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A1. Your assignment is to prepare a 5 minute speech on the benefits of physical activity for the elderly.

  Look carefully at the example in the frame above, and answer the following questions..
    A1.
Relevance/Appropriateness
1. Is the source relevant for your assignment?
Accuracy
2. Are there any references to support facts/statements in the information source?
  Look carefully at the example below, and answer the following questions..
    A2.
AUTHOR(s): Einstein-Koszuta, Laurie
TITLE(s): Elements of fitness; for those of strong heart and muscle
(health benefits of physical fitness)
illustration photograph

Current Health 2
p12(2)
Sept 1989 v16 n1
DESCRIPTORS: Teenagers_Health aspects
Physical fitness_evaluation
Exercise_Physiological aspects
Relevance/Appropriateness
1. Is the information on your topic?
Authority/Credibility
2. Can you determine the author of the article?
B1. Your assignment is to write a 5-7 page paper on the effects of global warming and present different points of view.
  Look carefully at the example, and answer the following questions..
B1.
Call number: 300 OPP5G6 (Ref. WB)
Title: Global warming : opposing viewpoints / Tamara L. Roleff, book editor ; Scott Barbour and Karin L. Swisher, assistant editors.
Publisher: San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, c1997
Description: 192 p. : ill., map, charts ; 22 cm.
Series: Opposing viewpoints series
Contents: Does global warming pose a serious threat? -- What causes global warming?  -- What will be the effects of global warming? -- Should measures be taken to combat global warming? -- How can the rain forests be preserved?
Summary: Debates global warming and its potential effects, an issue on which scientists are divided.  Includes a discussion of rain forest preservation.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Coverage
1. Does this cover different points of view?

Relevance/Appropriateness
2. Is the information on your topic?
 
B2. Your assignment is to write a 5-7 page paper on the effects of global warming. You must use some scholarly sources and present different points of view.
  Look carefully at the example, and answer the following questions..
    B2.
DATABASE: ReadGuideAbs
Author: Houghton, Richard A.; Wookwell, George M.
Title: Global climactic change
Source: Scientific American v. 260 (Apr '89) p. 36-44 il. maps.
Standard No: 0036-8733
Date: 1989
Record Type: art
Contents: feature article
Currency
Authority/Credibility
1. Is the author clearly identified?
2. Is there information on the author's credentials?
Relevance
3. Is the information on your topic?

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