Reading and Making Notes

PART I: NOW YOU ARE AT UNIVERSITY.- 1. Active Reading and Note-making.- 2. Different Reasons to Read.- 3. Different Reasons to Make Notes.- Summary.- Reading.- PART II: READING FOR ASSIGNMENTS .- 4. What Your Lecturers are Looking For.- 5. Understand Your Assignment Title.- 6. Take Control of Your Reading List.- 7. ...and Go Beyond It?.- 8. Use Reliable and Academic Sources.- 9. Fine-tune Your Selection.- 10. Write Down the Essentials.- Summary.- PART III: DECIDE HOW YOU ARE GOING TO READ.- 11. Three Different Ways to Read.- 12. Plan the Time to Read.- 13. Create the Right Environment.- Summary.- PART IV: UNDERSTAND, QUESTION AND EVALUATE WHAT YOU READ.- 14. Approach the Text Actively.- 15. Find the Key Message.- 16. Make Up Your Own Mind.- 17. Get the Wider Picture.- 18. What to Do if You Get Stuck.- Summary.- Making Notes.- PART V: THE ESSENTIALS.- 19. Why Bother Making Notes?.- 20. Key Features of Effective Notes.- 21. Useful Strategies and Tips.- 22. Examples of Good and Poor Notes.- Summary.- PART VI: MATCH YOUR METHOD TO YOUR CONTEXT.- 23. Different Note-making Formats.- 24. Making Notes from Lectures and Audio-visual Material.- 25. Tools, Technology and Note-making Software.- Summary.- PART VII: MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR NOTES.- 26. Review and Rework Your Notes.- 27. Things to Be Careful of When Using Your Notes.- Summary.- Final comment.- Appendix 1.- Appendix 2.- Appendix 3.- Index.