How To Be A Critical Reader by The Open University

A practical guide to reading with purpose and scepticism, explaining how to identify main claims and supporting evidence, recognise assumptions and rhetorical strategies, and evaluate the credibility and bias of sources; it offers techniques for active reading—annotation, note-taking and summarising—and for synthesising and comparing texts so readers can construct, test and refine their own interpretations and use reading to support clear, evidence-based academic writing and informed judgement.