1. A student has to write a report about the causes of the rebellion in Libya fo

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1. A student has to write a report about the causes of the rebellion in Libya for a Political Science class. Which source is the best place to start? Wikipedia entry about Libya News article from the New York Times about background on the Libyan rebellion History Channel’s special on famous rebellions in history Blog from a Libyan rebel 2. A mother of a sick toddler is looking for advice on when to take her child to the doctor. She should trust info from: A mother’s discussion forum where moms can share anecdotes about their kids A scholarly article about causes of the common cold in children The American Academy of Pediatrics’ website A diaper company’s website that offers advice to parents 3. A student is trying to remember the name of an actor in a movie she recently saw. Which one of these would be an acceptable source for this type of research? Wikipedia entry about that movie Ebert and Roeper’s review of the movie Official website for the movie All of the above would work for this type of search 4. A student has to research the problem of gang violence among teenagers in large cities. Which source will provide the most reliable information for her project? An LA Times special, multi-part report on gangs that was written 15 years ago A scholarly article from the Criminal Justice database available through her school library A CNN interview on the Internet with a former teenage gangster A blog entry about rising gang violence in the city where the blogger lives 5. A student is looking for up-to-date statistics about obesity in children and school lunch programs. Which source would provide the most current, reliable information? The US government’s Department of Education website A scholarly article written five years ago that discusses why school lunches need to be healthier

Explanation / Answer

1)

The best sources will be to start with the News article from the New York Times about background on the Libyan rebellion as Wikipedia will have basic brief description only and might not give detailed story. The History channel is a good source but taking data from history channel might give a biased data as it will only shows the famous event and supporting some specific event. Blog form a Libyan rebel might also provide the biased description.

2)

The mother should trust the American academy of paediatrics website as it will be a verified data with good research. The mother discussion forum will provide any specific experience of different people which might be not correct for her child. A scholarly article about the causes of common cold in children will only provide the causes and will not advise when to take to doctors. The diaper company’s website can’t be trusted as they don’t have expertise in all kind of diseases

3)

I think all above would work for the research. The Wikipedia will mention the name of each and every character including the actor. Ebert and Roeper review will also begin with the name of the actor in the movie. Official website of movie will have both pic and name of the actor and all other character

4)

For doing research I think the best source would be a CNN interview on the internet with a former teenager gangster as interviewing teenager gangster will provide a good insight and reliable information on the gang violence among teenagers. Other sources like LA time special report written 15 years ago will provide the view that was 15 yrs old and might not fit in today’s environment. A scholarly article on criminal justice will provide information on all kinds of crime and will not focus specially on gang violence among teenagers.

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