Transcript: Helpful Resources from OASIS for Spring 2025
Speaker: Ed Watson
Hi, my name is Ed Watson and I'm an instructional support specialist in the Office of Academic Support and Instructional Services, also known as OASIS. In OASIS, we provide services and resources to help you succeed during your academic journey.
Let's hear from our students about their favorite OASIS services and resources.
Speaker: Taylor
Hi, my name is Taylor and I am currently working toward a PhD in Forensic Psychology. My favorite OASIS service is the OASIS Live Just Right sessions. These sessions provide a space to write independently among peers while seeing accountable to your goals.
For capstone specific Just Right sessions, you can even get expert guidance about doctoral capstone writing questions. I recommend this service to anyone who wants to feel connected to the Walden community.
Speaker: Amber
Hello, my name is Amber and I'm pursuing my doctorate in forensic psychology. My favorite resource is Ask OASIS. Ask OASIS helped me find a tailored resource to support my academic needs. As a student, I frequently seek help improving my writing, conducting in depth library research, and enhancing my critical thinking skills. It's really reassuring to have a comprehensive resource that helped me stay on track towards my goals.
Speaker: Nabila
Hello, my name is Nabila and I'm pursuing doctoral degree in Industrial Organizational Psychology here at Walden University. My favorite OASIS service is the Paper Review Service because I can get my writing reviewed by a team of highly educated writing experts. From personal experience, I have used the Paper Review Service for help with my prospectus form. The team’s insight and help were phenomenal and their positive feedback motivated me to keep moving forward.
Speaker: Ed
No matter where you are in your program, OASIS is here to support your academic writing.
To learn more about these and many other OASIS services and resources, visit our website.
We look forward to helping you develop your scholarly writing, APA, library research, success strategy, methodology, and or capstone specific skills this spring term.
Welcome to the Spring 2025 term!
OASIS provides you with the support you need to succeed. To learn more about some of the services and resources we offer, we invite you to watch this short video.
Evidence-based arguments for doctoral capstone writers.
Using Evidence
One of the central features of scholarly writing is the use of evidence to make an argument. You must learn how to incorporate other scholars' writing and arguments into your own.
In scholarly writing, you will often use paraphrased material or direct quotations from other sources to support your research and strengthen your academic argument. Although direct quotations are generally not as strong as paraphrases, they can add evidence and substance to your scholarly argument. Do keep in mind, however, that some instructors forbid direct quotations for some assignments.
In using quotations or source material, however, you must adequately incorporate the quotations and ideas from your sources. Simply inserting the material into your paragraph is not enough. You must incorporate your citation information, and then introduce, integrate, and explain your use of the quotations or source material.
On the following subpages, learn how to introduce, integrate, and explain evidence that you use from other sources.
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