Before you start reading for your identified purpose, it is worth making yourself aware of the support literature that could help you - whether in gaining an introductory overview or troubleshooting if you come across ideas that you find difficult to understand. A useful preparatory exercise is to check in advance what relevant texts are available, so that you can turn to them easily.

One way of recording this information ready for use later on is to use the form below.

Give brief details of your reading purpose. Then write down the reference information and access details for one or more support texts from amongst the different varieties that seems most likely to help you achieve this purpose. Refer to the list whenever necessary as you proceed with your reading.

What is my reading purpose?
SUPPORT LITERATURE	Key support text reference(s) and access details (e.g. library code)
Subject textbooks
Skills textbooks
Specialist encyclopedias or dictionaries
Academic handbooks
Readers

  

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