Strategies

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Strategies for Gathering and Evaluating Sources

Evaluate three sources for your final project by completing this worksheet.

Source 1

|Source Information |

| Effects of Substance Abuse on Families: |

|Drug and alcohol abuse not only affects the abuser and his/her life, but also the lives of family members. When recovery begins, your whole |

|family should be involved when possible. Family therapy is a good option for recovery with substance abuse. |

|Questions to Consider |Answers (one sentence each should suffice) |

|Is the author affiliated with an organization related to the subject |Yes, the author is Beth Aileen Lameman and she is affiliated with |

|of the article? (Does he or she have an ulterior motive?) |Healthkey.com. |

|What is the author’s experience with the subject, including related |The author is just a reporter that did some research on the subject |

|academic or professional credentials? (Is he or she qualified to |and shared it in an article in The Chicago Tribune. |

|interpret and explain the complexities of the subject?) | |

|Does this article report on information experienced by the author, or|This article is a summary from other sources and retelling of |

|is it a summary or retelling of information from other sources? (How |information from those sources. |

|close is the author to the actual information?) |...