Wow. That was my initial response reading halfway through Badke, Chapter 3. As often and frequently we say “google it”, googling something can actual get intense. Secondly, I believe this topic will help me greatly now and in the future and would have hoped they would teach you this BEFORE completing 3 years of college!! I actually did try some of the ways to search, using the OR method or the AND method, however, it didn’t quite work. Then I realized that Badke explains that certain search engines use different symbols, whether it’d be parenthesis or asterisks. He said to look in the HELP tab of the search engine, but I had no luck. Maybe we can try to do it in class. I do want to point out that Badke touched on a topic that I recently found out on my own. He says to try to minimize term words when trying to pinpoint a search goal. I agree greatly. What happens is people tend to think that the more precise you are in your search engines, the more accurately your results would be. Well after becoming frustrated this semester, with over 10 research assignments to do, I realized that when you use less words you come across a greater amount of information, leading you to greater possibilities. Authors should really considering including these search methods into writer’s guide books, such as “Rules of Thumb”.