Using Information Ethically is designed for students to think of scholarship as an ongoing conversation and that citing the work of others is a means of participating in the conversation. It is 20-30 minutes long.
Learning Objectives
Understand their contribution to the scholarly conversation around a topic and that ethical behavior involves giving credit to those whose works or ideas they have used
Be aware of different citation formats
Identify the elements of a citation in a book and a journal article
Librarian in Class
Explains the difference between quoting and paraphrasing (this may have been covered earlier by the instructor or after a visit to the Writing Center)
Explains how to read and understand citations in articles and books
Assessment
Students create a citation for a given article
Activities (optional)
Students read two short passages and determine whether credit needs to be given
