Book 1

Title of the Book (in italics when typed, underlined when written)	Library of the Oceans: the Future of the Ocean
Author(s) or Editor	Ellen Dupont
Publisher	Grolier Educational
Year of Publication	1998
City of Publication	Danbury
Mode of Access (Print if you read the actual book, Electronic if you found it online, or through your kindle/nook/ereader):	Print
Eddition if indicated:	N/A

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):

In the opening of the book it is stated that, "the oceans are on of the world's richest resources, providing not only food but also medicines, energy, fuel, and minerals. Yet even the seas have their limits. As humans greedily exploit the oceans' riches, they threaten to ruin this vital source of life for ever." (6).

The book's first chapter opens by stating that, "Overfishing has dramatically reduced stocks of some important food fish; pollution has destroyed marine life, infected human food, and killed people" (8)

This book provides a stance which believes that "fishing methods have grown so advanced and catches so large that the ery existence of some marine species is threatened" (22).

The book goes on to provide an alarming fact that "the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization [reports], about 70 percent of global fish stocks are dangerously low" (24).

In one of the most alarming instinces of humans taking advantage of the ocean's natural resources, the book also states "young fur seals are clubbed to death in the Pribilof islands of Alaska" (25).

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):

This book analyzes the different effects that humans are having on the oceans. It descrbies different changes happening from whales becoming endangered to overfishing. It provides details of what humans are doing to cause each of these things and why.

Credibility of Source:
Author or Editor: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the editor.

The editor, Ellen Dupont, was in charge of accumulating all the information in this work.

Attachment: Does the author or editor have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? 


The editor has nothing to gain from this, except for keeping her job. 


Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing? 

There is no bias. 


References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?

There are no references. 

Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?

I plan to use this source to provide historical and factual evidence in my paper and presentation.