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Study Skills: Reading effectively

Study Skills subject guide

Efficient reading strategies

Effective reading, Cooperative Library Instruction Project

Quick Tips

1. Survey/pre-read the text - quickly look over the whole document

2. Skimming - moving quickly from paragraph to paragraph reading only the key sentences

3. Scan your document  for a particular piece of information, like a key word

4. Look for key points

5. Read phrases


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