On-Line Workshop: Increasing Textbook Reading Comprehension by SQ3R. This interactive workshop lets you practice the SQR3 technique: Survey, Question, Read, Recite, and Review.

Reading to Comprehend and Learn.  PSQ5R is a formula that stands for the basic steps in learning from reading in an efficient manner. The P stands for Purpose, the S for Survey, the Q for Question, and the 5 Rs for Read Selectively, Recite, Reduce-record, Reflect, and Review.  Practice them here.  Also see  SQ3R Reading Strategies.

Reading Effectively.  A large part of reading is predicting. The more you can predict while you are reading, the easier the reading will be. These strategies may help you acquaint yourself with your reading material, and therefore predict what you will be reading.

How to Increase Your Reading Speed. Wish you could read faster and still retain the information?  Practice these strategies!

Reading Toward Writing from UNC-Chapel Hill's Writing Center offers practical advice for reading books and essays that will eventually be important sources for writing assignments.

The following links discuss strategies for reading difficult textbooks and essays, along with weighing multiple sources in your research: 

Reading Textbooks and Journal Articles •  Reading/understanding essays • How to Read Essays You Must Analyze • Reading difficult material • Taking notes from a text book • Learning from multiple sources  • Improving Vocabulary.