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Lesson Plan August 11, 2015

Citation Mapping for Religious Studies

Submitted by Desirae Zingarelli-Sweet

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Adapters

Daisy DeCoster
I adapted this citation mapping assignment for a psychology class. We did not start with an encyclopedia article, but students were assigned a notable research article in psychology, selected by the prof for its influence. They used either Google Scholar or our discovery tool to explore and diagram connections. The activity recapped with a group discussion.
Carolyn Caffrey
I adapted this activity for a gender studies class. In this context we started with an important article provided by the instructor and then looked at which disciplines were citing the source. We compared citations in Google Scholar and Web of Science mapping function and discussed why there are differences between them.

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Short Description

This assignment asks students to map scholarly citations in order to illustrate the concept that scholarship is a conversation. Secondarily, the activity is meant to demonstrate the constructed and contextual nature of authority in academic discourse. It can be used to help students build up to completing an annotated bibliography, research paper, or presentation that requires scholarly sources.

Learning Outcomes

• Identify citations within a given book or article and look them up using Google Scholar. • Find newer works that cite a given article or book using Google Scholar. • Identify connections between scholarly books/articles by comparing their citations. • Recognize standard elements of Chicago style citations.

Participation Type

Individual

Suggested Citation

Zingarelli-Sweet, Desirae. "Citation Mapping for Religious Studies." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments). 2015. https://projectcora.org/lesson/citation-mapping-religious-studies
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