In two other interesting articles I found on schoollibraryjournal.com, Walter Minkel makes a strong case for including resources like NoodleTools in our libraries.
In the first article, "The Trouble with Citing Sites," he argues that teaching students to cite sources (or even doing it for ourselves) was hard enough before the advent of the Internet, but now that students do so much of their research online, it has become a monumental task. Students feel that if an essay or article is online, out there in cyberspace, they can copy it freely without giving credit to the authors/creators/owners. In addition, citing Internet sources is not easy, so they do not even try. He, and Abilock, feel that the sooner we get students to realize that they have to give credit to the owners of the material that they copy off the Web, the easier the task will get as they go along. That is why he endorses resources like NoodleTools which can be used with kids in very early grades. He says that other resources like http://www.mla.org/ are too advanced for younger students. Read the whole article at www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA153093.
In his other article, Minkel argues that librarians must lead in the fight against online plagiarism by "showing students how to define plagiarism, how to recognize when they're committing it, and how to credit and cite others' works correctly." He also suggests "working with teachers in setting plagiarism policies." He proposes introducing students to the idea of citing sources as soon as possible in their academic lives. This article can be found at www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA202848.
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Yes, Ann-Marie, I agree. I feel that students think that if they find information on the internet then they do not need to cite the information. I also feel that teachers do not stress the importance of citations enough. We, as librarians need to stress the importance of citing information to our teachers and our students.
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