Annotated Bibliography Instructions Purpose: To prepare for the
term paper (Due Week 10), you will need to do some careful research. The
annotated bibliography is a list of citations for scholarly works (i.e., books,
articles, etc.), with each citation being followed by a descriptive and
critical paragraph.1 This paragraph, or
annotation, is designed to inform the reader of the relevance,
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Annotated Bibliography Instructions
Purpose: To prepare for the
term paper (Due Week 10), you will need to do some careful research. The
annotated bibliography is a list of citations for scholarly works (i.e., books,
articles, etc.), with each citation being followed by a descriptive and
critical paragraph.1 This paragraph, or
annotation, is designed to inform the reader of the relevance, importance, and
validity of the sources selected.1 The annotated bibliography
should be considered a useful tool in the research process, and can be
immensely helpful in identifying quality sources, and in organizing how those
sources will be used in your research paper.
Content: This annotated
bibliography should include THREE sources that have been deemed
relevant to support your chosen topic. Your annotations need to be based on
quality, unbiased, accurate sources. Some examples of good sources for
topics of this nature include: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
the World Health Organization, and peer-reviewed journal articles (accessible
through the OSU Library website), among others. If you have questions on what
constitutes a “good” source, please let me know. You may only include ONE
web source for this assignment; however, you may use more than one web source
for your final paper. To reiterate, you must use at least two other sources
besides the internet for the paper.
Requirements: The annotated bibliography
must be done in a scholarly fashion. As such, it should include appropriate
language, grammar, and punctuation for a collegiate-level writing assignment.
Additionally, your sources all must be presented in either APA or MLA format.
Failure to do any of these may have negative impacts on your grade for this
assignment.
- Use
either APA or MLA format. The citations should be organized alphabetically
by author.
- The
annotation should be concise, but still contain enough detail to summarize
the source (approx. 5 sentences). Please do your best to synthesize the
information in your own words. Do NOT copy/paste the
abstract from a source.
- Following
the summary, in one to two sentences, explain how the source is relevant
to your chosen paper topic.
Possible
Topics: [Insert paper topics]
Annotated Bibliography Rubric
(15 points)
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Excellent
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Good
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Fair
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Poor
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Annotations
(8 points)
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Annotations
are critical and demonstrate a clear understanding of the content and
relevance of the articles, with no weaknesses or omissions in any of the
annotations.
(8
pts.)
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Annotations
demonstrate reading and some understanding of the content and relevance of
the articles.
(6
pts.)
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Annotations
demonstrate reading and some understanding; however, there are weaknesses in
some of the annotations.
(4
pts.)
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Annotations
demonstrate a superficial reading and understanding of the
content and relevance, and there are weaknesses in all of the annotations.
(2
pts.)
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Sources/Bibliography
(4 points)
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Required
number of sources present (3); including no more than ONE web
source. All citations are done, correctly, in either APA or MLA format.
(4
pts.)
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Required
number of sources present (3); including no more than ONE web
sources. Citations are done in either APA or MLA format, with no more than
three errors in the citations.
(3
pts.)
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Required
number of sources present (3); but includes two web sources. Citations are
done in either APA or MLA format with several citation errors.
(2
pts.)
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Does
not meet the required number of sources OR only uses all web
sources. Citations do not clearly follow either APA or MLA format.
(1 pt.)
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Writing
(3 pts.)
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Annotated
bibliography is written in a collegiate style, with no errors, and strictly
adheres to the requirements.
(3
pts.)
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Annotated
bibliography is written at a collegiate writing level, with few errors, and
strictly adheres to the requirements.
(2 pts.)
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Annotated
bibliography is clear, but not written at a collegiate level, with several
errors, but adheres to the requirements.
(1 pt.)
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Annotated
bibliography is poorly written, with numerous errors, and does not adhere to
the requirements.
(0
pts.)
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