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1 Beginning the Academic Year 1

INTRODUCTION 2

TAKING RESPONSIBILITY 2

LEARNING YOUR WAY AROUND 3

GETTING HELP ON CAMPUS 4

SETTING GOALS FOR YOURSELF 6

DEVELOPING GOOD STUDY HABITS 7

USING A COLLEGE CATALOG 8

USING A COMPREHENSIVE CLASS SCHEDULE 12

UNDERSTANDING THE COURSE SYLLABUS 14

MANAGING YOUR TIME 15

DROPPING AND ADDING COURSES 15

SUMMARY 20

2 Using the Library 21

INTRODUCTION 22

LEARNING YOUR WAY AROUND THE LIBRARY 22

LEARNING BASIC LIBRARY SKILLS 25

Understanding the Library of Congress System of Classification 26

USING THE GENERAL REFERENCE AREA 28

Using Different Reference Sources 29

FINDING BOOKS 31

Alphabetizing 31

Using the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) 34

Locating Books by Subject,Author, or Title 35

Locating Books in the Stacks by Call Number 39

FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES 40

FINDING NEWSPAPER ARTICLES 43

LOCATING PERIODICALS IN THE LIBRARY 44

WORKING IN THE REFERENCE AREA 45

WORKING IN THE LIBRARY 46

SUMMARY 51

3 Reading, Notetaking,and Taking an Objective Test 53

ORGANIZING YOUR COURSE MATERIAL 54

INTRODUCTION 54

READING ACADEMIC WRITING 56

Recognizing the Topic, Main Idea, and Details in a Paragraph 56

Recognizing Signal Words 57

Reading and Underlining in Your Textbook 60

Making Notations in the Margins 61

USING THE SQ3R METHOD OF READING 62

TAKING LECTURE NOTES 66

Filling in the Gaps After a Lecture 71

PARAPHRASING 72

studing Your Notes 76

PREPARING FOR AN OBJECTIVE TEST 77

Reading Directions and Budgeting Your Time on an Objective Test 81

TRKING AN OBJECTIVE TEST 82

SUMMARY 83

4 Reading, Notetaking,and Taking an Essay Test 85

INTRODUCTION 86

Keeping Up with Your Work 86

Reading and Preparing Study Notes 87

SUMMARIZING 87

REFINING YOUR LECTURE NOTES 92

IMPROVING YOUR MEMORY 93

GETTIING INVOLVED IN CLASS DISCUSSIONS 96

SYNTHESIZING COURSE MATERIAL 98

PREPARING FOR AN ESSAY TEST 100

Reading and Understanding Essay Test Questions 100

Budgeting Your Time on an Essay Test 101

Writing Essay Test Answers 103

Editing Essay Test Answers 106

Guessing Test Questions in Advance 106

Preparing Practice Answers 107

TAKING AN ESSAY TEST 107

SUMMARY 108

5 Working on a Group Project 109

WORKING WITH A GROUP 110

INTRODUCTION 110

Understanding the Assignment 111

Meeting Deadlines 112

CHOOSING A TOPIC 113

Brainstorming 114

Writing a Thesis Statement 117

USING BOOKS AS REFERENCES 118

WRITING ONE-SENTENCE SUMMARIES 119

KNOWING YOUR AUDIENCE 121

THINKING CRITICALLY 122

ARGUING PERSUASIVELY 124

COMPLETING THE PROJECT 126

Presenting Your Project to the Class 128

SETTING PRIORITIES 128

ANALYZING YOUR ACADEMIC STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES 129

SUMMARY 131

Appendix A 133

TEXTBOOK CHAPTER FOR CHAPTER 3 134

TEXTBOOK CHAPTER FOR CHAPTER 4 148

TEXTBOOK CHAPTER FOR CHAPTER 5 163

Appendix B 175

GLOSSARY OF UNIVERSITY TERMINOLOGY 176

GLOSSARY OF LIBRARY TERMINOLOGY 179

学习指导 183