SSK 1212 Evaluating Periodicals Worksheet

The following criteria and questions can help you to judge the value of a source.
Instructions: Use the periodicals you have found on our class topic. Answer the following questions in order to assess the credibility of your chosen source; you may need to do some additional research

First, write the full reference here:

Journal of chemical education by the division of chemical education of the American chemical society, issn 00219534, volume 86, number 3, march 2009.
2. Evaluate Authority: Who is the author of this text? Do they have a degree or other expertise that qualifies them to write on the subject? What else has the author published?

Jenifer K. Bachman and D. Miles
The University of the South

3. Evaluate Affiliation: What institution (company, organization, university, etc.) published this text?

Is it a commercial or non-profit publisher? What else does the institution publish? Could the author's affiliation with this publisher bias their work?
It is an academic journal by the division of chemical education of the American chemical society, The University of the South, Sewanee.

4. Evaluate Currency: When was the text published and/or last updated? Will you use it for current information or for historical context?

It was published in March 2009, and I will use this article for current information since it brings more information about the components of farming foods nowadays.

5. Evaluate Audience: Who is the intended audience (students, educators, the general public, experts) for the text? Is it written for someone with a small or large amount of knowledge on the subject?

It is more specific since there are a lot of scientific words that I didn’t understand. Also, it explains different scientific and complex theories.

6. Evaluate Purpose: What appears to be the purpose of this text? Is it to inform, persuade, entertain, report, or refute?

To explain with details and proofs some cooking food.


7. Evaluate Sources: Where did the author get their information? Is there a bibliography? Are there footnotes? Does the author refer to primary or secondary material?

There is notes at the end of the article where it is cited the bibliography and the sources of some theories; they are 15. also, there is a supporting material which is some websites.


8. Conclusion: Now that you have assessed the source in more detail, do you still think it is useful? Explain why or why not.

Yes, it is very useful for someone who is basically scientist, for me it doesn’t help me a lot since most of the terms and theories hadn’t been understand. Also, it is quite a far from my subject and what I want to inform my audience about because I believe that if you want to inform, students must use a casual terms.