Easy Writer Sections 39 and 40
Evaluating sources, acceptable and unacceptable paraphrase, how to integrate quotations ethically
Easy Writer Sections 42 and 43
Thorough guides to MLA and APA citation style
The Art of Quoting
Handout summarizing advice about why and how to integrate quotations into the student’s writing, taken from They Say/I Say
"I Find your Lack of Attribution Disturbing," or Darth Vader on Quoting
Scott Garbacz's wildly popular approach to making source citation fun!
UWC handouts:
Using and Framing Direct Quotations
Paraphrasing
Verbs of Attribution
Library Plagiarism Tutorial
This interactive tutorial includes a plain English definition, explanation of possible consequences, and quiz questions about situations that may or may not be plagiarism according to UT’s policy.
Library Citation Tutorial
This animated explanation of what citations are, how to create them, and how to find articles from citations would be especially helpful in Unit 1 when students are conducting a lot of research and are unsure about how to cite sources in MLA format.
Citation Scavenger Hunt
This activity and handout provide a way for AIs to expose students to the handbook as a resource during class; the quiz can easily be rewritten to emphasize different topics
Online Citation Scavenger Hunt
This one uses the OWL at Purdue site and has questions about online sources.
Comparing citation styles for different audiences
To demonstrate the rhetorical purpose of academic citation format, you could compare three kinds of documents that the students might turn up in their research. A blog might provide links to their sources. A newspaper column arguing a similar point might reference some noted sources, but won't (and doesn't need to) provide all source citations. But an academic article or reference article needs to provide its sources so that academic readers can verify the information for themselves. Too often, undergraduates see citation requirements purely as avoiding punishment for plagiarism, but the fact that citations are a rhetorical feature of academic writing gets lost.
