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Reading and Taking Notes
Reading for Research: Are you a Connoisseur or a Glutton?
A Glutton just reads & doesn’t ever refer back to the research formula. Thus, he can tend to get lost & forget the
research formula.
A Connoisseur reads intentionally, selectively, and efficiently (Reading for research requires this type of reader).

Main Sections of the Library (AIU)
(Electronic Card Catalog Coming Soon)
1. Encyclopedias
2. New Testament References (Commentaries)
3. Old Testament References (Commentaries)
4. Devotional
5. Evangelism and Missions
6. Preaching Reference (Classic Sermons)
7. Biblical Reference Books
8. Church History
9. Children’s and Healthcare

Levels of Reading

This information was taken form: Adler, Mortimer J. and Charles Van Doren. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide
to Intelligent Reading, Rev ed. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972.

I. 1 Level; Elementary Reading
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1 Stage: Reading Readiness (Pre-School & Kindergarten)
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2nd Stage: Word Mastery (1 Grade)
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3 Stage: Vocabulary growth and the utilization of context (4 Grade)
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4 Stage: Mature Reading (8 -10 Grade)
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II. 2 Level; Inspectional Reading
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Two Types of Inspectional Reading
A. Systematic Skimming or Pre-Reading
1. The Components of Systematic Skimming or Pre-Reading
a. Look for Titles, Prefaces
b. Look for Contents
c. Explore the indexes (if the book has one)
d. Explore the publisher’s Blurb (recommendations of the book).
e. Turn the pages, dipping in here and there, reading a paragraph or two, sometimes several pages in
sequence, never more than that. Thumb through/leaf through the book.

B. Superficial Reading
1. This type of reading involves reading the difficult book through without ever stopping to look up or
ponder the things you do not understand right away.
2. This type of reading advices on the rates of reading—ability “to read at different speeds and to know
when the different speeds are appropriate”
a. Essence of Active Reading
Four basic Questions a Reader Asks
i. What is the book about as a whole?
ii. What is being said in detail, and how?
iii. Is the book true, in whole or part?
iv. What of it?
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