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The author makes an insightful and compelling claim that establishes a framework for the Oral History. The author includes explanations for definitions and terms relevant to their Oral History, as well as any further context about the topics addressed and the people interviewed.

Uses a minimum of two outside sources.

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2+ sources

A brief history of the neighborhood you chose

a. Name of the neighborhood

b. Map of the neighborhood

c. Who previously lived in the neighborhood and who currently lives in the neighborhood

d. Neighborhood’s connection to diaspora: which people settled in the area and why?

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By Wednesday, 6/4 come up with a draft of 15+ questions you anticipate asking your interviewees. Place them here.

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Link your Google Document here. Make sure you've shared it with me/visitor permissions are set to "anyone with the link".

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You may want to use this space to keep track of sources you might want to use. This way, you can easily find them later.

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Working with sources is an important skill that you'll need throughout your academic career.

It includes knowing how to find relevant sources, assessing their authority and credibility, and understanding how to integrate sources into your work with proper referencing.

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Finding relevant sources

Sources commonly used in academic writing include academic journals, scholarly books, websites, newspapers, and encyclopedias. There are three main places to look for such sources:

Research databases: Databases can be general or subject-specific. To get started, check out this list of databases by academic discipline. Another good starting point is Google Scholar.

Your institution's library: Use your library's database to narrow down your search using keywords to find relevant articles, books, and newspapers matching your topic.

Other online resources: Consult popular online sources like websites, blogs, or Wikipedia to find background information. Be sure to carefully evaluate the credibility of those online sources.

When using academic databases or search engines, you can use Boolean operators to refine your results.

Evaluating sources

In academic writing, your sources should be credible, up to date, and relevant to your research topic. Useful approaches to evaluating sources include the CRAAP test and lateral reading.

CRAAP test

CRAAP is an abbreviation that reminds you of a set of questions to ask yourself when evaluating information.

Currency: Does the source reflect recent research?

Relevance: Is the source related to your research topic?

Authority: Is it a respected publication? Is the author an expert in their field?

Accuracy: Does the source support its arguments and conclusions with evidence?

Purpose: What is the author's intention?

Lateral reading

Lateral reading means comparing your source to other sources. This allows you to:

Verify evidence

Contextualize information

Find potential weaknesses

If a source is using methods or drawing conclusions that are incompatible with other research in its field, it may not be reliable.

Integrating sources into your work

Once you have found information that you want to include in your paper, signal phrases can help you to introduce it. Here are a few examples:

Function

Example sentence

Signal words and phrases

Neutral: You present the author's position neutrally, without any special emphasis.

According to recent research, food services are responsible for one-third of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.

According to, analyzes, asks, describes, discusses, explains, in the words of, notes, observes, points out, reports, writes

Supportive: A position is taken in agreement with what came before.

Recent research has confirmed Einstein's theory of general relativity by observing light from behind a black hole.

Agrees, confirms, endorses, reinforces, promotes, supports

Argumentative: A position is taken for or against something, with the implication that the debate is ongoing.

Allen Ginsberg denies the importance of artistic revision ...

Argues, contends, denies, insists, maintains

Following the signal phrase, you can choose to quote, paraphrase or summarize the source.

This means including the exact words of another source in your paper. The quoted text must be enclosed in quotation marks or (for longer quotes) presented as a block quote. Quote a source when the meaning is difficult to convey in different words or when you want to analyze the language itself.

Paraphrasing: This means putting another person's ideas into your own words. It allows you to integrate sources more smoothly into your text, maintaining a consistent voice. It also shows that you have understood the meaning of the source.

Summarizing: This means giving an overview of the essential points of a source. Summaries should be much shorter than the original text. You should describe the key points in your own words and not quote from the original text.

Citing sources

Whenever you quote, paraphrase, or summarize a source, you must include a citation crediting the original author.

Citing your sources is important because it:

Allows you to avoid plagiarism

Establishes the credentials of your sources

Backs up your arguments with evidence

Allows your reader to verify the legitimacy of your conclusions

The most common citation styles are APA, MLA, and Chicago style. Each citation style has specific rules for formatting citations.

Tools and resources

Scribbr offers tons of tools and resources to make working with sources easier and faster. Take a look at our top picks:

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A quick guide to working with sources Working with sources is an important skill that you'll need throughout your academic career. It includes knowing how

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a. What you learned from completing this project

b. Your definition of diaspora and its connection to this project and this course

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Cite your sources! Unclear whether they want you to use MLA or APA...so it will be your choice.

I suggest using this space to keep track of your sources as you go, so you have them all in one spot and can revisit them.

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2+ stories

a. Can include family members

b. There are two options for interviewing:

i. Option one: students use a premade bank of questions with interviewees

ii. Option two: students create their own questions

Submit interview recordings. You can record via Padlet, Vocaroo, or any other tool you may be familiar with.

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Makes many meaningful connections between the Oral History and diaspora.

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Uses at least two sources from the course to connect project to prior course learnings.

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Interview Questions draft due Wednesday 6/4

Preface draft due Friday, 6/6

Introduction draft due Tuesday, 6/10

Interviews should be completed on or before Tuesday, 6/10

Interview Chapters due Thursday, 6/12

Project finalized during IA block!