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Manage Heavy Workloads 137
Manage Distractions 138

How Can You Make the Most of College Reading? 138

Use the SQ3R Reading System 138

GET ANALYTICAL Survey a Text 141
■ Multiple Intelligence Strategies 145

Respond with Critical Thinking 146
GET $MART Read the Fine Print 148
Match Strategies to Different Subjects 148

Take a Specif c Approach to Primary Sources 150

■ Talk Risk and Reward 151

How Can You Be an Information Literate Reader and

Researcher? 151
Know the Basics of Library Research 151

Know the Basics of Online Research 152

Evaluate Every Source 154

Vary Strategies and Sources 154

GET PRACTICAL Generate and Evaluate a List of Hits 156

What Does College Writing Demand of You? 156

Planning 156

GET CREATIVE Freewrite on a Topic 157
Drafting 157

Revising and Editing 157

Avoiding Plagiarism 158
Citation Rules and Regulations 158

STUDENT PROFILE 159
■ Revisit Risk and Reward 160

■ Risk Action for College, Career, and Life Rewards 161

CHAPTER 7 Note Taking, Memory, and Studying 164
How Can You Retain What You Learn?
■ What Would You Risk? Chandra McQueen 165
■ Status Check: How Developed Are Your Note-Taking, Memory,

and Studying Skills? 166
How Can You Take Useful Notes? 166

Prepare to Take Notes 166

Record Information during Class 167
■ Multiple Intelligence Strategies 168

Review and Revise Your Notes 169
■ Talk Risk and Reward 170

What Note-Taking Systems Can You Use? 170

Outlines 170

Cornell T-Note System 170

Think Links 171
Other Visual Strategies 173

GET ANALYTICAL Face a Note-Taking Challenge 174

Electronic Strategies 174
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