ENG 112: College Composition II: Argument Research (Alexandria)

Author Credentials and Authority -- look for a brief author biography and the name of the publisher:

• book jacket
• back of the book
• inside the book, either the beginning or the end

Intended Audience -- look at:

• publisher name
• vocabulary used
• information in the preface and jacket/back of book

• Use AND to connect keywords
  
  child abuse AND prevention
   
• Use quotation marks around two or more words you want found together
  
  "child abuse"
  "genetic engineering"
   
• Use the asterisk to find multiple endings of a word (e.g., generation* would include generation, generations, and generational)
  
  Generation* AND conflict

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