Underage Drinking Annotated Bib.
Underage Drinking:
Annotated Bibliography
Alexis Richter
Comp 2
February 27th, 2010
Engs, Ruth C. "Why the Drinking Age Should be Lowered: An Opinion Based Upon Research." CQ Researcher. N.p., 20 Mar. 1998. Web. 9 Feb. 2011. . The article “Why the Drinking Age Should be Lowered: An Option based upon Research” is about twenty years of research based underage drinking done by Ruth Engs. It talks about the way things were in the past compared to how things are now. The research done for this article shows that binge drinking is mostly found in the age below 21 due to the lack of being taught responsible drinking habits. In this article there are many statistics dealing with drinking at a college level over a long span of time. Engs research has shown that in other cultures where drinking is brought in to people lives earlier than her in the United States there are fewer drinking related problems. They do not see It as bad, and are taught responsible drinking. This one of the reasons Engs believes the drinking age should be lowered This article relates to my thesis entirely. Engs sees the drinking age as more of a problem then a help and that is why this article relates to my thesis. Her research helped me better support the reasoning in my thesis also. This source is creditable because Ruth Engs is a well educated person who teaches at Indiana University. She teaches in the Applied Heath Sciences department and the issues covered in that field closely relate to issues dealing with alcohol. Also in the title it states that her opinion is based off of research.
Hingson, Ralph W. "College-Age Drinking Problems." Public Health Reports. N.p., Feb. 1998. Web. 9 Feb. 2011. . The article titled “College-Age Drinking Problems” by Ralph Hingson is about the effects alcohol abuse has on a college-age level. This article was stemmed from deaths that had occurred due to alcohol abuse at a couple of colleges. The accidents were results of
Annotated Bibliography
Alexis Richter
Comp 2
February 27th, 2010
Engs, Ruth C. "Why the Drinking Age Should be Lowered: An Opinion Based Upon Research." CQ Researcher. N.p., 20 Mar. 1998. Web. 9 Feb. 2011. . The article “Why the Drinking Age Should be Lowered: An Option based upon Research” is about twenty years of research based underage drinking done by Ruth Engs. It talks about the way things were in the past compared to how things are now. The research done for this article shows that binge drinking is mostly found in the age below 21 due to the lack of being taught responsible drinking habits. In this article there are many statistics dealing with drinking at a college level over a long span of time. Engs research has shown that in other cultures where drinking is brought in to people lives earlier than her in the United States there are fewer drinking related problems. They do not see It as bad, and are taught responsible drinking. This one of the reasons Engs believes the drinking age should be lowered This article relates to my thesis entirely. Engs sees the drinking age as more of a problem then a help and that is why this article relates to my thesis. Her research helped me better support the reasoning in my thesis also. This source is creditable because Ruth Engs is a well educated person who teaches at Indiana University. She teaches in the Applied Heath Sciences department and the issues covered in that field closely relate to issues dealing with alcohol. Also in the title it states that her opinion is based off of research.
Hingson, Ralph W. "College-Age Drinking Problems." Public Health Reports. N.p., Feb. 1998. Web. 9 Feb. 2011. . The article titled “College-Age Drinking Problems” by Ralph Hingson is about the effects alcohol abuse has on a college-age level. This article was stemmed from deaths that had occurred due to alcohol abuse at a couple of colleges. The accidents were results of
Bibliography: February 27th, 2010 Engs, Ruth C Research." CQ Researcher. N.p., 20 Mar. 1998. Web. 9 Feb. 2011. . Feb. 1998. Web. 9 Feb. 2011. . The article titled “College-Age Drinking Problems” by Ralph Hingson is about the effects alcohol abuse has on a college-age level Kiesbye, Stefan, Ed. Should the Legal Drinking Age be Lowered. Farmington Hills: Christine Nasso, 2008 Mantel, Barbara. "Drinking on Campus." CQ Researcher 18 Aug. 2006: 649-72. Web. 19 Feb. 2011. “Mothers Against Drunk Driving.” West’s Encyclopedia of American Law. Ed. Shirelle Phelps and Jefferyy Lehman. 2nd ed. Vol. 7 Detroit: Gale, 2005. 127-128. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 17 Feb. 2011. Web. 9 Feb. 2011. In the book Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collection Responsibility the chapter titled Designing the Strategy explains what it would take to reduce underage drinking Wasley, Paula. "Taking on 21: A Former College President Starts a National Campaign to Lower the Drinking Age." Chronicle of Higher Education 53.1 (2007): A35. ERIC. Web. 9 Feb. 2011. Wechsler, Henry, and Toben F. Nelson. "Will Increasing Alcohol Availability By Lowering the Minimum Legal Drinking Age Decrease Drinking and Related Consequences Among Youths?." American Journal of Public Health 100.6 (2010): 986. Web.