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Human. Librarian. Eater of cake.

Conflict of interest statement

In full disclosure, I work at a library with archives and special collections in Massachusetts history, so I'm often editing articles related to the people and organizations whose papers are in those archives and special collections. I always strive to do this within Wikipedia guidelines on conflict of interest, but if you ever have questions about my editing pages related to collections in my library, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Wikipedia advice for students

Do the research first!

Gather and read your reliable sources, note important facts, then write the article. Remember, start with reliable secondary sources. A press release generally should not be the major source for your article.

Google Books, Google Scholar, Google News
Library home page with Article Quick Search and the book catalog
Boston Globe (1980-present) (excellent for local history, subscription-only)
Historical New York Times (1851-2020 (subscription-only)
JSTOR (academic articles, subscription-only)

Classroom assignments

Classroom assignment guides
Citing archival sources
Suggested topics in Greater Boston history

Interests

Organizing meetups and social editing

I'm honestly one of those editors that does most of my work when involved with a class or in a social editing situation, and I think those are modes of editing via which we can work to expand the contributor base. I've helped organize or have otherwise contributed to several Wikipedia-related events and presentations:

Primary and archival sources

I'm also interested in how Wikipedia and archival/primary sources are used in the high school and college classroom, particularly primary sources related to groups that are less represented in the larger historical record. I'm working on an edit-a-thon intro specific to special collections projects, with a focus on underrepresented groups, here.

Wikipedia, archives, and Open Access

OA is on the home page and in the mission
Amplifying the Impact of Open Access: Wikipedia and the Diffusion of Science
OA can mean exposing archival documents and underrepresented histories

Reminders to self

WikiWomen's Women's History Month To-do
WikiProject Boston
WikiProject Massachusetts esp. article alerts.
Missing encyclopedic articles
Early African-American women in science
Rosemarie_Beck
Ethel Byrne
Hidden human computers
Mary Moon Wilson
Real-time US politics
Good example of tone change
Elizabeth A. Drew
Indian Imprisonment Act (1675)
Mashpee Nine / Mashpee
- https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.neu.edu/docview/169964025?accountid=12826
- https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.neu.edu/docview/746984756?accountid=12826
Massachusetts Indian Enfranchisement Act (1869) & Earle Report
- https://books.google.com/books?id=fmXahCJNl3kC&pg=PA155&lpg=PA155&dq=enfranchisement+and+allotment+act+massachusetts&source=bl&ots=Pv_fCCLUr3&sig=6rAXumDD6n5GXwJe4fwH6CqgNlc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiR4Ivur8PXAhUn44MKHdaCBYQQ6AEIRTAF#v=onepage&q=enfranchisement%20and%20allotment%20act%20massachusetts&f=false
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https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/11/23/the-heroines-of-americas-black-press/

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 <div style="text-align: center;">'''Human. Librarian. Eater of cake.'''
-'''Mostly interested in the history of Boston, women's history, and science fiction.'''
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 ==Conflict of interest statement==
-'''''In full disclosure''''', I work at a library with archives and special collections in Greater Boston history, so I'm often editing articles related to the people and organizations whose papers are in those archives and special collections. I always strive to do this within Wikipedia guidelines on [[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest|conflict of interest]], but if you ever have questions about my editing pages related to collections in my library, please don't hesitate to contact me.
+'''''In full disclosure''''', I work at a library with archives and special collections in Massachusetts history, so I'm often editing articles related to the people and organizations whose papers are in those archives and special collections. I always strive to do this within Wikipedia guidelines on [[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest|conflict of interest]], but if you ever have questions about my editing pages related to collections in my library, please don't hesitate to contact me.
+== Wikipedia advice for students ==
+=== '''Do the research first!''' ===
+Gather and read your [[wikipedia:Verifiability#Reliable_sources|reliable sources]], note important facts, then write the article. Remember, start with reliable '''secondary''' sources. A press release generally should '''not''' be the major source for your article.
+* [https://books.google.com/ Google Books], [https://scholar.google.com/ Google Scholar], [https://news.google.com/ Google News]
+* [https://www.uml.edu/library/ Library home page] with Article Quick Search and the book catalog
+* [https://umasslowell.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/bostonglobe?accountid=14575 Boston Globe (1980-present)] (excellent for local history, subscription-only)
+* [https://umasslowell.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimes?accountid=14575 Historical New York Times (1851-2020] (subscription-only)
+* [https://umasslowell.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.jstor.org JSTOR] (academic articles, subscription-only)
 ==Classroom assignments==
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 * '''[[User:AmandaRR123/teaching | Classroom assignment guides]]'''
 * '''[[User:AmandaRR123/citation | Citing archival sources]]'''
-* '''[[User:AmandaRR123/topics | Suggested topics]]'''
+* '''[[User:AmandaRR123/topics | Suggested topics]] in Greater Boston history'''
 ==Interests==