Annotated Bibliographies

Staging

Prevents plagiarism

•Familiarizes instructor with student’s original work (CWPA, 2003)

•Allows instructor to spot potential problems with citation (Harris, 2004)

•Provides opportunity to discuss proper citation (Harris, 2004)

•Interaction and feedback ensures students are familiar with resources and work (Nowakowski, 2006)

•Difficult to “reverse engineer” paper (Harris, 2004)

•Reduces procrastination

–Procrastination may be linked to plagiarism (Roig & DeTommaso, 1995)

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	1.Seeing earlier works or versions allows instructors to see multiple samples of writing from student and recognize unusual changes.
	2.Allows instructor to see earlier versions and correct errors in citation, such as large blocks without citation or improper citation formats. Can remediate or suggest additional resources (can even do in a group setting)
	3.Goes with two
	4.If you incorporate oral presentations or discussions with feedback from peers or instructors, students are forced to be familiar with resources used to defend their positions or answer questions.
	5.Student purchasing papers will have to work backwards to meet all criteria; may not be worth work
	6.By forcing students to work on this throughout semester, cannot save all until end and purchase paper. The study cited indicates some relationship between people ranking themselves highly on level of procrastination and on plagiarism.