How to use this book

This Complete Introduction from Teach Yourself ^® includes a number of special boxed features, which have been developed to help you understand the subject more quickly and remember it more effectively. Throughout the book, you will find these indicated by the following icons.

The book includes concise quotes from other key sources. These will be useful for helping you understand different viewpoints on the subject, and they are fully referenced so that you can include them in essays if you are unable to get your hands on the source.

The case study is a more in-depth introduction to a particular example. There is at least one in most chapters, and they should provide good material for essays and class discussions.

The key ideas are highlighted throughout the book. If you only have half an hour to go before your exam, scanning through these would be a very good way of spending your time.

The spotlight boxes give you some light-hearted additional information that will liven up your learning.

The fact-check questions at the end of each chapter are designed to help you ensure you have taken in the most important concepts from the chapter. If you find you are consistently getting several answers wrong, it may be worth trying to read more slowly, or taking notes as you go.

The dig deeper boxes give you ways to explore topics in greater depth than is possible in this introductory-level book.