User:Froggiegreen/sandbox

Answers to Module 7 Questions

 * Describe your media: I have uploaded a photograph of fireworks.
 * Is it your own work? Yes.
 * What is the file of format? It is a jpeg file.
 * What license have you chosen? The Creative Comments CC0 License.
 * What category will you add it to? The 'fireworks' category.
 * How will you describe the file? It is a photograph of fireworks taken in Macao, 2019.

Practicing Citations
Source 1: This piece of journal article will mainly be used in the ‘history of dry goods’ and ‘dry goods retailing’ sections on Wikipedia page. It is an academic source as it is peer-reviewed and its authoritative comes from the fact that Bulletin of the Business Historical Society is a professional published work. In this piece of journal article, a transcript of letters written by a 16-year-old boy who worked for a dry goods store to his family in 1860s is shown to the reader, providing real historical source of retailing dry goods, including how the apprenticeship worked in old dry goods stores, and what were the approximate prices for the dry goods in the 1860s’ New York. There are also some reasonable analysis on it based on the author’s knowledge towards the dry goods industry, so it can be useful for the ‘history of dry goods’ and ‘dry goods retailing’ sections.

Source 2: This piece of journal article will mainly be used in the ‘dry goods retailing’ section on Wikipedia page. This piece of article mainly records the event held by a high school, having senior students to operate a dry goods store for a unit of economics. Here, the relationship between the retailing dry goods business with economics, marketing, wages, etc, are mentioned. It can be identified as an academic source as it is peer-reviewed, and The Clearing House is also a famous journal in financial area.

Source 3: This book, also can be considered as a ‘dictionary’, will be primarily used in the ‘list of dry goods in the USA’ and ‘history of dry goods’ sections on Wikipedia page. Although it is not an academic source, the author identifies a long list of American dry goods, demonstrating the pronunciations of different types of dry goods in USA and their usage, as well as explaining some of the key terms used in American dry goods business. It also provides the audience with detailed information on the development of different kinds of dry goods and the dry goods business, which can be helpful materials when discussing the history of dry goods. This source can be reliable, as it is not only written objectively without the author’s personal comments, but also written by an expert in that particular area who knows American dry goods industry well.

Source 4: This piece of journal article will mainly be used in the ‘dry goods wholesaling’ and ‘history of dry goods’ sections on Wikipedia page. By briefly discussing the relationship between dry goods wholesale business and economics, this piece of journal article demonstrates how dry goods wholesaling works in an objective way. Since this piece of journal article starts from the economical point of view, it can also be considered useful materials on ‘history of dry goods’, explaining the development of the dry goods industry. It is academic because it is peer-reviewed, and The Journal of Marketing is also an authoritative journal in its area.

Source 5: This source will be primarily used in the ‘list of dry goods in USA’ and ‘dry goods retailing’ section on Wikipedia page. Different from the journal articles and books, this source is a copy of a hand-written record of a dry goods store in 1829 in America. It clearly shows the way old dry goods stores trading and recording the dry goods business, which can contribute to the ‘dry goods retail’ section on Wikipedia page. It also provides examples of the descriptions of dry goods which is useful for the ‘list of dry goods in the USA’ section. From observing the record, it is helpful to analyse which types of dry goods were sold out more frequently. Although it is not an academic source, this source can be considered reliable as it provides the audience with a real sample without personal comments, which keeps this source objective.