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If you've located three books on a topic you're researching for an essay, the first thing you should do on appraising any of these books is

A. examine the index.

B. inspect the book jacket for notes about the author.

C. study the table of contents.

D. scan the book from front to back.

C. study the table of contents.

The table of contents of the book is made up of the list of all the topics that is in the book, with the chapter numbers and the page numbers. In studying the table of contents of the book you will be able to determine the scope of the discussion of the book about a specific topic and you can locate those topics easily based on the page numbers indicated. The table of contents has an organized list of topics so you won't have a hard time browsing the book.