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Effective Reading

Our top tips and advice on getting the most from your reading, taking effective notes from journal article and identifying links between sources.

Workshop summaries

Read and download the summary handouts from our academic skills workshops. To book a session on developing your effective reading skills, click here.

Effective Reading
Summary of effective reading strategies
How to Read Journal Articles
Summarises some key approaches to reading and critiquing journal articles, focusing on how to integrate useful information into your own writing.

Worksheets

Critical appraisal grid
Template for taking notes from journal articles.
PEP table
Template for taking notes on themes from reading.

External resources

Reading strategies, University of Sussex - A range of strategies for approaching different reading situations.
Critical reading techniques, The Open University - techniques to help you become an efficient reader and information processor.