Arts and Humanities/ Capital Punishment

Topic is Capital Punishment. Please read all info down below and those two websites need to be used to find the articles

So, you have read about Arts and Humanities databases and about evaluating sources. Now, you should use JSTOR and Humanities Full-Text database to continue creating your annotated bibliography, but before you get started, here are the directions you need to follow:

1. Find one article from JSTOR and one article from Humanities Full-Text (for a total of two articles). The articles must speak about your topic in regards to the arts and humanities field. Do not assume that just using these databases will give you that view. You must implement keywords in your search. For instance, you might tie euthanasia to religion, the American financial crisis to ethics, beauty contests to dance, or separation of church and state to art or literature. Only as a last result should your articles be simply a history of the topic.  Make connections to the arts and humanities fields in order to garner a holistic view.
2. Use the citation tools in the databases or Knightcite to create your APA citation of the article, or you can use the citation generator if one is built into the database.
3. Alphabetize the two articles by last name or title (if there is no author) in the citation.  Do not alphabetize by a, an, the. Skip those words and move to the next in a title.
4. In the first paragraph, write a summary of the article UNDERNEATH your APA citation. Do NOT copy what the database gives you. That is plagiarism.
5.  In a second paragraph, evaluate the article based on the criteria below, explaining why you think the article is good for college-level academic research. Your explanation is important, so be detailed. Here are the criteria:

• • Authority – What are the author’s credentials? Is s/he an expert or a generalist?
  • Accuracy – What tells you this is an accurate source? Is the article peer-reviewed? Are there loopholes in the reporting methodology?
  • Currency – Is this timely information? Does it matter?
  • Scope – What does the article cover? Is it specific or general?
  • Objectivity – Do you detect any bias? Remember to read between the lines. Bias is often implicit. It could just be that a lawyer wrote the article and is, therefore, writing from a legal perspective vs. another perspective.