29 May The Critical Annotated Bibliography
Writing Assignment #2
The Critical Annotated Bibliography
Writing Assignment #2 will be a critical annotated bibliography of 12 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 may select a topic of your choice. However, when selecting a topic, keep in mind that it
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://sites.umuc.edu/library/libhow/bibliography_tutorial.cfm
The transcript is at http://sites.umuc.edu/library/libhow/bibliography_tutorial.cfm#transcript
Moreover, the following website from UMUC’s Information and Library Services provides more
information on how to complete this assignment:
http://sites.umuc.edu/library/libhow/bibliography_apa.cfm
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 instruction from East Carolina University.
Must use my school library and please, only brief summaries.
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