Warm-Up Activity 4.1: How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography

For information on annotated bibliographies, visit the "Conducting Research" and "Forms of Writing" sections in the Northcentral University Writing Center (click the links in the left side navigation area of the Writing Center screen). The APA Manual also has examples of an annotated bibliography.

Assignment

Your task this week is to locate at least 10 new scholarly resources that address research related to your selected topic that you have narrowed down from Week 1. To make the most of your ongoing literature search, refer to your concept map to assist you in locating articles that address themes and subtopics that you have identified related to the topic area.

Please note the same rules for citation applied to other documents (such as proper paraphrasing and the use of quotation marks where necessary) apply to Annotated Bibliographies as well. It is not acceptable to cut and paste from the abstract or the body of an article. Rather, the student is expected to read the article completely and appropriately paraphrase the necessary material. For those few situations where paraphrasing is not acceptable, then material that has not been paraphrased must be placed in quotation marks. Please refer to the Northcentral University Integrity Policy and tutorial for more information.. Use the following illustration to determine the type of material needed for the annotation in each entry.

Note there are four sections to the entry: hypothesis, methodology, conclusion, and evaluation. Be sure to include each of these sections in your annotated bibliography entries. For information on annotated bibliographies, visit the "Conducting Research" and "Forms of Writing" sections in the Northcentral University Writing Center (click the links in the left side navigation area of the Writing Center screen ).