One of the best ways to learn to write for an academic audience is to read academic literature. The following resources provide guidelines on how to do this effectively.

• Chesapeake College's Internet Help Sites - 19 links to reading assistance sites including SJSU's critical thinking tutorial.
• College of St. Benedict's Remembering What You Read
• Cornell University's Critically Analyzing Information Sources
• Cuesta College's Academic Support Guides for Reading Comprehension - 12 guided pages of academic reading help.
• Dartmouth College:
  • Reading Your Textbooks Effectively and Efficiently - Links to articles on reading myths, 5 strategies for academic reading and where to read.
  • How to Improve Reading Skills (Video)
• Longman Publishers - Companion Website for the book "Reading Rhetorically: A Reader for Writers."
• Penn State University's So Your Students Aren't Reading?! - By Suzanne C. Shaffer
• San José State University SLIS's Reading Academic Literature Strategically [PDF: 6 pages] - By Prof. Anthony Bernier
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Reading to Write
• Washington University's How to Read an Academic Article - By Becky Rosenberg, PhD. One short, concise, but excellent page of reading strategy.

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