10 Guidelines for Reading Non Fiction

The Study Smorgasborg has reprinted a set of 10 guidelines for reading non fiction by Paul Edwards of the University of Michigan.

Guidelines include:

1. Read the whole book.
2. Decide how much time you will spend.
3. Have a strategy.
4. Read actively.
5. Read it three times.
6. Read the parts with the highest information content first.
7. Mark the book.
8. Know the author(s)
9. Know the intellectual context.
10. Use your unconscious mind.

See the full article at The Study Smorgasborg.

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