Citing & Managing Sources
30-60 min.
General Overview
An introduction to plagiarism and best practices for avoiding it, with special emphasis on citing sources correctly using the course-preferred citation style (i.e. APA, Chicago, MLA, etc.). May also include a Zotero workshop upon request.
Zotero Workshop Description
- Students will be asked to download Zotero before class and watch our Getting Started with Zotero video.
- In class we will go over how to use Zotero including creating folders, collections, adding sources, sharing, etc.
Objectives:
- Cite sources correctly (in-text & bibliographic citations)
- Find pre-generated citations in databases
- Know where to find information to on writing and verifying pre-generated citations (Purdue Owl, Cite Source, Writing Center, etc.)
- Use Zotero to manage and cite sources for a research project
- Practice forward and backward citation-chaining using Google Scholar
- Be aware of citation “politics” or which voices are silent and which are amplified in academic writing.
Sample In-Class Activities
- Zotero demonstration
- Student practice with Zotero
- In Zotero, creating and using folders to organize resources. Creating and sharing content with other Zotero users in Zotero groups.
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