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Absorbing the content of academic texts, like book chapters or journal articles, can be challenging. Taking notes while engaging in academic reading can help you navigate through dense material, making your reading more efficient and effective. This Resource Page offers 4 methods for notetaking on academic reading.

Critical thinking is an essential skill for academic success and professional growth, particularly in graduate school where advanced analytical abilities are required. This Resource Page explains what critical thinking is and shows how to apply it to reading, writing, discussion and collaborative work.

This Resource Page shows you strategies for critical academic reading depending on your reading purposes — whether for class discussions, selecting literature for an assignment, or including ideas from selected readings into your paper — to maximize your understanding and insight.

Once you’ve searched and organized the literature for your assignment, the next step is to analyze each source you have selected and develop your own ideas for your review. This Resource Page provides you with strategies to analyze sources and develop ideas for your literature review writing.

As you do your literature search, it is important to select only relevant and high-quality sources. This Resource Page will show you strategies and criteria to evaluate and select literature.