This thoroughly revised and cxpanded second edition comprises of 24 chapters and each chapter is further divided into sections of specific unis, Considering the demand of the readers, following four new chapters have been added:

# Units and Numbers considering the necessity of adopting only Sl units in scientific measurements

# Guidelines for Successñal Lecturing for those who would like to pursus a career in teaching,

# Note making, Note-taking and Assignments to boost the leaming outcomes for students.

# Plagiarism: Prevention and Cure to wam about the penis of plagiarism and the corrective slepe,

Other chapters have been restructured with addition of new materials. By splitting the chapter on "Approaches to Research", a new chapter "Major Research Methods has been added with more inputs on the section, participatory leaming and action. The chapter Information Sources" has been spat into two, "Publications and the Library" and "Academic Databases" that has been rewritten by deleling some non-functional databases and adding several useful ones with the latest trends and web links, Similarly, the chapter on "Scientific Writing improve your writing sklis has been split into three with additional information. The chapter on "Preparation of Thesis and Research papers has been split into two, devoting a chapter antirely for thesis writing. The chapter on "References: How to cite and list correctly has been restructured by adding new trends in referencing with several