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READING RESOURCES

Links to Reading Skills Available Online

Dartmouth College Academic Skills Center has produced several videos on reading, study strategies, stress management, strategic learning, and general chemistry:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/videos/index.html

Harvard Bureau of Study Counsel includes links to resources in reading, note-taking, study in various academic fields, writing, anxiety, time management, and exam and test preparation:
http://bsc.harvard.edu/onlineresources.htm

Here is a link to some tips for reading in Philosophy courses:
http://www.jimpryor.net/teaching/guidelines/reading.html

Colorado State University’s pointers on Critical Reading:
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/reading/critread/printformat.cfm?printformat=yes

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Writing Center has a number of handouts available. While these focus on writing, they also include useful suggestions that relate to effective reading in various contexts:
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/index.html

The Learning Center at the University of Texas-Austin offers an array of handouts, including several on reading approaches:
http://www.utexas.edu/student/utlc/lrnres/handouts.html#reading

Muskingum College’s Learning Strategies Database offers an interesting comparison of mature/good reading vs. immature/poor reading behaviors and emphasizes troubleshooting reading problems:
http://www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/general/reading.html

Stanford’s Center for Teaching and Learning includes pdfs for various learning skills, from note-taking to time management to reading efficiently (using the SQ3R method: Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review):
http://ctl.stanford.edu/Student/learning_skills.html

Grinnell College’s Reading Lab page features a number of audio clips addressing common questions and concerns relating to reading:
http://web.grinnell.edu/readinglab/lecture.html

Duke University’s Academic Skills Instructional Program provides a number of handouts:
http://aaswebsv.aas.duke.edu/skills/ASIPwebsite/skillshandouts.html

These include:
Reading-related pages on Reading Efficiently: http://aaswebsv.aas.duke.edu/skills/ASIPwebsite/readingeffic.html
Reading Rate and Comprehension: http://aaswebsv.aas.duke.edu/skills/ASIPwebsite/readinghandout.pdf
Reviewing Materials Effectively: http://aaswebsv.aas.duke.edu/skills/ASIPwebsite/review.html
and the SQ3R approach to reading: http://aaswebsv.aas.duke.edu/skills/ASIPwebsite/sq3r.html