Classroom Learning Activities
- Trusting Citation Generators AssignmentThis activity will help students to look critically at the citations provided by citation generators and to find the mistakes. This will both help students learn the citation style of their discipline and to look more critically at seemingly quick fixes during the research process.
Videos and Self Paced Tutorials on Citing Sources and Citation Management
- Video - Citations and Scholarship as a ConversationThis 3 minute video from the New Literacies Alliance introduces the concept of 'scholarship as a conversation' and describes how citations enable scholarship to be a sustained and progressive conversation.
- Video - Understanding CitationsA 2-minute video from North Carolina State University on what citations are and why we must use them.
Zotero
- Getting started with ZoteroCornell Library Guide that includes instructions on how to install and use Zotero. Includes 11 short video tutorials.
- Screencasts on ZoteroZotero has compiled screencasts produced by various libraries across the country.
Mendeley
- Video - Getting Started with MendeleyVideo produced by Mendeley on getting started with all of the basic features.
EndNote
- Video - Introduction to EndNoteThe official training channel for EndNote.
Additional Resources
These resources can be linked from your CANVAS course page or shared with students directly. Includes links to Cornell Library Research Guides.
- Library Guide - Different Citation StylesThis Cornell Library Guide is a curated list of citation guides that can help with a variety of citation styles, including for maps & media.
- Data Citation TipsGuide to properly citing data sources from Cornell's Cornell Data Services.
- Introduction to Basic Legal CitationCornell Law School Guide on citing legal documents.