Academic Periodical

1. First, write the full reference here (you will use this when you write your Research Paper Bibliography and the Annotated Bibliography. Do it correctly using MLA style).

Mary Brophy, Marcus. "Technology 'changing the face of health care'." USA Today n.d.: Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 9 Mar. 2010.

2. Evaluate Authority: a) Who is the author of this text? b) Why is this important?

The author of the artical is Marcus Mary Brophy. she is a medical reporter.

3. Evaluate Affiliation: a) What institution (company, organization, university, etc.) published this text? b) Is it a commercial or non-profit publisher? c) Could the author's affiliation with this publisher bias their work? d) Why yes or why not?

This text has been published by USA Today which is a newspaper and a commercial publisher.

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

The text was published on the 18th of February 2010, and I will use it for current information because it contains the information that has a relation with my research.

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

The audience targeted is the general public because it concerns anyone in our daily life.

6. Evaluate Purpose: a) What appears to be the purpose of this text? b) Is it to inform, persuade, entertain, report, or refute? c) Explain your answer stating why you think so.

The purpose of the text is to persuade people about the technology health today and to what it can lead.

7. Evaluate Sources: a) Where did the author get this information from? b) Is there a bibliography? c) Are there footnotes? d) Does the author refer to primary or secondary material?

The author is a medical reporter, so he refers to primary material by observing himself what happen in this field.

8. Conclusion: a) Now that you have assessed the source in more detail, do you still think it is useful? b) Explain why yes or why not. EXPLAIN IN DETAIL.

After reading the article, I think it is very interesting and that I will use it in my research because it talks only about the bad side of technology on our health which is my topic.

9. Reflection of the process and information found.

Using electronic databases is the second step that we are supposed to do to complete our research paper. Actually, after going to the library and attending the workshop about the new database, I found it very interesting because it is very easy to use it and it contains a lot of information that are reliable.
EBSCOhost is the database that I used to find a periodical, and I was surprised when I was looking for the information because I found many texts I ignored I could find them. Technology 'changing the face of health care' is the article that i found and that fit with my research because it contains many information about the use of technology in the medical field and how this latter leads to more problem and diseases to the human body.
Finally, I think that the database is the best place when we can find information, and here I m talking as a student because it is on the net and does not demand a lot of efforts because we spend half of our time surfing on the net; not like going to the library and try to find a book which cannot have all the information we need.