on time.

Thanks to its state-of-the-art research facilities and green technology, UBC will be on the radar for some time to come.

By Ann Schwab

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