Reading and note taking

Online advice and tutorials

• How to make notes and read effectively: Plan your reading, read effectively, take notes, and make the most of your lectures and seminars.
• Reading effectively: Decide which material you need to read and in how much detail; absorb information more efficiently and effectively (source: Skills for Study website).
• Making notes while reading: Making effective notes while reading is a crucial academic skill (source: Skills for Study website). 
• Making notes during lectures: How to prepare for lectures, listen, understand, and use your own notes and your lecturers' prepared notes (source: Skills for Study website).
• Studying with Event Capture: How you can make the most of these Event Capture recordings - adopting them as useful tools in your studies.
• Audio-recording lectures and seminars: Enhance your note taking.
• How to use e-books: Our guide to accessing, downloading and reading e-books.
• Studying with e-books: Our guide to making use of e-books for your studies.
• Take notes from your reading and lectures: Suggested further reading on how to take notes, including mind mapping and guidance for students with dyslexia.