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My Mid-Term Quiz for LIBY 1210-15 Winter 2018

My Research Topic is: Can music help treat mental illnesses

Key words related to my Research Topic are: Music, Mental illness

Part 1:

Examine Wikipedia articles that are directly related to your Research Topic and select a substantive article to evaluate. This could be an article about an idea (e.g., I might choose the one about a topic, e.g., Nortec IF that was what I am researching) or a person (if I were researching Reggae music, I might pick Bob Marley)). Answer the following questions:

++1. I chose to read and evaluate the article titled: Music Therapy (for extra credit, link the name of the article to the article in Wikipedia.)

+2. Is there a warning banner at the top of the article? no

If there is a warning banner, copy and paste the warning banner here.

Write an brief explanation of the reason the issues mentioned in the warning banner are important. For example, if the issue is “needs additional citations for verification,” why does that matter?

Please note: If the article you are evaluating does not have a warning banner, choose a warning banner from a different article and explain the warning that is in that banner.

This article needs more medical references for verification or relies too heavily on primary sources. Please review the contents of the article and add the appropriate references if you can. Unsourced or poorly sourced material may be challenged and removed. (November 2017)

+In this Article, there is not enough medical references or does not use enough resources. This can cause the actual material used to source to be removed or challenged.

+3. Is the lead section of the article easy to understand? Does it summarize the key points of the article? The lead section is simple to understand, and it summarizes the key points of the article.

+4. Is the structure of the article clear? “Are there several headings and subheadings, images and diagrams at appropriate places, and appendices and foonotes at the end?” The structure of the article is very clear. There are headings and subheadings, aswell as images in the appropriate places.

+5. Are “the various aspects of the topic balanced well”? That is does it seem to provide a comprehensive overview of the topic?The various aspects of the topic are balanced well, it includes sections in Music Therapy in Children and Adolescents and has the research of music therapy for specific psychiatric disorders and medical disorders.

+6. Does the article provide a “neutral point of view”? Does it read like an encyclopedia article instead of a persuasive essay? Yes, it reads like an encyclopedia

+7. Are the references and footnotes citing reliable sources? Do they point to scholarly and trustworthy information? Beware of references to blogs; look for references to books, scholarly journal articles, government sources, etc. This article includes resources from all scholarly and trustworthy sources that leads to me to believe that this information is accurate.

8. Look for these signs of bad quality and comment on their presence or absence from the article you are evaluating:

+a. is the lead section well-written, in clear, correct English? Yes

+b. are there “unsourced opinions” and/or “value statements which are not neutral”?No

+c. does the article refer “to ‘some,’ ‘many,’ or other unnamed groups of people,” instead of specific organizations or authors or facts? No, everything is specific

+d. does the article seem to omit aspects of the topic? Not that I can find

+e. are some sections overly long compared to other sections of similar importance to the topic? In the regions section, the United States section has alot more content than other regions such as india and the United Kingdom

+f. does the article lack sufficient references or footnotes? No

+g. Look at the “View History” for the article. As you read the conversation there, do you see hostile dialogue or other evidence of lack of respectful treatment among the editors? Yes, on September 2017, someone made a change that had llittle to no approval and the same person made many changes that had alot of downvotes and seemed like he was belittling the intelligence of the past researchers by being sarcastic.

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Part 2:

Evaluate the Wikipedia article you selected using the CARDIO method. Write your answers following each word below:

+Currency (When was the last update of this article? hint: check the View History) January 21, 2018

|Authority (What evidence do you find that the author(s) of this article have the appropriate credentials to write on this topic?) They're using credible scholarly sources

+Relevance (to your research topic) This relates directly to what music can do for mental illnesses

+Depth. This article ranges from General Adults to Scholarly readers because it includes many sources from scholarly sources but the vocabulary used isn't too challenging to comprehend.

-Information Format (I hope this one will be easy for you.) Scholarly Journal Article

+Object (what is the purpose for creating this article?) to inform readers about Music Therapy