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Reading Strategies

When reading for study purposes there are some useful reading strategies that can help you to understand and retain information and actively engage with the text.  The reading you do at University is very different to reading a novel for pleasure, use these strategies to improve your learning and your grades.

How can this guide help?

This guide will direct you to a range of the best sources of information on your subject area.

Your success as a student depends upon reading and referencing a wide range of authoritative information.

Use this guide to learn how to search scholarly and professional databases.

Developing your searching skills will also benefit your employment prospects, combined with critical thinking skills, they are highly valued by employers.

Please contact your Faculty Librarian for further guidance.

Research methods books in databases

SAGE Research Methods is the ultimate methods library with more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos by world-leading academics from across the social sciences, including the largest collection of qualitative methods books available online from any scholarly publisher.

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