Suggested Assignments
- Provide students with a list of citations and ask them to identify the types of sources represented by the citations (books, chapters, periodical articles, etc).
- "Read the References:" ask the students to select a research article and read the articles cited by it. The students are instructed to:
- explain how each article is related to the original article;
- consider under what circumstances it is appropriate to cite other papers;
- differentiate what different purposes the citations serve
- Have students track down resources used by other students in their bibliographies. Have students “grade” each others' works cited page for correct style and completeness of citations (as well as appropriateness of sources cited).
Exercise: Authorship, rights of authors, and responsible use of others' work
- Why is it important to cite sources when writing or doing other kinds of research?
- Are you an author? Name some of the things you have created.
- What or who is the author? What does it mean to create something?
- Suppose your college/program had an essay contest and you won it. You received a certificate and a handshake from the dean of your college. Then you find out that your roommate sent your essay to a magazine essay contest with his or her name instead of yours. Your roommate won $500 and a spot on a popular TV show.
- How do you feel about what happened? What can you do about what your roommate did?
- In the same scenario suppose your roommate took your ideas, changed the language just a little, and still won the money. Now how would you feel?
- In the scenario above, suppose your roommate took only one paragraph of your essay and still won the money and the TV experience. Would you feel any differently?
(Modified from Burkhardt, J.M., MacDonald, Mary C. (2010). Teaching information literacy: 50 standard-based exercises for college students. Chicago: ALA).
Assessment Questions
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Assessment questions
Quizzes are embedded within the Plagiarism tutorial.
