Action:

• Explain to students that the formatting of references varies for different disciplines
• Provide students guidelines for how you want references formatted
• Direct students how to consistently and completely label figures and graphs.
• Have students’ bibliography due before the final version of the paper so that students spend enough time completely and consistently formatting their references.
• Many resources exist online to help students completely and consistently format that references. Purdue Resource
• When possible explain the rationale behind formatting rules. For example, explain table titles appear above the table because tables sometimes span multiple pages.
• Document and share disciplinary expectations regarding what does and what does not require a reference.
• The Claremont Colleges Library provides an “Exploring Academic Integrity” tutorial that provides information about appropriate Attribution and Citation

Reason:

• Disciplinary standards vary and it may be difficult for students to identify guides to develop complete and consistent references.