Front cover -- Half title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of tables -- List of boxes -- The strange world of the university - Read this first! -- Introduction -- Part 1 Getting started -- Chapter 1 'I'm a slow reader -- Chapter 2 Three stages in academic learning -- Chapter 3 Making notes and translating 'academic-speak' -- Chapter 4 Coping with monster reading lists -- Part 2 Reading purposes and strategies -- Chapter 5 What are you reading for? -- Chapter 6 Exploratory reading (1): How to get an overview -- Chapter 7 Exploratory reading (2): How to use the World Wide Web -- Chapter 8 Targeted reading: How to find and use key terms -- Chapter 9 Dedicated reading: How to master a text -- Chapter 10 How to work with secondary sources -- Part 3 Writing essays -- Chapter 11 Discovering what's wanted from you (1): How to clarify the topic -- Chapter 12 Discovering what's wanted from you (2): Traps to avoid -- Chapter 13 Essay types -- Chapter 14 How to figure out your teachers' mindsets -- Chapter 15 How your essay will be marked (1): 'Tick-box' marking -- Chapter 16 How your essay will be marked (2): Impressionistic marking -- Chapter 17 Thinking it through: the importance of methodology -- Chapter 18 How to create an essay plan -- Chapter 19 Titles, abstracts, executive summaries and appendices -- Chapter 20 How to use quotations -- Chapter 21 The drawbacks of model essays -- Chapter 22 The process of writing -- Chapter 23 Writer 's block and how to overcome it -- Part 4 Referencing styles -- Chapter 24 How to use and cite sources -- Chapter 25 Which style to choose? -- Chapter 26 How to capture and list details of your sources -- Part 5 Plagiarism and collusion -- Chapter 27 The conscientious student's predicament -- Chapter 28 How academic learning forces you to plagiarize -- Chapter 29 Avoiding accusations of plagiarism.

Chapter 30 The politics of plagiarism -- Notes and references -- Books on speed reading -- Acknowledgments -- Back cover.