Strategies for Gathering and Evaluating Sources

Associate Level Material

Appendix E

Strategies for Gathering and Evaluating Sources

Evaluate three sources for your final project by filling in the information below. Your responses here will provide the information you need to complete the annotated bibliography for your Week Three assignment.

Source 1

Source Information

This source is located at http://www.education.com/reference/article/video-game-addiction/. This source provides excellent information regarding tips that parents can take to help their children overcome their video game addiction. It also lists some identifiers to help you determine if your child is addicted and when you should be concerned. I plan to use this information in my research paper to give parents a better understanding of what they should look out for and what they should do in order to overcome the addiction.

Questions to Consider Answers (one sentence each should suffice)

Is the author affiliated with an organization related to the subject of the article? (Does he or she have an ulterior motive?) The author of this article is David Walsh, Ph.D. The author is affiliated with the National Institute on Media and the Family. There is no ulterior motive detected.

What is the author’s experience with the subject, including related academic or professional credentials? (Is he or she qualified to interpret and explain the complexities of the subject?) The author has experience with the subject. He has written nine books dealing with behavior. He is qualified to interpret and explain the complexities of the subject.

Does this article report on information experienced by the author, or is it a summary or retelling of information from other sources? (How close is the author to the actual information?) This article is a summary of information. The information relates to other sources with the same subject.

Is the information current? When was the information published or last updated? (Might...