ENG 1020- RJA #9: Evaluation of Sources

Resource evaluated: Reshaping life: Key issues in genetic engineering, 3rd edition (book)
Authors evaluated: G.J.V. Nossal and Ross L. Coppel
Published by: Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press publishes the finest academic and educational writing from around the world. As a department of the University of Cambridge, its purpose is to further the University's objective of advancing knowledge, education, learning, and research. Cambridge is not just a leading British publisher, it is the oldest printer and publisher in the world and one of the largest academic publishers globally.
G.J.V. Nossal has a PhD in molecular biology and is the author of several other books such as: The Molecular Basis of Cellular Defence Mechanisms - No. 204, and Antibodies and immunology. He has been awarded with several prices and recognitions such as: commander of the Order of the British Empire for medical research, knighted for his work in immunology, as well as being awarded the ANZAAS Medal.
Ross L. Coppel earned his PhD in 1984 and is a recipient of the Glaxo Award for Advanced Research in Infectious Diseases and is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Fellow. He has also authored or co-authored more than 260 scientific publications.
After researching both Authors and the Publisher I conclude that it is a reliable source of information.

Resource evaluated: The DNA Story: A documentary history of gene cloning (book)
Authors evaluated: James D. Watson and John Tooze
Published by: W.H. Freeman and Company
W. H. Freeman and company publisher was founded in 1946, and is dedicated on publishing books and textbooks on the science field for students and general public, from authors of outstanding achievement.
James D. Watson is an American molecular biologist and co-recipient of the 1962 Nobel Prize on the discovery of the double-helical structure of DNA.
John Tooze is Executive Secretary of the European Biology Organization. Editor of Trends in Biochemical Sciences, and has worked at Harvard University and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratories in London.
After doing my research on the authors and the publisher I conclude that this book is a reliable source of information.

Resource evaluated: Cloning: Opposing Viewpoints (book)
Published by: Greenhaven Press, an imprint of Thomson Gale, a part of The Thomson Corporation
Greenhaven Press was founded 40 years ago, and bought by Thomson Gale in 2000.The Opposing Viewpoints series offers divergent points of view on controversial social, political, and economic issues. Greenhaven Press analogies primarily consist of previous published material from periodicals, books, scholarly journals, newspapers, government documents, and position papers from private and public organizations. They edit this information to present it in a user friendly manner, mainly for high school students, and make great efforts in maintaining accurately the original intent of the authors.
I think that the opposing viewpoint series is a reliable source of information for debates, because it is reviewed by a big group of editors and they use reliable sources which are cited at the back of the book.

Resource evaluated: Cloning of Frogs, Mice, and other Animals (book)
Author evaluated: Robert Gilmore McKinnell
Published by: University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis
The university of Minnesota press is a non-profit scholarly publisher founded in 1925.
Robert Gilmore McKinnell is a Professor of Genetics and Cell Biology at the College of Biological Sciences and University of Minnesota. As well as being the author of this book he also the authors of several other books such as “Prevention of Cancer”, and “Differentiation and Neoplasia”.
Therefore, being written by a professor on this subject and published by the highly re-known publisher as the University of Minnesota Press, I will say that this book is a reliable source of information.

Resource evaluated: Mass Extinction: Will half the Earth's species die out this century? (Periodical article)
Author evaluated: Mary H. Cooper
Published by: CQ Researcher
CQ Researcher was founded in 1923 and is often the first source that librarians recommend when researchers are seeking original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. It has received the American Bar Association’s 2002 Solver Gavel Award.
Mary H. Cooper specializes in environmental, energy and defense issues. Before joining The CQ Researcher as a staff writer in 1983, she was a reporter and Washington correspondent for the Rome daily newspaper l'Unità. She is the author of The Business of Drugs (CQ Press, 1990). She also is a contract translator-interpreter for the U.S. State Department. Cooper graduated from Hollins College in English.
After researching both the publisher and the author I conclude that it is a reliable source of information.

Resource evaluated: Human Cloning: What's at Stake (web site)
Authors evaluated: John F. Kilner, PhD and Robert P. George, JD, DPhil
Published by: The center for bioethics & human dignity
CBHD is a bioethics research center of Trinity International University (TIU) and is located on the main campus of the University in Deerfield, Illinois. CBHD produces a wide range of live, recorded, and written resources examining bioethical issues including books, podcasts, and online articles. They work with world renowned scholars, clinicians and researchers to bring together the very best information.
John F. Kilner is the Franklin Forman Chair of Ethics, Professor of Bioethics and Contemporary Culture, and the Director of the Bioethics Program at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois. From the 1994 founding of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity until 2005, Dr. Kilner served as the Center’s President and C.E.O., where he now serves as a Senior Scholar. He is author of numerous articles in medical, public health, legal, religious, and ethics journals, he has written or edited 15 recent books, and has a Ph.D. "With Distinction" in religious ethics, with an emphasis in bioethics, from Harvard University.
Robert P. George, JD, DPhil is McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University and a former ember of the President’s Council on Bioethics.
I believe that given the sources, it is reliable information.