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Wechsler, Henry., Nelson, Toben F. "Will Increasing Alcohol Availability by Lowering the Minimum Drinking Age Decrease Drinking and Related Consequences Among Youths?" Basic Style for Citations of Electronic Sources (Including Online Databases) Here are some common features you should try and find before citing electronic sources in MLA style. Not every Web page will provide all of the following information. However, collect as much of the following information as possible both for your citations and for your research notes:
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-The source link: http://search.proquest.com/docview/347533689/D0B28A5774FC4875PQ/1?accountid=14925 -I found this source by using ProQuest. -I searched "lower United States Drinking Age". -This article is scholarly peer reviewed. -Some Information that will be helpful for making my argument, from this source is; -drinking among those aged 18-20 years has remained stable during this time period for both college students and their peers who were not in college -Approximately three quarters of college students aged 18-20 years drank alcohol in the past year -One national survey found that fewer than 1 in 10 underage students who drink alcohol reported experiencing any consequences for violating alcohol policies imposed by their college -Although the level of enforcement of the minimum legal drinking age of 21 years is low nationally -One impetus for the reduction in the US minimum legal drinking age to 18 years in the 1970's was the institution of the Selective Service -System to draft eligible males aged 18 to 25 years into compulsory military service during the Vietnam War. The rationale was that men old enough to serve in the military were old enough to drink alcohol. -Alcohol-related deaths among adolescents and young adults have increased in recent years. Source Two: Changes in Alcohol Consumption With Age -The source link: http://up7af9tu5s.search.serialssolutions.com/&genre=article&sid=ProQ:&atitle=Changes+in+alcohol+consumption+with+age&title=Canadian+Journal+of+Public+Health&issn=00084263&date=1991-07-01&volume=82&issue=4&spage=231&author=McKim%2C+Willam+A%3BQuinlan%2C+L+T -This source came from ProQuest as well. -I searched "Drinking age, United States". -This source is scholarly peer reviewed. --Some Information that will be helpful for making my argument, from this source is; -The amount of alcohol consumed goes down as age goes up -More alcohol is consumed by adults ages 18-26 than those above 30 -males drink more frequently and in much greater quantities than females -males drink more due to high percent body water, meaning, their body can handle more alcohol Source Three: Heavy Episodic drinking on college campuses; Does changing the legal drinking age make a difference? http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA249876954&v=2.1&u=lom_waynesu&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w -This source came from the Gale library. -I searched "Drinking age, young adults" -This source is scholarly peer reviewed. -Some information that will be helpful for making my argument, from this source is: -College students tend to adjust their drinking habits based on what they perceive to be the norm of their peers around them -When moderate drinker's were placed together with heavy drinker's, the moderate drinker's began to drink more than before. -When light drinker's were placed together with moderate drinker's, they also began to drink more than before. -lowering the drinking age would allow students on college campuses to partake in drinking in a more relaxed environment Source Four: The stability of alcohol consumption between age 16 and 26: Evidence from a National Birth Cohort Study- -The source link: http://up7af9tu5s.search.serialssolutions.com/&genre=article&sid=ProQ:&atitle=The+stability+of+alcohol+consumption+between+age+16+and+26%3A+Evidence+from+a+National+Birth+Cohort+Study&title=Journal+of+Adolescence&issn=01401971&date=2015-10-01&volume=44&issue=&spage=57&author=Percy%2C+Andrew%3BMcKay%2C+Michael -This source was found on Proquest. -This source is scholarly peer reviewed. -I found this source by searching "alcohol consumption, young adults". --Some Information that will be helpful for making my argument, from this source is; (will add to this later on tonight) -Moderate teenage drinkers tended to be moderate adult drinkers. Picture that you're eighteen and you're at your first college party, everyone around you is consuming alcohol. You know the drinking age is twenty-one and you know that the people around you are not of age to be drinking, does knowing this stop them from drinking? Does it stop you from having a drink or two? In most cases, knowing the drinking age is twenty-one doesn't stop underage people from indulging in alcoholic beverages. In many cases actually, knowing that you are breaking the law makes people drink a lot of alcohol quickly, rather than just sit around and sip on a beer or two, because they don't want to risk getting caught by having the alcohol around for a long time. My research question is; Should the drinking age be lowered, completely abolished, or left at twenty-one in the United States of America. I chose this as my research question because I am very curious as to why the United States has one of the highest drinking ages in the world. I also think it is very ironic that in the United States you have to be twenty-one to drink legally, but if you live near the boarder you can go to Mexico to drink at eighteen or Canada to drink at nineteen.
I know that the drinking age in the United States was raised from eighteen to twenty-one in July of 1984. I never really researched this topic, but I am very curious as to why we would raise the drinking age so high when many countries in the world don't even have a drinking age. Another thing that I already know is that before 1984 the drinking age was left up to the states. At one point, before the drinking age was raised nation wide to twenty-one you could be eighteen and be legal to drink in your own state but if you crossed the boarder into the neighboring state you may no longer be legal. I think it is best that we have a country wide drinking age, but I do not believe that it should be twenty-one. I chose this topic because since I live so close to Windsor, Ontario, I can go to Canada all I want when I am nineteen to add to their alcohol revenue, but I can't drink legally at my own house where I know I will not be traveling and I am safe. If I go to Canada to drink, that means I will be indulging in alcoholic beverages, which can impair your judgement, in a foreign place that I have not been, and then I will either have to stay the night in a hotel, which adds more money to Canada's revenue, or have a designated driver to take me home, back across the boarder. I don’t think that going to Canada to drink is the safest thing. I would much rather sit at home and enjoy a beer than to travel to a foreign country, this is one of the main reasons that I chose this as my research topic. My I-Search Question is:
Should the drinking age be lowered, completely abolished or left at 21 in the United States? I-Search Questions Checklist: Is it written as a question or set of questions, instead of a statement? Yes. Do I need to clarify any terms to make my research question understandable to my audience? No. Am I personally invested in exploring this question? Why or how will exploring this question help me? Can I articulate my motivation for asking this question? Yes, because this directly affects me. This will help me learn more about why and when we raised the drinking age in the United States. I am asking this question because I am wondering why the United States has one of the highest drinking ages in the world. Is my question something I can research using secondary sources? Can it be answered too easily, or do I need a diverse set of sources to understand the answer? Yes I can use secondary sources. No it can not be answered too easily. I need many sources to answer my question. Is my question specific or concrete enough to explore in 1500-2000 words? Or is it too broad or too narrow? Yes I can explain it in 1500-2000 words. |
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