Reliable Sources Worksheet US/101 Version 6

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Reliable Sources Worksheet
Locate three sources in the University Library on a topic of your choice. Provide the required information for each sources.

Source 1 Author: Bohn, Annette & Berntsen, Dorthe Date: 10/01/2012 Title: The Future Is Bright and Predictable: The Development of Prospective Life Stories Across Childhood and Adolescence Publication: Journal; Peer Reviewed Journal Peer Reviewed? Yes What words did you use to find this article? Life What type of article is this (research, summary, reflection, essay, etc.)? This article is a peer reviewed journal. Did this article include an abstract? Yes, the article includes an abstract Summarize the article (75 to 100 words) The article oulines when a child develops the ability to imagine about their future and lives. They are questioning when the child is able to organized these terms into coherent prospective life story. The investigation includes a group of chidren between the ages of 9 to 15 years old and their future lives, produced past life stories and cultural life script. The article summarized the majors factors in their life. Source 2 Author: Zeiler K Date: 11/06/2009 Title: Deadly pluralism? Why death-concept, death-definition, death-criterion and death-test pluralism should be allowed, even though it creates some problems. Publication: Journal Article Peer Reviewed? No What words did you use to find this article? Death

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Reliable Sources Worksheet US/101 Version 6 What type of article is this (research, summary, reflection, essay, etc.)? journal Did this article include an abstract? Yes Summarize the article (75 to 100 words) This article define death, provide a death concept, a death criterion, and death test pluralism. Death is described with some problematic approaches. This article also included the New Jersey death definition law and the Japanese transplantation law. The death concept is also define within the legal system. The article also includes John Rawls understanding doctrines.The article argues that certain legal pluralism in areas of metaphyisal, philosophical and religious aspects of death.

Source 3 Author: Langeslag, Sandra J. E, Date: 05/14/2012 Title: Blood levels of serotonin are differentially affected by romantic love in men and women Publication: Germany: Hogrefe Publishing Peer Reviewed? yes What words did you use to find this article? Love What type of article is this (research, summary, reflection, essay, etc.)? journal article Did this article include an abstract? yes Summarize the article (50 to 75 words) The article is about gender difference when thinking about love. The acticle is about how serotonin (5-HT) effects the brain and causes obsessive thinking when questioning love. Normal when people are in love , they think about theie love the entire day. The research is questioning how the peripheral serotonin levels differ between indivduals that are in love compared to those who are not. They difference are than evaluated and test through the serotonergic system, gender differences were tested.

Respond to each of the following questions:

What is an abstract? How is an abstract helpful in refining your search? (75 to 100 words)

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An abstract is a short summary of your completed research. An abstract allow the reader to identify with the basic components of the research. The goals of the abstract is to state the issue, addressed the methods and procedure, and motivate the reader.

How do these articles contribute to its relevancy of the topic/search? (100 to 150 words) All the topics researched above contributed relevancy and details about the keywords.

What makes these scholarly articles? How current is their information? How quickly does information in this topic change? How can you tell if a source is reliable or credible? (100 to 150 words) I really questioned rather the articles are scholar articles. I notice their was some revisement that had occurred on all three of the articles I have obtain. Many did come with research and was subject base results. Most changes in each article occurred within the last year. The organization affiliated with the research help dfine the credibility of the sources.

How do these articles reflect bias on the authors part? If so, what is the bias? If not, explain why you think they do not reflect bias. (50 to 100 words) Some articles where subject base results, while one was information research and a opinion was form base on the findings. That particular article can appear bias.

What support options does the library offer that will help you in writing papers, doing research, and achieving your academic goals? (50 to 100 words) The library provides information to ensure the credibility of the document, suchas; the author, affiliation, source, publication type, language, major and minor subjects, abstract, journal subset, entry date, revise date, and database.

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Reliable Sources Worksheet US/101 Version 6

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