User:NotAllThoseWhoWander/Backpacking (hiking)/Bibliography

You will be compiling your bibliography and creating an outline of the changes you will make in this sandbox.

Bibliography

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Bibliography

Hiking and Backpacking: Essential Skills, Equipment, and Safety ^[1]

Logue, Victoria (2013-03-01). Hiking and Backpacking: Essential Skills, Equipment, and Safety. Menasha Ridge Press.
- This book is published by a reputable publishing house and is well-reviewed and cited. The information can be verified by also backtracking the sources. It covers a wide range of knowledge pertaining to the topic and will be a useful source.

Design for Hiking Safety and Fun ^[2]

Wu, Tianyou (2021). "Design for Hiking Safety and Fun". Rochester Institute of Technology ProQuest Dissertations & Theses – via ProQuest.
- RIT is a reliable publisher. This will help fill in some uncited sections.

Racial Discrimination in Parks and Outdoor Recreation: An Empercal Study ^[3]

Stanfield, Rebecca; Manning, Robert; Budruk, Megha; Floyd, Myron (2006). "Racial Discrimination in Parks and Outdoor Recreation: An Empercal Study". Proceedings of the 2005 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium: April 10th, 11th, & 12th. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. pp. 247–253.
- As a government study, this information can be relied upon. This will be helpful in the creation/backing up of the proposed new section.

Departing from the Norm: Diversity, Representation and Community-building in Outdoor Recreation ^[4]

Eck, Erin (May 2021). "Departing from the Norm: Diversity, Representation and Community-building in Outdoor Recreation" (PDF). Yale.
- This is published by Yale, a reputable establishment, and therefore contains verifiable information. This will help in the proposed section of the article.

Examples:

Luke, Learie. 2007. Identity and secession in the Caribbean: Tobago versus Trinidad, 1889–1980 Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press.
- This is a book published by a university press, so it should be a reliable source. It also covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.
Galeano, Gloria; Bernal, Rodrigo (2013-11-08). "Sabinaria , a new genus of palms (Cryosophileae, Coryphoideae, Arecaceae) from the Colombia-Panama border". Phytotaxa.
- This is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, so it should be a reliable source. It covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.
Baker, William J.; Dransfield, John (2016). "Beyond Genera Palmarum: progress and prospects in palm systematics". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.
- This is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, so it should be a reliable source for a specific fact. Since it only dedicates a few sentences to the topic, it can't be used to establish notability.

References

^ Logue, Victoria (2013-03-01). Hiking and Backpacking: Essential Skills, Equipment, and Safety. Menasha Ridge Press. ISBN 978-0-89732-866-1.
^ Wu, Tianyou (2021). "Design for Hiking Safety and Fun". Rochester Institute of Technology ProQuest Dissertations & Theses – via ProQuest.
^ Stanfield, Rebecca; Manning, Robert; Budruk, Megha; Floyd, Myron (2006). "Racial Discrimination in Parks and Outdoor Recreation: An Empercal Study". Proceedings of the 2005 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium: April 10th, 11th, & 12th. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. pp. 247–253.
^ Eck, Erin (May 2021). "Departing from the Norm: Diversity, Representation and Community-building in Outdoor Recreation" (PDF). Yale.

Outline of proposed changes

I would like to add a section about discrimination in the field, as well as fill in many missing sources within the article.

Now that you have compiled a bibliography, it's time to plan out how you'll improve your assigned article.

In this section, write up a concise outline of how the sources you've identified will add relevant information to your chosen article. Be sure to discuss what content gap your additions tackle and how these additions will improve the article's quality.

Consider other changes you'll make to the article, including possible deletions of irrelevant, outdated, or incorrect information, restructuring of the article to improve its readability or any other change you plan on making. This is your chance to really think about how your proposed additions will improve your chosen article and to vet your sources even further.

Note: This is not a draft. This is an outline/plan where you can think about how the sources you've identified will fill in a content gap.

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[1] Logue, Victoria (2013-03-01). Hiking and Backpacking: Essential Skills, Equipment, and Safety. Menasha Ridge Press. ISBN 978-0-89732-866-1.

[2] Wu, Tianyou (2021). "Design for Hiking Safety and Fun". Rochester Institute of Technology ProQuest Dissertations & Theses – via ProQuest.

[3] Stanfield, Rebecca; Manning, Robert; Budruk, Megha; Floyd, Myron (2006). "Racial Discrimination in Parks and Outdoor Recreation: An Empercal Study". Proceedings of the 2005 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium: April 10th, 11th, & 12th. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. pp. 247–253.

[4] Eck, Erin (May 2021). "Departing from the Norm: Diversity, Representation and Community-building in Outdoor Recreation" (PDF). Yale.

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