Resources

Tufts Websites

SIS Online is a web-based tool which allows you to access and update your personal information stored in the Student Information System (SIS). This is where you will register for classes and view you schedule.
Blackboard is a Web-based courseware application designed to support online teaching and learning. It is available to all Tufts University instructors and is used primarily to support their face-to-face classroom activities.
The Tufts University resource for campus and community information. TuftsLife.com is a non-profit, student-operated organization which develops innovative information delivery solutions for the Tufts community.

Study Resources

The Tisch Library is the main library on the Tufts Medford Campus. It has plenty of study spaces, a beautiful reading room, a cafe, and great access to wireless Internet. Check out their hours at http://www.library.tufts.edu/tisch/hours.htm
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Google Scholar helps you identify the most relevant research across the world of scholarly research.

Academic Help

The Academic Resource Center facilitates student learning beyond the classroom by offering one-on-one and group sessions in many course subjects, as well as in time management, study skills, writing, and public speaking. Through the Academic Resource Center, students develop the skills they need to become effective independent learners able to thrive at Tufts and beyond.
Free writing assistance is available for all Tufts students. Tutors work with undergraduate and graduate students to plan, draft and revise papers. Tutorial assistance is also available for longer writing projects such as senior theses and dissertations. Students may make an appointment to consult with a writing tutoring through the Online Tutor Finder, or visit a writing tutor during drop-in hours in Tisch Library or elsewhere on campus.

Planning and Financial Logistics

Tufts Career Services offers an array of services and programs to help you with all facets of career development and job hunting: career counseling, job and internship listings, campus recruiting, resume preparation, interviewing tips, and much more.
RateMyProfessors.com is the Internet's largest listing of collegiate professor ratings, with more than 6.8 million student-generated ratings of over 1 million professors.

Health and Welfare

Tufts University Health Service supports the educational mission of Tufts University by providing accessible and high quality health care for a diverse student population.
The University Chaplain provides interfaith services and programs and serves as an umbrella for all religious life on all campuses. The University Chaplain works cooperatively with the Jewish, Catholic, Protestant and Muslim Chaplains and administers Goddard Chapel and the Interfaith Center, 58 Winthrop St. as university facilities. Special support is provided for traditions not represented by Chaplains, like Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism.

Home and Living

Tufts Educational Day Care Center offers an innovative year-round, full-day educational preschool and kindergarten program for children from within the Tufts community and its surrounding cities.
Craigslist is a centralized network of online communities, featuring free online classified advertisements with sections devoted to jobs, housing, personals, for sale, services, community, gigs, resumes, and discussion forums.

Maps and Directions

Coffee

Known for our terrific food and beverages as well as our wonderfully relaxed atmosphere, Brown and Brew has comfy chairs indoors and an umbrella-shaded patio outdoors. There's no better place for a caffeine boost or a food break than the Brown and Brew!
Tucked inside Tisch Library, the Tower Cafe provides a convenient location for students and faculty to enjoy coffee, conversation and collaboration in a comfortable setting with large, cushy chairs. The menu features freshly-brewed hot fair trade coffee and tea, iced tea and coffee (in season), fountain beverages, fresh juice, sushi, snack-size sandwiches, sushi, snacks, and a wide assortment of bakery items.