"scattered references" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it to refer to a number of references that are spread out throughout a text or document. For example, "The argument was supported by scattered references to other sources."
Despite scattered references to Dorothea's reading and the usual whiff of Henry James, the language feels remarkably un-self-conscious and unliterary.
There are scattered references throughout the book to Rees's own life, and these are often oddly jarring given the elaborately stylized context.
Scattered references to earlier Gilbert and Sullivan shows, including a character recycled from "H.M.S. Pinafore," amuse at first but eventually start to feel like desperation.
There were scattered references to Ricci and Ledbetter at the argument, but the justices' questioning suggested that they did not view the new case, Lewis v. Chicago, No. 08-974, as especially dramatic, consequential or divisive.
There are scattered references to the winds of revolution beginning to sweep through the streets of St . Petersburg but the political ferment taking place outside the rehearsal room is referred to only tangentially until the final, interminable monologue from Masha.
Scattered references include a fully functioning urinal at Pierogi Gallery (courtesy of the artist Andrew Ohanesian); homages to "Nude Descending a Staircase" at Francis M. Naumann; and a booth dedicated to the Swedish artist Ulf Linde, known for his replicas of "The Large Glass" and other major works by Duchamp.
Plato's later work makes scattered reference to law but fails to articulate a robust philosophy of law in the modern sense; what is thought to be his last work, Laws, contains many specific proposals for reforming the laws of his time but curiously fails to grapple with broader philosophical questions.
He scatters references to Nietzsche and Wittgenstein, half-apologising for the "clever stuff", though most of his points return neatly to anecdotes about himself.
Fresh from the unforgettable #sadnessinhereyes tweet, Burley made this exchange equally memorable by scattering references to some of Swift's most famous songs throughout the interview.
His conversation is scattered with references to Mother Teresa, William Wilberforce and Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Ukip, predictably, scattered in references far more frequently than anyone else.
