With so much to read, it can be difficult to know where to begin, and then to stay on track! This video will help you get to grips with focused, purposeful reading guided by your own ideas.
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It’s important at university level to develop your note-taking skills. This video will help you figure out how to get started.
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All sources can be useful, but not all of them will be reliable. This video will help you better understand what makes academic sources more reliable than others.
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Confused by all these acronyms? Wondering what they mean and how you’re meant to use them? This video should clear things up for you.
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C.R.A.A.P. will help you find sources that are reliable enough to use in your assignments and class preparation
B.E.A.M. will help you understand some of the ways in which you can use your sources in your assignments
S.P.E.A.R. will help you understand what to focus on when analysing a source
There are so many aspects of a source to take into account when critically analysing it. As such, it’s important to keep your critical notes organised. These resources provide various templates for organising your notes.
Use this note-taking table as a prompt when reading an academic source. When you begin reading a new source, save a blank copy of the table to your computer, and fill it out with your thoughts.
The three domains of critical reading helps you to map your critical analysis of a source onto your analysis of other sources covering similar topics, as well as your own ideas. Print an A3 copy of the table for each of your assignments.