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However, when you really need help understanding the material, there are some tools you can use to aid your understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are the external resources that Adler and Van Doren recommend using.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using <strong>External Resources<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As much as possible, the authors of <em>How to Read a Book<\/em> believe <strong>you should struggle with the book independently on a first pass<\/strong>. This will help you see the book\u2019s main arguments, rather than getting mired in minutiae like looking up words you don\u2019t know. Therefore, your job is to first understand the book as well as you can without outside assistance. Once you\u2019ve gotten as far as you can on your own, you can consult external resources to help you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you use an external resource, understand 1) what you hope to get from consulting it, and 2) the limitations of the resource. Here is how Adler and Van Doren recommend using external resources, and, where relevant, these sources\u2019 limitations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dictionary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You can use a dictionary to look up words you don\u2019t understand; however, remember that the author may use keywords in atypical ways, which is why you must understand terms from the context of the book.<\/li><li>Use a dictionary only for the most important words that are critical for understanding.&nbsp;<\/li><li>(Shortform note: It can be difficult to determine whether a word is important enough to look up in the dictionary. One study suggests <a href=\"https:\/\/eric.ed.gov\/?id=EJ815122\">looking up words only if they\u2019re used multiple times in the text (not just once)<\/a> and\/or if you\u2019re unable to infer their meaning from context.)&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Encyclopedias<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>These contain facts and not arguments on subjective questions (\u201cWhat makes man happy?\u201d), other than what people have said about the subject.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Use it to resolve disagreements about facts.&nbsp;<\/li><li>(Shortform note: You may also find encyclopedias (and their online equivalents, like <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Main_Page\">Wikipedia<\/a>) useful for giving context around an issue or event. For example, if you\u2019re reading Anne Frank\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-diary-of-a-young-girl\"><em>The Diary of a Young Girl<\/em><\/a>, you may want to look up the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands for historical context.)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summaries\/Abstracts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Use these to recover your knowledge about the book <em>after<\/em> you\u2019ve read it. Do not use these as a substitute for reading the book yourself; the authors believe you\u2019ll develop a bad habit of using these as a crutch, and you\u2019ll get lost understanding a book without a summary. Ideally, you\u2019ve written your own summaries, and you can refer to them when you return to a book.<ul><li>According to the authors, there is an exception to this rule: You should use summaries for comparative reading to know if a work will be relevant to your project.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Note that many summaries have incorrect interpretations or incomplete treatments.<\/li><li>(Shortform note: The value of a summary depends on your goal as a reader. If you want to understand a particular text in depth, <a href=\"https:\/\/careerbright.com\/career-self-help\/reading-book-summaries-what-is-wrong-with-that-and-when-it-might-be-adequate\">you should read the whole book<\/a> (multiple times, if necessary). However, if you\u2019re deciding what to read next or simply looking to extract the major ideas from a variety of texts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/06\/book-reading-deep-shallow\/\">summaries might be useful<\/a>.)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Commentaries\/Reviews<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Like summaries, Adler and Van Doren believe it\u2019s best to avoid these until after your read-through. Otherwise, you\u2019ll start the book biased and focus on things that support the commentary, rather than working to understand what the author is saying.&nbsp;<\/li><li>(Shortform note: This is a form of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/confirmation-bias-definition-2\/\">confirmation bias<\/a>, in which you unconsciously seek out evidence that confirms your existing beliefs and ignore evidence that contradicts those beliefs (or in this case, the beliefs of the commentator). To counteract this effect, try intentionally looking for information that <em>disproves<\/em> your existing beliefs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-black-swan\"><em>The Black Swan<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/nassim-nicholas-taleb\/\">Nassim Nicholas Taleb<\/a> calls this technique <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-black-swan\/chapter-3\">\u201cnegative empiricism.\u201d<\/a>)&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>When External Resources Are Internal<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In general, Adler and Van Doren recommend ignoring external resources until you\u2019ve read the book all the way through and done your best to understand. However, some books make this task impossible because external resources are embedded into the text. For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/gifs.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/English-Othello-Play-Annotated-Secondary.pdf\">many modern editions of Shakespeare\u2019s plays contain extensive notes, translations, and commentary<\/a> either in footnotes or on the facing page of the text. This placement makes it almost for the reader to ignore this external information. The same phenomenon occurs in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/03\/16\/books\/16anno.html\">annotated versions of classic novels, which are increasingly popular<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adler and Van Doren may not have anticipated the rise of annotated editions, as they make no mention of them in<br><em>How to Read a Book<\/em>. So how can a modern reader follow their advice? If possible, find an unannotated edition of the book. This may be an older edition. If only annotated editions are available, use a piece of scrap paper to cover the notes while you read. 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