Opening doors : understanding college reading. /
Joe Cortina and Janet Elder.
- 3rd ed.
- Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2002.
- xxxi, 733 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Making yourself successful in college -- Approaching college reading and developing a college-level vocabulary -- Approaching college assignments: reading texbooks and following directions -- Determining the tropic and the stated main idea -- Formulating implied main ideas -- Identifying supporting details -- Recognizing authors' writing patterns -- Reading critically -- Thinking critically -- Selecting and organizing textbook information -- Rehearsing textbook information and preparing for texts -- Appendixes.