GROUP Activity : Evaluating Online Resources

Directions: Assess the following resources that appeared in a search for “indigenous alcohol
morality”. Write the word suitable on the line if it is suitable to use as an information source and
reference in academic assignments. If not, write not suitable and explain briefly your reasons.

1. Aboriginal alcohol consumption

• http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/health/aboriginal-alcohol-
consumption
• Last updated Dec 2012, so information is quite up-to-date.
• Audience is the general public.
• Information published on a site called Creative Spirits. Author is Jens Korff – no
qualifications or experience are listed.
• Some advertising on website. Reference list is provided, however most of the
references are newspaper articles.
• About page seeks to convince the audience of its credibility, but its purpose is not
clear.
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2. Estimating alcohol-attributable mortality among Indigenous Australians: Towards

Indigenous-specific alcohol aetiologic fractions
• http://ezproxy.cdu.edu.au/login?url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/
10.1111/j.1465-3362.2008.00044.x/pdf
• Published 2009, so information is quite up-to-date.
• Audience is other researchers
• Authors are Richard Pascal, Tanya Chikritzhs and Dennis Gray – their
qualifications and organizational affiliations are listed.
• Article published in the Drug and Alcohol Review, which is a peer-reviewed
journal. Reference list provided.
• This is a scholarly peer reviewed article

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3. Send indigenous offenders to rehab: report

• http://tools.ntnews.com.au/stories/54075277.php
• Published Feb 2013, so information is quite up-to-date.
• Audience is Australian / the general public. Newspaper article in the NT News.
• Author is Lisa Martin – no qualifications or experience are listed..
• Source is likely to be the media release http://www.naccho.org.au/download/aboriginal-
health/nidac_report_release.pdf
• to inform and sell

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