Comparing Two Websites

Emily Baker

Professor Zukowski

English 121

8 Mar. 2016

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Comparing Two Websites

Initial Thoughts:

Right off the bat, I can recognize the professionalism of the website in which the article about green sea slugs is found.  Everything on the website focuses on the articles found in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in the United States. The website takes the effort to make sure that all the information about an article is clearly stated. It gives a detailed information on the authors, when the article was published, and even when the article was edited and reviewed.  At the bottom of each article page is a list of references used. Within the article they are careful about using incite citations along with including hyperlinks to certain phrases and words.

Comparison:

There are many differences between this website, set up as a database of articles, and the website, set up in a blog format. The layout of the website is meant to attract the reader and lead it from one article to the next; whereas, the scholarly article is focused on the information and the article is really the only thing you see on the webpage.  Another major difference is the content itself. The article was much more in-depth and more detailed than the blog website. Even the abstract itself was longer than the entire blog post. Because there were multiple authors contributing to the article it is safe to assume that these authors must have strong knowledge on the subject matter. The blog post on the other hand, was written by a single author who seemed to have taken information from around the web and summarizing it.

 Example References the article used:

Rumpho ME, Summer EJ, Manhart JR (2000) Solar-powered sea slugs. Mollusc/algal chloroplast symbiosis. Plant Physiol 123:29–38.

Rumpho ME, Dastoor FP, Manhart JR, Lee J (2006) in Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration—The Structure and Function of Plastids, eds Wise RR, Hoober JK (Springer, Berlin), pp 451–473.

Works Cited

Rumpho, Mary, et al. “Horizontal Gene Transfer of the Algal Nuclear Gene psbO to the Photosynthetic Sea Slug Elysia Chlorotica.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in the United States. 105. 46 (2008): 17867-17871. Web. 3 Mar. 2016