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http://www.thenewsliteracyproject.org/

http://www.journalism.org/

Search: beauty pageants and feminism • 2 results- seems like too few, how can I expand the search? • Take out the term “feminism” • 85 results- not too may to scan for relevance

Search: beauty pageants and feminism • About 120,000 results, too many to scan • How is the quality of the first page of results? • Waste time evaluating irrelevant or unreliable sources

Search: beauty pageants and feminism • Limit results for FULL TEXT and PUB. DATE -2003-2013 • 17 results

• Targeted searching, less wasted time • Citations prepared for me • Reliable sources • Easy to Expand or Limit your search • Type of source is easily identified

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