The following criteria and questions can help you to judge the value of a source.
Instructions: Use the document you have found. Answer the following questions. In order to assess the credibility of your chosen source; you may need to do some additional research:
1. First, write the full reference here:
"PERSPECTIVES ON MUSIC AND MUSIC THERAPY IN ADULT CANCER CARE." Journal of the Society for Integrative Oncology 5.4 (2007): 169. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 8 Oct. 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?
ROBERTS, Peter, is a Bone-marrow specialist, MD, Ph.D, and he is a Member of the Executive Committee, Past Chair, International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry.
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?
Australian Nursing Journal, is an Australian Nursing Federation that presents news, reviews, research and essays for and about Australian nurses. And it’s an organization that publishes journals.
4. Evaluate Currency: When was the text published and/or last updated? Will you use it for current information or for historical context?
8 Oct. 2009, I will use this article because it’s a current article that has recently been published in a well known journal.
5. Evaluate Purpose: What appears to be the purpose of this text? Is it to inform, persuade, entertain, report, or refute? Explain why do you think so.
The purpose of this text is to report on the efforts of a team of nurses and musicians whom investigated into the therapeutic effects of harp music in palliative care in victoria
6. Write here specifically what information from this document you are going to use in your paper.
I will use the results of the investigation that has been done. And also use the information given about the benefits of music therapy to palliative care services
7 Conclusion: Now that you have assessed the source in more detail, do you still think it is useful? Explain why or why not. If it is not useful, what are you going to do about it?
Yes this source would be really useful since it’s first credible contains accurate information and it would be a good source of statistics since it’s a report.
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