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Reading Tips and Strategies

Graduate school is all about reading. Hone your reading skills to be a successful student.

Why Read Before Class?

Reading. Professors assign it and expect you to read it before class. Most students don't complete the reading. Here's why you should.

How to Take Notes from Your Reading

Graduate study entails a great deal of reading. This is true across all disciplines. How do you remember what you've read? Without a system for recording and recalling the information you've obtained, the time you spend reading will be wasted. Here are some tips for taking useful notes from your reading.

Reading: Improve Your Comprehension and Efficiency

Ever read an article and not recall much about it? Scholarly reading is very different from reading for pleasure. In graduate school, you need better strategies for reading that mountain of assignments.

Reading Strategies: SQ3R Method

If you're looking to be a more efficient reader, try the SQ3R Method. It's designed to help you read faster and retain more.

Keeping Up with Reading

I can't keep up with all the reading. How can I tackle it? Is a speed reading course the best way or is there another answer?

Reading Strategies

Advice from a reading specialist

Basics of Effective Reading

Important tips for mastering college and graduate-level reading

Suggestions for Improving Reading Speed

Simple ways to improve your speed and get through that 200 page reading assignment all the more quickly!

Improve Your Reading Speed

Learn how to read faster and absorb more of what you read.

How to Read a Research Paper

Research articles are notioriously difficult to read. Here are some tips.

Read More Efficiently: Be Strategic

Grad school entails a ton of reading. While nothing will make that lengthy reading list go away you can learn to read more efficiently and get more out of your reading, for less.

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