The annotated bibliography should be closely associated with the topic chosen for the Term/Research Paper Assignment and each citation should appear as a reference in the Term/Research Paper Assignment. The Annotated Bibliography Assignment should include at least eight (8) individual references from peer-reviewed scholarly literature and contain at least 250 words per annotation for each reference (Wikipedia or blogs CANNOT be used as a reference). Students will format their paper using 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and double spacing. Students, please adhere to the grading rubric for annotated bibliography.
Each annotation should reflect:
- The scholar/researcher experience and education on the topic.
- The purpose and scope (or thesis) of the article.
- The research methods used (qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods).
- The scholar/researcher intended audience for the article.
- The scholar/researcher’s bias on the topic.
- The scholar/researcher’s research questions, findings, limitations, conclusions, and recommendations.
- The student’s analysis of the article strengths and weaknesses.
- The student should provide the relevancy of the academic source to the research paper topic.
- The student should compare and/or contrast this work with another work cited in the bibliography.
Other guidelines:
- Bibliography is organized alphabetically.
- Appropriate terminology it used; writing is clear and concise.
- Proper spelling and grammar is used; sentences are properly constructed.
- The annotated bibliography includes 8 or more scholarly sources (textbooks, web sites, news articles, and the like can be used but only in addition to eight peer reviewed journal articles)