Making sense of Citations
Type of Presentation
Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)
Target Audience
Other
Primarily higher education, but I know that secondary education librarians could benefit as well
Location
Room 217
Abstract
How many times do we hear some variation on, "Why do we have to do citations?" At Saint Martin's University, we have noticed that many faculty, as well-meaning as they are, quickly rush through the mechanics of citation without addressing the "why" of the process. We have developed a workshop to address this gap in students' understanding of the concept. At the core of this workshop we present the concept of scholarly conversations and boil citations down to answering five basic questions: 1) Who made it? 2) What is it? 3) Where can I find it? 4) When was it made? 5) If it's electronic, what is the link? By setting up citations as answers to these implicit questions, students have expressed they better understand the structure and function of citations, which they say will help them in the future.
Presentation Description
This presentation introduces a conceptual approach to citations that gives students a structure through which they can clearly see the function and structure of citations.
Keywords
APA citations, MLA citations, Conceptual approach, workshop
Publication Type and Release Option
Event
Recommended Citation
Moffat, Kael, "Making sense of Citations" (2017). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 8.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2017/2017/8
Making sense of Citations
Room 217
How many times do we hear some variation on, "Why do we have to do citations?" At Saint Martin's University, we have noticed that many faculty, as well-meaning as they are, quickly rush through the mechanics of citation without addressing the "why" of the process. We have developed a workshop to address this gap in students' understanding of the concept. At the core of this workshop we present the concept of scholarly conversations and boil citations down to answering five basic questions: 1) Who made it? 2) What is it? 3) Where can I find it? 4) When was it made? 5) If it's electronic, what is the link? By setting up citations as answers to these implicit questions, students have expressed they better understand the structure and function of citations, which they say will help them in the future.
