RJA #9: Evaluation of Sources

Books
1.
Title- The evolution of Darwinism : selection, adaptation, and progress in evolutionary biology
Website
Author- Timothy Shanahan
Publisher- Cambridge University Press
Copyright- 2004

Evaluation- This book is written by a renown author and is also published in a credited school so the credibility of the author is very much supported by Cambridge. After reading an overview of this book, I imagine it to contain general information about Darwin and natural selection that could prove valuable if I have not come across it yet. Another thing about this book is that is was recently published, in 2004 so the information found here could prove to be useful for the fact that it is new and updated.

2.
Author - Steve Parker
Website
Title of the article: Charles Darwin and evolution
Place of publication (include state if needed): United States - New York
Publisher- Harper Collins
Publication Date- 1992

Evaluation- This is a book I found on our auraria campus website and it seems like a book about general information about Darwin and his life. When reading the overview I got a sense that this book is more about the life of Darwin and his acomplishments, so this book could prove to contain valuable information about the life of Darwin. The publisher in this book is Harper Collins which is a highly renown company so the credibility of this book cannot be questioned, however the book was published in 1992, meaning newer information discovered will not be present in this book.
Periodical
3.
Name(s) of author(s)- Shannon S. Moon
Title of article- Pondering the Origins of Big Thoughts
Website
Title of periodical- Newsweek
Volume and issue number (if available)- Vol. 152 No. 04
Pages on which article appears- Pg. 16

Evaluation- This periodical I found on a database in our auraria campus, Lexis Nexis did not prove to be quite useful. This may be because the article is from a magazine and therefore not so academic, however the article is in Newsweek, a very popular magazine viewers are acquainted with. For academia purposes, this article is not effective and I do not think I will use it in my research paper because it is entertainment not educational.

4.
Name(s) of author(s)-Jonathan Rosen
Website
Title of article- When science doesn't douse faith
Title of periodical- USA Today
Pages on which article appears- Pg. 11A
Evaluation- Similar to the previous periodical, I also found this periodical on Lexis Nexis but it does differ in the fact that this periodical is in a newspaper instead of a magazine. The credibility of the newspaper USA Today cannot be doubted. After completing the article I found it to be very bias and full of opinions which makes it not useful for my research paper due to the fact that I need science to support my ideas, not opinions.

Websites
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http://anthro.palomar.edu/evolve/evolve_2.htm
Evaluation- This website is one of my favorite websites because it gave me a very good place to start off in my research and provided me with much information about natural selection and Darwin. This site is credited because it is from a non profit organization, .edu.

6.
http://www.biology-online.org/2/10_natural_selection.htm

Evaluation- As I was browsing the internet I found this highy treasurable website that explains the theory of natural selection in more depth and the website does a great job with visuals as well as comparasions to get a good comprehension of natural selection. The site is highy credited because it is a .org which is a non profit organization and it is also from biology-online, a directory that is renown and used by many users.