CHEM 2040 - Applied Organic and Biochemistry - Bumpus

With 2-3 classmates, skim the sources provided. For each, consider & be ready to discuss:

• What type of source is this?
• Author & their credentials
• Overall publication
• Sponsoring organization, if any
• Date/currency
• Potential bias
• Intended audience
• (How) would you use this source?

Sources provided:

• Ascorbic Acid. (2006). In N. Schlager, J. Weisblatt, & D. E. Newton (Eds.), Chemical Compounds (Vol. 1, pp. 93-97). Detroit: UXL.
• Vitamin C boosts cardiovascular health. (2014, July 31). PRWeb Newswire.
• **Use abstract only**  Remini, Mertz, Belbahi, Achir, Dornier, & Madani. (2015). Degradation kinetic modelling of ascorbic acid and colour intensity in pasteurised blood orange juice during storage. Food Chemistry, 173, 665-673. 

Government agencies have lots of great information related to chemical substances, especially practical aspects & current issues.

Limit by domain name to see results only from .gov sites.  Example: vitamin C site:.gov

Use quotation marks to search for logical phrases. Example: "ascorbic acid"