There are many resources available to you as you study these subjects: textbooks; peer-reviewed journals; popular journals; material given you by your professors; and multiple Internet sources. (Remember- if it is on the Internet, it must be true). As your education proceeds, you will need to be able to evaluate these different sources for reliability and accuracy.
For this assignment, we will compare and contrast different sources.
1. First, look at something very concrete and well-defined. Such as the innervation of a specific skeletal muscle. Use an anatomy textbook, and then compare this with sources such as Wikipedia and Google.
2. Second, investigate something slightly more subjective. Examples could include criteria for diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, or systemic lupus erythematosis. Again, use multiple sources to compare: textbook, journal article(s), Wikipedia.
3. Now get really fuzzy. Look up something controversial, or at least less well-defined. Acupuncture, aromatherapy, magnetic therapy, or megavitamin therapy. See how the different sources treat these subjects.
Rate your different sources. Were they well-referenced? Did they explain the material? Did they seem biased one way or another? Do you believe everything that you read?
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