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Demonstrate progress in compiling research and to indicate a methodology for organizing research sources.

Demonstrate progress in compiling research and to indicate a methodology for organizing research sources.

Demonstrate progress in compiling research and to indicate a methodology for organizing research sources.

Week 4 Annotated Bibliography Part II

The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate progress in compiling research and to indicate a methodology for organizing research sources.

Recommended: Before you begin, review chapters 4–6 in A Pocket Style Manual (APA).

Include the following in your annotated bibliography:

  • APA citations and annotations for three (3) sources you deem relevant to your problem statement (thesis).
  • Add these three sources onto your work from last week so that you now have a total of six (6) sources

For each source:

  • Cite the source in proper APA format. The citations should be organized in alphabetical order by author as in an APA References page.
  • Follow with a brief annotation that summarizes the source (approximately 3–5 sentences). You may quote from the source, but do not copy and paste from the abstract.
  • In 1 or 2 sentences, explain and evaluate the source’s relevance and significance to your research.
  • Use an academic tone and style.

Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded. Include a copy of your working thesis statement at the top of your assignment submission.

 

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.