APA formatted Annotated Bibliography

Assignment Requirements: Students should be able to perform research in response to an essential question and craft an APA formatted Annotated Bibliography that adheres to the following:

The APA Annotated Bibliography

The major assignment for this course requires academic research and the incorporation

of sources into an analysis of the selected text. In preparation for the formal annotated

bibliography, please perform research using GALILEO to find appropriate, academic,

peer-reviewed sources*. You may find other sources that come from another database

or search, but these sources must be evaluated according to the standards set forth in

your textbook.

After researching your chosen topic, craft an APA formatted, annotated bibliography of 5

sources. Please follow the format demonstrated on the links within this folder.

*At least one of these sources must come from GALILEO.

An Annotated Bibliography serves as a collection of sources has two basic parts: the

citation and the annotation.

The citation is formed in the same way the citation is formed for the Works Cited page.

The annotation is formed in one to three paragraphs by completing three steps:

1. a thorough summary of the source to include the main ideas;

2. an assessment of the source, evaluating it for validity and quality;

3. a reflection on the piece, or an explanation how it would be used to respond the

research question.

Essentially, the Annotated Bibliography is a collection of sources that could be used to

answer a research question with an explanation of the source and its usefulness. In

other words, after selecting a topic to research, find sources using a database like

GALILEO, read and understand them, create one to three paragraphs that accomplish

the basic goal of explaining what each source is about, if it is useful, and how it would

be used, then list those sources on a page alphabetically using their APA citation.

So . . .

A) Pick your topic (see the research question above),

B) Complete a search on GALILEO to compile a list of 5 sources,

C) Read each of these sources,

D) Write an APA formatted citation for each source,

E) Write 1-3 paragraphs for each source, and then place those after each source

citation.

Done! Remember, you are NOT writing a complete research paper for Annotated Bib!