Understanding student citation literacy: A multi-method approach

Abstract

This multi-method study investigated the citation literacy, the knowledge and ability to create and understand citations, of undergraduate students in the humanities and social sciences. Although a critical academic and information literacy skill, citation literacy is often given insufficient instructional time or attention. The authors evaluated citation accuracy in 25 APA and 25 Chicago style student papers and conducted a focus group. The aim was to better understand student citation behavior, perspectives on citations, and available support. The findings suggest the need for more citation literacy training at universities, which academic librarians are well positioned to offer.

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No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 6 citations exist upstream.

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.