…LifeIssues.net is a much more scholarly website than its colleagues, containing articles, original research, and commentary from experts and professors who meet the three crucial criteria I mentioned last year. Any scholar should, first, have his or her terminal degree (usually a Ph.D.); second, he or she should be published; and, third, he or she should be conducting research in his or her field. Fr. Jerry Novotny, OMI, the webmaster for
LifeIssues.net, affirms that the credentials of contributors to the site support the contention that the quality of the site is secure. Thus, persons culling research from the site can be assured that the material they will use is primary and not secondary research. In fact, a special feature of the website is the identification of the degrees and publication histories of contributors. Students, especially, may use items from these biographies as appositional statements to preface cited material…
