Author

Does the author have the expertise to write on this topic?

Determine the expertise of authors by investigating what type of education they have, where they work, and what else they have written. To find this information, you might have to look in several places.

• Use a reference source at your Library, such as Who's Who, to find reliable biographical information.
  
  
• Use the LRD or a database to see if the author has written any other books or articles on the topic.
  
  
• If you are using a Web source, locate information about the author by looking in the header or footer. Or, look on the book cover or in the preface to find biographical data in a book.
  
  
• Use a search engine to find an online resumé or page dedicated to the author.



• Use a citation database like Web of Science to do an author search.