Monday, November 10, 2008

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Since the topic could be completely unrelated to our actual topic for our paper, I thought I'd find sources about the brain. So here we go.

The first source came from the Library of Congress. They have a Science Reference Services section made specifically for researchers. The particular source I chose was a literature guide intended for general readers, likely because it was so comprehensive. It covered brain divisions, anatomy, activities, and conditions of the brain. I consider it highly credible simply because it comes from the Library of Congress. Perhaps I should scrutinize more, but I think if I were actually researching I would do so.

The second source I found on the brain can be found on the "Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition" of EBSCO host. I figured this type of source would have some trouble finding articles on the brain because they are mostly reports on studies and therefore have more specific information. With that said, I chose an article on the brain's defense against cocaine. The authors of this article are Chandler L Judson and Peter W Kalivas. I consider this source pretty credible because it was originally published in nature, a credible journal, and was retrieved from EBSCO host.

For the least credible source, I turned to everyone's favorite place for general information, Wikipedia, thinking it would fit what I was looking for perfectly. So I went to Wikipedia, looked up the brain, and got an incredible wealth of information that would make you think it's a very credible source. However, given the obvious nature of Wikipedia and its lack of peer reviewing, I knew that its credibility could only go so far.

And that's that.

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