Annotated bibliography

Challenge summary

Summary:Publish and share an annotated bibliography
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1 – 1.5 hours

Stimulus resources

Evaluating online sources

Preparing an annotated bibliography

Example


Purpose

The purpose of this learning challenge is:

  • To publish selected references on your blog according to the requirements of the APA citation style.
  • To prepare an annotated bibliography for the two items in the format required by this course.

You will benefit from this challenge by refining your skills in reading and summarising published literature for academic purposes taking the requirements for credibility of the resources into account.


Tasks

  1. Read the stimulus resources. The time you will need for this challenge will depend on your prior knowledge of the APA citation style and familiarity with annotated bibliographies.
  2. The format required for the annotated bibliography in this course is as follows:
    • The reference written in the required APA style format, followed by
    • a description section which provides a summary of the content of the source and key findings, and
    • an evaluation section which may include reference to strengths or weaknesses of the source, a statement about the overall reliability of the source and why the resource is useful to your topic of research.
  3. The scope for the annotated text in this course is 150 – 300 words maximum.
  4. You are required to publish an annotated bibliography for two sources in support of your research topic.
  5. You must use your citation management software for keeping a record of your annotation.

Outputs
  1. Prepare a blog post where you publish an annotated bibliography for two sources which must include a journal article and a book chapter from an edited collection of chapters from multiple authors.
  2. You can select resources already saved in your library or search for new ones in support of your research topic.
  3. Use the note or comment feature of your citation management software to record a copy of your annotation.
  4. Publish a blog post with an annotated bibliography for two sources in support of your research topic (see below for an example)
    • You must use your citation management software to generate the reference using the APA format.
  5. Remember to add a category or tag for your post using the course code: lida101 (this is needed for harvesting the post of registered course blogs for the course feed.)

Example of annotated bibliography to meet requirements of this course[1]

Kirkey, S. (2001, December 27). Jury’s still out on Ritalin. The Gazette.

Description: This newspaper article focuses on a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal about the short and long-term effects of using Ritalin. Evaluation: The information comes from a reputable source (use the CARS framework to justify your evaluation). This article was useful for my research as it helped support my idea that Ritalin may not be the answer for treating children with ADD.


Reference
  1. Example adapted for APA citation style from How to prepare a bibliography, Concordia University


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