Tips for reading academic texts
Reading academic texts is different than reading a novel for pleasure
1. Set aside enough time to reach your goal-- getting started or getting finished?
2. Consider what questions you are assigned to answer.
3. Scan first for an overview—title, index, and chapters. Titles tell you a lot about the author’s point of view.
4. Dip into text: Pay close attention to key words and beginnings of selective paragraphs. Look for ideas that interest you.
5. Annotate while reading: Make note of key words and ideas in the margins.
6. Don’t worry if you can’t understand everything the first time.
7. Academic reading requires rereading. Expert readers know that you don’t get the complete meaning out of a work on first reading.
8. Many of these same rules apply to reading online. The only problem is it’s easy to get lost from your main task.
10. Talk to other people about the reading.
Websites about academic reading:
improve your reading of academic texts
http://www.tlc.murdoch.edu.au/slearn/resource/pdf/Improve%20your%20reading.pdf
tips on reading academic texts
http://shoeleg.yak.net/51
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