Suggestions for buying and further reading

 

As a student, your financial resources are limited, but there are two items you should seriously consider buying:

• A dictionary should be available relatively inexpensively. Go for a standard British version, e.g. Collins or Oxford.
• `Mind the Stop: A brief guide to punctuation' by G.V. Carey (Penguin paperback, many reprintings) is exactly what its title says and more. It looks also at some frequent queries about style and grammar.

Alongside this essay guide, you should also make use of other learning resources that will be available to you. In particular, look out for guides to:

• Getting the Best from Reading Lists, which will answer many questions that you may not realise you have or feel shy about asking.
• Note-taking for Reading and Lectures, which will expand on the brief ideas mentioned in this guide.