Citation Tracking - Guidelines for Instructor

Step 1: Intention

Intention Prompt for Students

When you are doing a research project involving scholarly sources, how do you find the sources that you plan to cite? Is your method effective? Do you feel like you are generally finding the “best” sources? How do you know?

Step 2: Applied learning activity in which students are either given an initial source or locate their own, then use that source’s citations to find additional sources and use Google Scholar’s “cited by” feature to find sources that have cited the original source. Extend this in both directions as much as you’d like.

Step 3: Reflection

Reflection Prompt for Students

Were you able to use citation tracking to find additional useful scholarship for your research? Why do you think your instructors emphasize accurate citation practices in your own research projects?

Potential Student Learning Outcomes:

Students will understand the value of accurate citations.
Students will be able to track citations to find additional sources.