Research Source Log for Book Source #2

Title of the Book (in italics when typed, underlined when written)  Ex: Twilight	The Mind of Adolf Hitler
Author(s) or Editor Ex: Stephanie Meyer	Walter C. Langer
Publisher  Ex: Little, Brown and Company	Plume
Year of Publication  Ex: 2003	1985
City of Publication Ex: New York	New York
Mode of Access (Print if you read the actual book, Electronic if you found it online, or through your kindle/nook/ereader):  Ex: Print	Electronic
Eddition if indicated:

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): EX: After having known Edward for just a few short months, Bella admits that “it would cause [her] physical pain to be separated from him now" (Meyer 283).

Hitler's actions came from memories of experience because "his anti-Semitism didn’t precede his general relish of contempt for humanity, but was a manifestation of it: a ferocious, almost unimaginably brutal manifestation – but still a manifestation of something deeper, and more inclusive" (115).

Hitler only wanted to help the German people as "he felt free to show what he had always felt: disdain for the German people who so easily had yielded to his mastery" (115).

We cannot paint an entirely evil picture of Adolf Hitler because to be honest "what emerges from a close study of these acts of kindness, and also those moments when he truly seems moved by beauty in nature and in the arts" (116).

Hitler thought through various architectural problems "in order to improve the living conditions of the poor of that city"(116).

Hitler was selfless for "all his thoughts and ambitions were directed towards the problem of how to help the masses, the simple, decent but under-privileged people with whom he identified himself – they were ever-present in his thoughts"(116).

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION): 

The Mind of Adolf Hitler gives a psychological perspective to Hitler's input to history. It reviews how Hitler's early childhood might have had a major influence to the criminal decisions he made during WWII. The book basically tries to reason to what lead Hitler to rationalize the way he did.

Credibility of Source: 
Author or Editor: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the editor. 

 Walter C. Langer was a Cambridge, Massachusetts psychoanalyst best known for his role in preparing a World War II psychological analysis of Adolf Hitler in 1943 for the Office of Strategic Services

Attachment: Does the author or editor have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? 

It informs readers about what incidents are responsible for possible criminal actions such as Hitler's.

Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing? 

There is a slight bias against Hitler since the author projects him as a serial killer.

References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility? 
There are many references like people who personally knew Hitler.

Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project? I plan to use this source to show how Hitler is psychologically misunderstood.

Research Source Log for Book Source #1

Title of the Book (in italics when typed, underlined when written)  Ex: Twilight	Hitler
Author(s) or Editor Ex: Stephanie Meyer	Ian Kershaw
Publisher  Ex: Little, Brown and Company	W. W. Norton and Company
Year of Publication  Ex: 2003	1998
City of Publication Ex: New York	New York
Mode of Access (Print if you read the actual book, Electronic if you found it online, or through your kindle/nook/ereader):  Ex: Print	Print
Eddition if indicated:

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): EX: After having known Edward for just a few short months, Bella admits that “it would cause [her] physical pain to be separated from him now" (Meyer 283).

The Nazi movement had been born out of a lost war "As with Hitler personally, the experience of that war and erasing the stain of that defeat were at its heart "(514).

Hitler's 'mission' since he entered politics had been to "undo the stain of defeat and humiliation in 1918... and restoring national greatness" (514).

With Hitler in power "Long-term goals seemed almost overnight to become attainable policy objectives" (514).

Hitler's approach to the state, as to all power-relations, "was purely exploitative and opportunistic" (329).

It is difficult to believe that Hitler of all people, "given the intensity of his hatred for the Jews between 1919 and the end of his life, had remained unaffected by the poisonous antisemitic atmosphere of Europe... Schönerer, the racial antisemite, had notably helped to stir up the hatred" (42).

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION): 

Hitler is a long extremely concise biography about Hitler's entire life. It gives a lot of precise information about Hitler's ancestors straight up to the time after his death as well. Although, the book does not cover every single little detail of the dictator's life, it certainly does cover every single topic about the man.

Credibility of Source: 
Author or Editor: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the editor. 

The author, Ian Kershaw, is the most famously notable historian that specializes in the biography of Adolf Hitler.
Attachment: Does the author or editor have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? 

The book was meant to inform people about the life of Adolf Hitler in order to prevent history to repeat itself.
Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing? 

I actually detected no bias.

References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility? 

There are thousands of references making the credibility very strong.

Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project? 

I plan to use this source to show how Hitler truly wanted to only help Germany and eventually the rest of Europe and the world as well instead of damaging it.