Describe the effect of various drugs on mental health.

The effect of various drugs on mental health.

Description

I. First, identify the question you are exploring.Your eventual claim or thesis statement will be the answer to this question.

II. Then, for at least FOUR sources, complete the following. One of your sources MUST be a scholarly source; the others can be serious popular sources.

Most of your sources should be accessed through the library.

1. Citations

 Write both a correct MLA and a correct APA citation (entries for a Works Cited page and a Reference list).

 Remember that citations from databases are often not correct; they need to be checked against the most recent [MLA 8th edition and APA 6th edition] guidelines in The Chemeketa Handbook and modified to match the appropriate models.

2. Retrieval of Information Write one paragraph that includes discussion of the following:

 The type of source (For example, is it a book, magazine article, newspaper article, website from a reputable organization, or an academic publisher? Is it a reference work, serious popular source, or peer-reviewed scholarly source? If it is a scholarly source, from which section/s of the source was the information found?)

 Reasons it appears to be this type of source

 How and where the source was located (For example, was it found through a library search, library database, or general internet search?)*

*For a book, note whether it is an eBook or print copy and cite accordingly.

For a database source, give the name of the database. (NOTE: Gale PowerSearch is NOT a database name). For an Internet source, give the name of the website.

3. Quality of Information Write one paragraph that includes discussion of the following:

 Authority and credentials of the author(s)

 Currency of the source

 Reliability of information

 Potential biases

4. Application of Information Based on reading each source, write two paragraphs that include the following:

a. A brief summary of the information contained in the source that is useful to the specific research topic.

b. An explanation of how the source’s information specifically relates to the research question.

III. Last, using the information you have gathered from annotating these sources, revise and narrow your original research question.

 

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