If you were trying to locate a particular topic in a book while doing research, which reading technique should you use?

The answer is scanning.

Scanning is a reading skill that consists of reading a text quickly in order to locate a particular topic or information. To do effective skinning, first, we have to state the specific information we are looking for and have an idea of the words, numbers or "clues" that might be in that specific information.

For example, let's suppose I am reading a history book of Latin American countries. More specifically, I am reading a chapter that talks about the heroes who led "The Venezuelan War of Independence", and I want to know specific information about the date the Venezuelan liberator "Simon Bolívar" died. In order to find this specific information, the best option is to scan, mainly looking for numbers, since the date he died must be expressed in numbers.

one thousand and one nights, also known as arabian nights is a collection of stories whose basic structure is that of embedded narrative. this technique refers to a main story which works as the common frame - or framing narrative - for the other stories, and then this series of stories which are connected to the main one. this technique can also be referred to as a story within a story. the stories stem from the original tale, some begin and end on their own, some are connected to the previous or following one, by means of questions that are answered in the subsequent tale, or characters which reappear.