ETEC 687
Annotated bibliography assignment – instructions & resources
This assignment will help you begin to research about your topic and write the literature review
for your idea paper. For this assignment you'll need to access the campus library databases and
find five (5) articles from a peer-reviewed journals, scholarly magazines, or a full-text conference
proceedings about informing your own research.
Go to http://library.manoa.hawaii.edu then the"E-Resources & Databases" section and search
either Academic Search Premier, EBSCOHost or ERIC to find your article. You'll need to get
used to the database interface as well as figure out how to access the various systems on the
library page. The following are some resources to help you with online research:
 Basic Library Research Handbook http://manoa.hawaii.edu/blrh/
 UH Library Subject Guide for Education Studies
http://www.hawaii.edu/emailref/subject_guides/education/index.html
 Voyager Quickstart Guide
http://www.hawaii.edu/emailref/instruction/guides/HVquickstart.pdf
 ERIC Guide for DE http://www.hawaii.edu/emailref/instruction/guides/ebsco.pdf
 Learning Information Literacy Online for Students http://www.hawaii.edu/lilo/
 Google's Advanced Search
http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=136861
Below are the guidelines for the annotated bibliography:
1. At least three (3) of your sources must be primary sources (journals, proceedings, papers,
dissertations, and books) and up to two (2) of your sources can be secondary sources
(information from respectable web-sites, institutions, experts, authors, magazines, and
newspapers).
2. Details explaining how to prepare annotated bibliographies (including examples) can be
found at:
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill28.htm
3. Guidelines for distinguishing scholarly journals (primary sources) from other periodicals
can be found at:
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill20.html
4. Tips for critically analyzing information sources can be found at:
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill26.htm
5. The citation part of each annotation should be in APA format
http://www.hawaii.edu/emailref/instruction/guides/apastyle.pdf
6. All of you should be somewhat familiar with the APA format or possess the APA Manual
of Style. If not, this is a good time to start! Hopefully, at least one person in each group
can assist with the formatting of citations. You do not all have to be experts, but begin to
understand the importance of adhering to the APA format as it will be required for your
Masters' projects.
7. Please use the criteria listed below to assess your Annotated Bibliography assignment.
We will apply the same criteria in scoring them.
Note: scholarly annotations should be more comprehensive (about 150 words or so) than typical
short blurbs or web site descriptions. In addition, annotations should be descriptive (we need to
know what was studied and how the authors arrived at their conclusions, not just the conclusions
themselves) and evaluative (we need to know how appropriate and well-designed the study was).
Annotated bibliography checklist (100 points)
Use the following criteria to assess your Annotated Bibliography assignment. We will apply the
same criteria in scoring them.
Assignment contains the following:
1. Research is about or relevant to your research topic.
2. At least 5 research cited in correct APA style.
3. At least 3 sources are from primary sources.
4. Research appears thorough (across discipline) and is appropriately annotated. Scholarly
annotations should be comprehensive (about 150 words or so) and descriptive (we need to know
what was studied and how the authors arrived at their conclusions, not just the conclusions
themselves) and evaluative (we need to know how appropriate and well-designed the study was).
5. Assignment is completed on time.
Scoring
100 points = satisfactorily meets all 5 criteria
80 points = satisfactorily meets 4 of the 5 criteria
60 points = satisfactorily meets 3 of the 5 criteria
40 points = satisfactorily meets 2 of the 5 criteria
20 points = satisfactorily meets 1 of the 5 criteria