In our library session (on May 23), Gail talked about the importance of informing the audience on the sources we are citing and implementing in our argument. However, we should never inform our audience about our sources in its own isolated paragraph. That would just make it seem clunky and unnatural. Instead she showed us how to condense the information into one or two sentences in order to create introductions for our sources which still give the right information, but doesn’t make it seem all weird and choppy. She told us to focus on
- Article
- Author
- Source
Let’s start with the article:
ARTICLE
Source: Pixabay (OpenClipart-Vectors)
Collecting information for this one tends to be the easiest. Since its assumed that we read the article already, all we have to do is provide a short summary. A very very short summary. We just have to give the essence of what its about. Keep it short and sweet
AUTHOR
Source: Wikimedia
Whether there are multiple authors, or just one, it is most important to list their name(s). Next: find their credentials, title, or position which indicates that they have enough experience to be knowledgeable on the subject. Lastly, if available/applicable, list the institution they published the article for, as it will provide the audience with a stronger grasp as to why they wrote it.
SOURCE
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This one may require the most research, but it is still minimal pretty easy. “Source” can range anywhere from a scholarly journal, to a newspaper, to a magazine, to a textbook. It is important to not only list the name, but the genre and a brief description of it. For example: “Health Today, a global open sourced health journal published in London”
PRODUCT:
Finally, the product should look something like this:
In ___(Article name)___ published in __(X)__ journal about __(Y)__, ______(Author’s name)_____ from ____(University title and department)___ writes about the impact of __(Z)__…
Image Sources:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P_author.svg
https://pixabay.com/en/journal-book-diary-log-marker-155431/
https://pixabay.com/en/newspaper-article-journal-headlines-154444/