Annotated Bibliography

In order to get you started on your final research paper, you will complete an annotated bibliography. If you use AI, you will fail the assignment. Completing an annotated bibliography will serve at least three purposes:

• First, this assignment will help you to figure out what topic you want to focus on in your final theory paper. By collecting your scholarly literature and writing your summaries, you will become more familiar with the research conducted, thereby helping you to write the literature review in your final paper. You want the topic to be narrow in focus.
• Second, completing this assignment will allow you to begin constructing the reference page for your final theory paper. When completing this assignment, you will want to list each citation in ASA. When you are putting together your final theory paper, you can use the reference list constructed in the annotated bibliography assignment. This will save you time and ensure that you earn all possible points. Also, you will want to list your citations in alphabetical order as per ASA guidelines.
• Here are the specifics:
• To begin your exploration of the topic, provide an annotated bibliography of 10 scholarly research articles on your topic. You should write up to no less than 100 words (double-spaced) for each article summary. You can certainly write more. You are NOT cut/pasting directly from the article. It is your summary regarding the important details about the research that you find essential. For each citation, list your citation in ASA. Right below that, provide your summary.
• Each article in your annotated bibliography is worth 10 points for a total of 100 possible points. You will also be graded on spelling, grammar and sentence structure (10pts) = 110 total points.
• Please list your citations in ASA. If you do not, I will take up to 3 points off per article. If you list them correctly the first time, it will make less work for you when submitting your final theory research paper.
• Also, when you write the actual summary of each citation, practice using ASA in text. Make use of your ASA guide and ask questions if you have them. Your summaries should be no less than 100 words, but you can provide more dialog as you see appropriate.
• You will use the annotated bibliography to construct your literature review in the final research proposal due at the end of the semester. This means that you will not cut/paste the annotated bibliography into the final paper. If you do, you will not earn points in the final paper proposal for your literature review section. The summaries are needed to help you construct your final review of the literature. Let me know if you have any questions.