Reading: Books
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Some books of interest
This is just a sampling of the books available to you in BCC Library System. Books may be located in Attleboro, Fall River, or New Bedford. The location is noted in the Call Number.
Developing Critical Reading Skills by Call Number: LB 2395.3 M55 2013ISBN: 9780073407326Publication Date: 2012-05-18Although the world has changed a lot since the first edition, the underlying premise of Developing Critical Reading Skills has not. The premise of the text is that good reading and clear thinking go hand in hand.
Essential Reading Skills by Call Number: LB 2395.3 M387 2012ISBN: 0205823467Publication Date: 2010-12-29Essential Reading Skills focuses on the four essential skill areas for college-reading success (active reading and thinking, vocabulary development, literal and critical comprehension, and organizational emphasis) and improves students' reading through concise instruction, and extensive practice and testing.
Essential Reading Skills by Call Number: LB 2395.3 M387 2007ISBN: 0321429931Publication Date: 2006-10-05'Essential Reading Skills', with its acute focus on what is quintessential to reading success, improves students' reading ability through concise instruction, guided practice, skill application, assessment, and feedback.
Generation 1. 5 in College Composition by Call Number: PE 1128 A2 G434 2009ISBN: 9780805864434Publication Date: 2009-02-12Building on the work that has been done over the past decade, this volume provides theoretical frameworks for understanding debates about immigrant students, studies of students' schooling paths and language and literacy experiences, and pedagogical approaches for working with Generation 1.5 students.
Handbook of College Reading and Study Strategy Research by Call Number: LB 2395.3 H36 2009ISBN: 9780805860009Publication Date: 2008-07-07This Handbook is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source available for college reading and study strategy practitioners and administrators.
Useful Handout
Why should I look in books?
Why should you do research in books?
- Books provide in-depth coverage of a topic
- Books often provide valuable background information on a topic
- Books can also provide an overview of all issues pertaining to a topic
- Books can lead readers to other sources through their bibliographies
You do not necessarily have to read an entire book for every research paper you have to do. Utilize the index and the chapter titles to narrow down which section of the book is most pertinent to your research.
Library of Congress Classification System
BCC Libraries shelve books according to the Library of Congress Classification System. Titles for Reading can be found under the headings below. You can browse the shelves in the following call number ranges:
- LB5-3640 Theory and practice of education
- LB1049.9-1050.75 Reading (General)
- LC8-6691 Special aspects of education
- LC65-245 Social aspects of education
- LC65-67.68 Economic aspects of education
- LC68-70 Demographic aspects of education
- LC149-161 Literacy. Illiteracy
- LC5201-6660.4 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education
- P101-410 Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar
- P118-118.75 Language acquisition
- P121-149 Science of language (Linguistics)
- P201-299 Comparative grammar
- P301-301.5 Style. Composition. Rhetoric
- P321-324.5 Etymology
- P325-325.5 Semantics
- Library of Congress Classification SystemFind subject headings through the library of congress.