User:Awwillia/Katie Stack Morgan/Bibliography

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

Bibliography

As you gather the sources for your Wikipedia contribution, think about the following:

Is the source from a reliable publication?
- Reliable publications include established newspapers, academic journals and books, textbooks, and other published sources with reputations for accuracy and fact-checking.
- Unreliable sources include blog posts and other self-published works, press releases, and social media posts.
Is the source verifiable?
- In order for a source to be considered verifiable, other editors should be able to consult the source.
Is the source independent of the subject?
- Is the source connected in any way to the subject? This is especially important when writing biographies or about organizations.
- For example, if you were writing a biography, sources like the person's webpage or personal blog would not be considered independent.
Is the source primary or secondary?
- Primary sources include first-hand accounts, autobiographies, and other original content.
- Wikipedia allows limited use of primary sources, but typically only for straightforward, descriptive statements of facts, and only if they are published and verifiable without requiring specialized knowledge.
- Secondary sources should be the main basis for a biography on Wikipedia.
If you're working on a topic related to medicine or psychology, ensure that your sources follow these special guidelines.
If you're creating a new article, consider the following:
- Ensure that your topic meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines.
- In order for a topic to meet the notability requirement, you must be able to identify 2-3 sources that are reliable, verifiable, and independent of the subject you're writing about.
- Finding sufficient sources to establish notability can be especially hard when writing about people or organizations.
- Sources that are not independent of the subject might be useful additions, but don't count towards the notability requirement.
- Wikipedia has developed special guidelines for writing about living persons. Please follow these carefully.
- Wikipedia has a series of guidelines for writing about different categories of people, such as academics and artists. If you're trying to create a new entry about a living person, please look at these carefully.

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Bibliography[edit]

Edit this section to compile the bibliography for your Wikipedia assignment. Add the name and/or notes about what each source covers, then use the "Cite" button to generate the citation for that source.

Stack Morgan, Katie. "Dr. Katie Stack Morgan." Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA.^[1]

In NASA's JPL, Katie Stack Morgan is a planetary geologist. Her page on the JPL website includes a detailed account of her educational history, research passions, and achievements. Stack Morgan's expertise is in the field of Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Mars geology and surface dynamics. Her participation in a number of Mars exploration projects, such as the Martian Science Laboratory and Perseverance 2020 rover mission, demonstrates her considerable contribution to our understanding of the Red Planet. Her role as a scientist and her dedication to inspiring the next generation of scientists and engineers are also highlighted in this description.
This site to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a reliable source. It offers credible information from a very well known and prominent institution along with information from experts in the space science field.

"Katie Stack Morgan." The Planetary Society.^[2]

Katie Stack Morgan's profile on the Planetary Society's website presents a more intimate look at her career and achievements in space exploration. It describes Stack Morgan's love of space exploration and her journey from university to becoming a significant contributor in the field. The description describes her work as a member of the scientific team on several Mars missions and her efforts to bring scientific discoveries to the general public through awareness and educational projects. In addition, it highlights Stack Morgan's commitment to creating a more equitable and inclusive scientific community by promoting diversity and inclusion in the field of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
This site is a reliable source since it connects to a the main page organized by The Planetary Society, an established non-profit organization committed to encouraging space exploration and education, and includes a profile of many experts in fields in the space science community.

"Katie Stack Morgan." NASA Mars Exploration Program. ^[3]

Katie Stack Morgan's profile page on the NASA Mars Exploration Program’s website provides detailed information about her participation in Martian exploration missions and contribution to our understanding of its surface. It emphasizes Katie Stack Morgan's involvement in the Mars Science Laboratory mission as well as her leadership as the deputy project scientist for the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. Also, this page includes her scientific interests which are the study of sedimentary rocks and ancient environments on Mars, as well as her participation in the processing of data from the rovers to understand the geological history of the planet. This source provides essential information on Stack Morgan's research activities as part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program.
This is considered to be a reliable source since it leads to a webpage maintained by NASA, a well respected and acknowledged space agency recognized for its strong scientific standards.

Stack Morgan, Katie. "Biography." American Geophysical Union (AGU) - AbSciCon 2022. ^[4]

Katie Stack Morgan's page on the American Geophysical Union's AbSciCon 2022 website includes further information about her career history and scientific interests. It's about her contributions to science, in particular astrobiology and the exploration of planets. Stack Morgan's participation as a conference speaker is highlighted in the biography, where she is likely to have presented her research findings and given insights on current planetary science advancements. This source highlights Stack Morgan's active participation in scientific conferences and her efforts to disseminate information and promote cooperation between Earth and space scientists.
This source is considered to be reliable since it links to a site managed by the American Geophysical Union (AGU), an organization that is recognized by many in the field of Earth and space sciences.

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[edit]

^ Morgan, Kathryn Stack. "JPL Science: Kathryn Stack Morgan". science.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-03. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 14 (help)
^ "Katie Stack Morgan". The Planetary Society. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
^ mars.nasa.gov. "Katie Stack Morgan - Deputy Project Scientist | People Profile - NASA". mars.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
^ "Tuesday, 17 May 2022 8:30 AM ET". AGU AbSciCon 2022. Retrieved 2024-04-03.

Outline of proposed changes[edit]

Click on the edit button to draft your outline.

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] Morgan, Kathryn Stack. "JPL Science: Kathryn Stack Morgan". science.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-03. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 14 (help)

[2] "Katie Stack Morgan". The Planetary Society. Retrieved 2024-04-03.

[3] rs.nasa.gov. "Katie Stack Morgan - Deputy Project Scientist | People Profile - NASA". mars.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-03.

[4] "Tuesday, 17 May 2022 8:30 AM ET". AGU AbSciCon 2022. Retrieved 2024-04-03.

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