Assignment Specifications:
Format: Double-spaced, APA format (see Chapter 31, an
Assignment Specifications:
Format: Double-spaced, APA format (see Chapter 31, and/or the Purdue OWL, linked below)
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/a…
Upload as: PDF (name your document as: YourLastName AnnBib#1 – e.g., if I submitted one, it would
be entitled: Baker AnnBib#2
Length: Eight (8) sources (at least six must of academic quality: journal articles, peer-reviewed,
academic or government publisher, etc.). Note: you should already have four sources from
your recent Summary and Evaluation assignments, so you only need to find four new sources
this week.
What is an Annotated Bibliography?
Remember from our previous discussion what an Annotated Bibliography is – and what it isn’t. Basically, it is
an alphabetized list of sources on which you have written some formal notes. For this class, your Annotated
Bibliography should consist of eight sources (found through the Library Catalogue or Databases), and for
each source you should complete three parts (in this order):
– An APA-style citation (such as those found on an APA References page). See Chapter 31 in the
textbook or the Purdue OWL link above. Note that citation entries are basically formulas – all you
have to do is plug in the variables. So, when the formula says, “Author’s LastName, Initials.” and the
author of your source is James Smith, you enter: Smith, J. Note: Any References, Works Cited, or
bibliography should be alphabetized by the authors’ last names.
– A summary paragraph. For the basics of how to write a good summary, view the following short
video: (it is approximately 3 minutes long). You
should write approximately 5-7 sentences, unless your source is very short (and few good academic
sources are very short). Be sure that you include enough information that someone who has not read
the source will know what the main argument/point is, but don’t go into too much detail. This
paragraph should be objective (“just the facts”), so do not evaluate the argument or the information in
this paragraph.
– A response paragraph. In this paragraph, briefly respond to and evaluate the source. You might
consider its relevance to your topic, or its general strengths and weaknesses. This paragraph is where
you can be subjective; here, you may evaluate the argument, the author’s interpretation of data, etc.
See the document entitled “AnnBib Template” on Canvas (in this week’s module) to see what an
Annotated Bibliography should look like. (Note: the example shows the same source entry repeated three
times under different author names; they are just there to show you what one good citation should look like,
and then what the entire document should look like; each of your sources must be different from each other).
Because the template is a Word file, you may download it and use it to compose your own bibliography. That
way, your margins, the font (typeface and type size), and such will already be formatted correctly in APA
style for you. You will, of course, need to change the name, date, and so on to match your personal
information. (Tip: you can use the template for your upcoming Report, too, since the margins and other things