Evaluating Sources

Adachi, Ken. "The Military Draft." Educate Yourself. N.p., 3 Feb 2004. Web. 16 Sept. 2013.

This website, Educate-Yourself.org, is one of the first sources Google lists if you search for "military draft." Educate-Yourself.org is described on its home page as "a free educational forum dedicated to the dissemination of accurate information in the use of natural, non-pharmaceutical medicines and alternative healing therapies in the treatment of disease conditions. Free Energy, Earth Changes, and the growing reality of Big Brother are also explored since Survival itself in the very near future may well depend on self acquired skills to face in the growing threats of bioterrorism, emerging diseases, and the continuing abridgment of constitutional liberties."

Angrist, Joshua D. "Lifetime Earnings and the Vietnam Era Draft Lottery: Evidence from Social Security Administrative Records." American Economic Review 80.3 (1990): 313-36. Print.

American Economic Review is a scholarly journal published for academics in the field of economics. It is published by the American Economic Association and has been in existence since 1911. This issue of American Economic Review contains the article "Lifetime Earnings and the Vietnam Era Draft Lottery: Evidence from Social Security Records," which discusses how much money a person makes relative to that person's likelihood to be drafted during the Vietnam War.

"Conscription." Wikipedia. Wikipedia Foundation, 18 Sept. 2009. Web. 19 Sept. 2013.

This webpage on "Conscription comes from Wikipedia; the webpage discusses the history of the draft and how the draft is used in different countries. Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia written and edited by thousands of volunteers. As the "About Wikipedia" page cautions, "because Wikipedia is an ongoing work to which, in principle, anybody can contribute, it differs from a paper-based reference source in important ways. In particular, older articles tend to be more comprehensive and balanced, while newer articles more frequently contain significant misinformation, unencyclopedic content, or vandalism."

MacLean, Alair. "The Privileges of Rank: The Peacetime Draft and Later-life Attainment." Armed Forces and Society 34.4 (2008): 682-713. Print.

Armed Forces and Society is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal. It reports on research in social issues related to topics such as conflict resolution, the use of force, terrorism, military leadership, and family and health issues. It is the official journal of the Inter-university Seminar on Armed Forces and Society. This issue contains an article titled "The Privileges of Rank: The Peacetime Draft and Later-life Attainment," about how - in the United States - the rank one attains in the military corresponds to the rank in life one achieves after the military.

Roth-Douquet, Kathy, and Frank Schaeffer. AWOL: The Unexcused Absence of America's Upper Classes from Military Service and How It Hurts Our Country. New York: Harper, 2006. Print.

AWOL is a book published by a major publisher for a general audience. The authors both have family members in the military and the lead author served on the staff of the White House and the Department of Defense during the Clinton administration. The title and subtitle of this book suggest that this source is likely to argue for a particular viewpoint on the relationships between social class and the draft.

Simpson, Kevin, with Michael Riley, Bruce Finley and Craig F. Walker. "Ian Fisher: American Soldier." Denver Post. Denger Post, 11-13 Sept. 2009. Web . 19 Sept. 2013.

"Ian Fisher: American Soldier" is a three-part multimedia feature story focused on one man's journey from high school to deployment in Iraq; the article describes how Ian Fisher changed because of what he learned while fighting in Iraq, and it describes how he started a new life, with a new wife, upon returning to the states. This article was published in a major newspaper in both print and online editions.

Wood, Graeme. "Bovine Intervention: How Cows Can Help Win the Peace in Fallujah." Atlantic Sept. 2009: 18-21. Print.

The Atlantic is a monthly magazine published for an audiance of general readers. It focuses on reports and comments on recent events and also publishes fiction and book reviews. This issue contains an article about the war in Iraq, titled "Bovine Intervention: How Cows Can Help Win the Peace in Fallijah," which Gilberto found as he was doing his research.