IPL literature review requirements: Five scholarly works and one first-person source
- For this project, you will need to contact the person or organization directly either through email communication or setting up a formal interview.
- Potential Ideas: Explore reaching out local teachers connect with the topic that you are researching or organizations that are concerned with your topic.
Tips for Interviewing
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Oral History: InterviewingTri-County Technical College
Before going to the interview:
- Do background research
- Prepare potential questions.
Tips for interview
- Turn off your phone and eliminate other distractions.
- Ask permission if you would like to record the conversation.
- Introduce yourself and explain the purpose of the interview.
- Ask open-ended questions and followup questions specific to the interviewee answers.
- Allow for pauses in the conversation.
Personal Experience and Interviews
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Using an Interview in a Research PaperAll about writing questions, actually conducting the interview, using it as a source in your paper, and citing it. From University of Nevada, Reno.
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Personal Experience in Academic WritingUseful tips on incorporating personal experience. From UNC Writing Center.