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Langan: Reading and Study Skills
Reading and Study Skills, 7/e
John Langan

Skill Seven: Knowing How to Summarize

Annotated Links

The following links provide information on writing summaries:
http://home.t-online.de/home/kfmaas/summary.html
(http://home.t-online.de/home/kfmaas/summary.html)

http://virtual.parkland.cc.il.us/studyskills/SummaryWriting/Introduction.htm
(http://virtual.parkland.cc.il.us/studyskills/SummaryWriting/Introduction.htm)

http://www.isu.edu/departments/acadskil/WLHndouts/summary.html
(http://www.isu.edu/departments/acadskil/WLHndouts/summary.html)

http://www.terra.cc.oh.us/eng223/SUMMARY.html
(http://www.terra.cc.oh.us/eng223/SUMMARY.html)

http://users.drew.edu/~sjamieso/Summary.html
(http://users.drew.edu/~sjamieso/Summary.html)

National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)
(http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/)

The mission of the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) is to identify and promote strategies that prevent young child poverty in the United States and that improve the life chances of the millions of children under age six who are growing up poor.
The National Drought Mitigation Center
(http://enso.unl.edu/ndmc/)

The National Drought Mitigation Center helps people and institutions develop and implement measures to reduce societal vulnerability to drought. The NDMC, based at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, stresses preparation and risk management rather than crisis management.
What is Trichinosis?
(http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/trichinosis/factsht_trichinosis.htm)

A fact sheet on Trichinosis.
Latch Key Kids and Safety
(http://www.allsands.com/Kids/Teenagers/latchkeykids_vfg_gn.htm)

One income families are a rarity, leaving thousands of Latch Key Kids to take care of themselves. This article provides some advice on how to do it safely.