Contents // List of Tables vii // List of Boxes viii // The strange world of the university. READ THIS FIRST! 1 // Introduction 5 // Part One: Getting started // �I’m a slow reader’ 9 // Three stages in academic learning 12 // Coping with monster reading lists 15 // Part Two: Reading purposes and strategies // What are you reading for? 19 // Making notes and translating �academic-speak’ 21 // Exploratory reading: how to summarize a publication 25 // Dedicated reading: how to make the material �yours’ 37 // Part Three: Targeted reading // The principle behind targeted reading 43 // How to identify key terms 46 // How to scan a book 49 // Part Four: Writing essays // Discovering what’s wanted from you 57 // How to clarify your topic 65 // Thinking it through: a note on methodology 70 // An all-purpose plan 73 // Using quotations 78 // The writing process 81 // V // vi Write great essays! // Part Five: Referencing styles // Using and citing sources 89 // Which style to choose? 92 // Recording details of your sources 100 // Part Six: Plagiarism and collusion // The conscientious student’s predicament 105 // How academic learning forces you to plagiarize 108 // Avoiding accusations of plagiarism 113 // The politics of plagiarism 117 // Notes and references 121 // Books on speed reading 123 // Acknowledgments 124