Annotated Bibliography #1

Elizabeth White

English 102

Instructor: Richard Samuelson

3 March 2011

Annotated Bibliography #1

• Rosaryfilms. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome- the Biological Basis/ FAS FASD Video. Television. This source was used to explain to readers the effects that alcohol can have during prenatal development. Specifically looking at Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) which is a disability that follows with a lot of physical and cognitive development and growth in a child leading into adulthood. This source was particularly different than any of my other sources because it was a video from the internet and it had many more components than my other sources. For example, there were a lot more researchers and doctors feeding me the information as opposed to typically one author writing an article. This source was extremely helpful because I knew all of the information I was receiving was legitimate. The film looked like a video I would’ve watched in a high school health class; very informative, lot of doctors and scientists in actual hospitals and interviews with adopted mothers of children with FAS. This source seemed to have it all and really helped me expand what I wanted to learn about this topic much farther than I expected. I was able to discuss issues such as bias and legitimacy in my essay confidently because I knew that the information I had to work with was effective and just what I needed.
• Babcock, M. "Substance-using mothers: bias in culture and research." Journal of Addictions Nursing 19.2 (2008): 87-91. CINAHL with Full Text. EBSCO. Web. 28 Feb. 2011. I found this article in the hopes of steering my readers in a different direction. Up to this point in my discourse analysis I had given frank facts about the physiological, emotional and psychological effects on a family involved in substance abuse. Although I believe that the research was necessary I decided I should try to take a step back and look at a bigger picture. This source was used to explain to readers that there are very harsh stigmatism’s today against women with children that suffer from drug induced birth defects. What I didn’t know, is that it is totally possible for a father to be responsible for these birth defects at conception dependent upon his toxicity levels. I though this source was kind of a fun twist of looking at things in a different light. Overall, I know this source was valid in its own because I found it under World Cat Premier which is database used through the school website that only uses peer-reviewed and substantial work.