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1. Problem

2. Expected Learning Outcomes

In order to avoid plagiarism, after going through an online information literacy tutorial or an exercise, all students will be able to...

• • describe why to cite

  • identify correctly paraphrased and cited material in an exercise

  • distinguish among three or more different types of materials

  • cite those materials correctly, using an assigned citation style

  • arrange those citations in correct alphabetical order

3. Methods

Note: See also slide shows for 1-unit undergraduate IL course class session on plagiarism and citing sources.

Game-- Citation Tic-Tac-Toe (James Madison University)

Exercise--in-class or homework (5-10 min.)

Ask students to complete "Which is Which" exercise.

Video and Game--in-class (5-10+ min.)

Rutgers University's plagiarism video and game

As a small group exercise:

• • Ask students to pair, play the video and game, and note which questions they answered incorrectly.

  • For each question, ask for a show of hands re who answered it correctly.

  • If a number of students answered a particular question incorrectly, use that as an opportunity to discuss that question and answer with the class.

As a large group exercise:

• • Play the video and game projected on a screen at the front of the class.

  • Ask the group to vote on the correct answer for each question.

  • If the majority vote for an incorrect answer, use that as an opportunity to discuss that question and answer with the group.

Online tutorial

Learn what plagiarism is and how to avoid it: "Road to Research: Road Etiquette: Plagiarism". (See Note to the right for attribution.)

Links

The following sites allow you to fill in a form, submit, and get a formatted citation.

WARNING! Be sure to check results with MLA and APA official styles to be sure they are accurate and up to date--e.g., 6th edition of APA Citation Style (2009)

• Son of Citation Machine

  • Type in the parts of the citation and submit to see citation style for MLA and APA bibliographies. Also provides in-text reference style.

  • KnightCite

  • First select the citation style (MLA, APA or Chicago). Then, identify the type of item, fill out the form, and submit to see citations in MLA, APA and Chicago styles.

  • Zotero

  • Firefox add-on that allows you to capture meta-data (information regarding items you are viewing online). Zotero stores that information in folders and then allows you to output it in bibliographies, using any of a variety of citation styles.

Additional helpful sites include:

• • Plagiarism, and Citing Your Sources, Pierce College, California

  • Check the OWL--Online Writing Lab, Purdue University's Research and Citation site

4. Assessment

Road to Research:

• Road Etiquette (Introduction)

  • What is "Common Knowledge"?

  • Common Knowledge:Exercise

  • Paraphrasing Exercises: Intro; Exercise 1; Exercise 2; Exercise 3.

  • Citation Exercises: Exercise #1, Exercise #2, Exercise #3, Exercise #4

Note: Links above are to copies of "Road to Research" tutorial pages in the Internet Archive. This tutorial has not been maintained by the UCLA Library since Summer 2011, and some portions may be out of date. It is used here as an example, under a Creative Commons license: BY-NC-SA.

The UCLA College Library's Road to Research tutorial was originally created by Esther Grassian, Diane Mizrachi, and Pauline Swartz, in collaboration with Mike Franks, PHP Programmer, UCLA Social Sciences Computing Center.