Scientific reading and writing are the central competencies in academic studies. Instead of learning laboriously from mistakes, this book provides everything you need to know about the proper handling of texts. It helps to understand the diverse requirements and find suitable solutions. This fundamental introduction has been expanded for the third edition to include the chapter "Thinking." Critical thinking is a prerequisite for reading and writing, but we also read and write to develop our thinking. Other important topics include text types in academia and research, documentation of what has been read, differences from school writing, dealing with writer's block, as well as reading and writing in practice and profession. Why do we read, and why do we write? What conventions apply in academia? What problems arise in reading and writing?.