The Critical Annotated Bibliography
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WRTG 391 Writing Assignment 2 Latest-UMUC
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Writing Assignment #2
The Critical Annotated Bibliography
Writing Assignment #2 will be a critical
annotated bibliography of 12 scholarly sources.
In this assignment you will write a list of at
least 12 references in alphabetical order in APA format. In addition, each
reference will be followed by a short analytical summary of 150-200 words.
At the end of the short summary, you will
include a sentence or two that critically analyzes the source and that mentions
distinctive features about the article and why it may or may not be useful for
you in writing a literature review.
You will use the topic you proposed and I
approved in the “Thinking About Topics” (“Exercise Can Cut Risk of
Pregnancy-Related Diabetes”) discussion. Keep in mind that your topic should be
a topic on which a number of studies or scholarly articles have been published.
Examples of topics students have chosen in the
past or that would be workable for this assignment are the following:
- The impact of the Internet on research methods of
students and plagiarism in student papers
- The impact of The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act on
primary school education
- The impact of mobile devices on cybersecurity
Overall, in considering a topic, you might
consider your major, topics that will be covered in future classes you plan to
take at UMUC, and your interests.
For example, please examine the following
ideas:
- If your major is criminal justice, you might consider
researching criminal behavior among homeless individuals, criminal behavior
among youth, society’s perception of law enforcement, etc.
- If your major is psychology, you might consider
researching counseling strategies, consumer behavior in online shopping,
decision-making in upper-management positions, etc.
- If your major is history, you might consider
researching theories on the Civil War, studies on labor patterns in the
United States, an aspect of military history, etc.
- If your major is social science, you might consider
researching community responses to health care threats, co-parenting
patterns after divorce, etc.
- If your major is graphic communication, you might
consider researching different categories of graphic communication
technology, trends in graphic communication through the years, etc.
Whatever topic you consider, keep in mind that
it should be a topic on which a number of studies or scholarly articles have
been published. You will conduct all or most of your research using UMUC’s
OneSearch function in finding scholarly articles.
This assignment will be an analytical/critical
annotated bibliography. The difference between the descriptive/informative
annotated bibliography and the analytical/critical annotated bibliography is
explained in the following video:
http://www.umuc.edu/library/tutorials/bibliography/bibliography.shtml
The transcript is at
http://www.umuc.edu/library/libhow/bibliography_tutorial.cfm#transcript.
The following are some links to sample
Annotated Bibliographies. Some of them give examples in APA format. You may
want to observe these examples and perhaps model your work after them.
- A variety of samples from The University of North
Carolina Writing Center, including these specific examples of APA-style
annotations.
- Some instruction from Cornell University. The website
also provides more information on the process of writing an annotated
bibliography.
- Some samples from Memorial University in Newfoundland.
Some instruction from East Carolina University.
The following is a suggested rubric for this
assignment. Your instructor may modify this rubric.
sources are listed in alphabetical order by
last name
Sources are articles from scholarly journals
or chapters from scholarly books
Summaries are thorough with each source’s
thesis/argument identified
Evaluative sentences are clear and effective
Grammar and mechanics are accurate
APA format is used
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