Annotated Bibliography
Annotation
• From Latin notare, to mark
• Brief description, or notes,
that help people decide
whether a source is useful
Bibliography
• Comes from biblion (papyrus rolls)
and graphos (writing)
• Means “list of books”
• Includes publication information
—author
—title
—place of publication
Annotated Bibliography
• Bibliography
– What sources are available on this topic?
– Which of them are useful/recommended?
• Notes
– What can you find in this source?
– What makes it useful?
Sample Bibliography
Sample Bibliography: Entries
Appendix F -- Annotated Bibliography
This annotated bibliography lists all documents that are referenced in the Action Plan
and other useful resources. Entries are listed in alphabetical
order by author's last name; if no author is identified, the publication is
listed by title or the organization that published it. Each entry includes a
brief annotation. http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/action/appendf.htm
Allen-Hagen, B. 1991 (January). Public Juvenile Facilities: Children in Custody 1989. OJJDP
Update on Statistics. Juvenile Justice Bulletin. Washington, D.C.: Office of Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice. NCJ 127189.
This update presents the initial findings of 1,100 public facilities surveyed in OJJDP's 1989
Children in Custody census. The national census surveyed more than 3,200 public and
private facilities that provide custody for more than 92,000 children who are wards of
juvenile courts, juvenile corrections agencies, or private agencies.
Altschuler, D.M. 1994. Tough and smart juvenile incarceration: Reintegrating punishment,
deterrence and rehabilitation. Saint Louis University Public Law Review 14(1):217-237. NCJ
158827.
This article reviews recent policy changes for handling juvenile offenders. . . .
Requirements for Content
Alphabetized, annotated list of sources
related to one topic, including
• A title that identifies your topic
• Two professional or scholarly articles
• At least four other sources
Requirements for Entries
• Standard APA format for citations
• Summary (2–4 sentences)
• Evaluation (1-2 sentences to relate the material
to your topic or to critique it)
Sample Entry
Pape, R. A. (2003, August). The strategic logic of suicide
terrorism. American Political Science Review, 97.
Retrieved October 29, 2005, from
http://www.comm.cornell.edu/als481/readings/
the%20logic%20of%20suicide%20terrorism.pdf
Robert Pape, a political scientist, has a startling thesis: terrorists
use suicide attacks because they work. Another significant
finding is that suicide bombings are often directed against
occupying forces.
Pape’s conclusions countradict the common belief that
terrorists must be crazy, but they are based on his extensive
analysis of hundreds of attacks around the world. Any thorough
discussion of terrorism must include a consideration of Pape’s
position.
Recommended Model
• See word-crafter.net/CompII/
annobibliography.html
• Click on APA tips; choose #3
Getting Started: APA Review
• Use Hamilton Style Sheet and model paper
(available from library and on word-crafter.net/CompII)
• See online guides
– APA tutorial (UW-Madison)
– http://www.wisc.edu/writetest/Handbook/DocAPA.html#review
– Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
– http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com/apa.html
– Other recommended guides
– http://word-crafter.net/CompII/ research.html#citing
Principles of APA Logic
• Give everything needed to find the original.
• Follow a standard order (author-date).
—Start with author’s last name.
—If no author’s name is given, begin with title —
Any time information is missing, skip it
and go on to the next item in the model.
• If no date is given, write (n.d.)
Creating an APA citation
• Use Bedford Bibliographer
• See instructions at word-crafter.net/CompII/
annobibliography.html
Group entry:
www.snopes.com
Review: Requirements
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Title that identifies your ______
___ professional or scholarly sources
At least ____ additional sources
For each entry:
—APA citation
—Summary
— ________________
Review: Entry content
Annotations can
• Explain what the source covers
• Summarize the ______ and main points
• Evaluate the source’s ____________
and weaknesses
• _________ source to others on this
topic
• Combine summary/evaluation
Choosing Sources:
Popular vs. Professional:
•How much is audience expected to know?
•Level of language?
•Amount of evidence?
•Quality of evidence?
•Author’s credentials?
•Peer-reviewed?
Example: popular source
The Procrastination Paradox
Hello, my name is Aaron and I’m a
procrastinator. Everybody procrastinates. We
hit some mental wall that prevents us from
doing a task we know we should do, but we just
don’t want to….[W]hen you’re alone in thought,
the problem grows to take over you. And
nowhere is this more common than in
programmers.
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<http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/001079>
Example: professional journal
August 2003
Sirois, F.M., Melia-Gordon, M.L., & Pychyl, T.A. (2003). "I'll look after my health
later": An investigation of procrastination and health. Personality and Individual
Differences, 35, 1167-1184.
Abstract: A recent study on the negative health consequences of procrastination
suggested that procrastination was associated with higher stress and poor
health (Tice & Baumeister, 1997). The current investigation sought to clarify and
extend these findings by examining the mediational role of stress and health
behaviors in the procrastination-illness relationship. It was hypothesized that in
addition to stress, a behavioral pathway would be implicated, with poor wellness
behaviors and delay in seeking treatment for health problems mediating the
effects of procrastination on health. The model was tested with a sample of
university students (n = 122) during a high stress period. As expected, the
results indicated that procrastination related to poorer health, treatment delay,
perceived stress, and fewer wellness behaviors.
<http://www.carleton.ca/~tpychyl>
What differences do you note?
•How much is audience expected to know?
•Level of language?
•Amount of evidence?
•Quality of evidence?
•Author’s credentials?
•Peer-reviewed?
Peer review policy
The American Journal of Criminal Justice, sponsored by
the Southern Criminal Justice Association, is approaching
its silver anniversary as a scholarly outlet. It is a refereed
publication and manuscripts go through a blind review
process…. The AJCJ publishes original articles that utilize
a broad range of methodologies and perspectives when
examining crime, law, and criminal justice processing.
<http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/a>
Finding peer-reviewed sources
• Go to search.ebscohost.com
• Choose EBSCOhost Web
• Log in.
ID:
s7742903
password: password
• Choose one or more databases.
• Select “peer reviewed” under Refine Search tab.
Professional vs. consumer
• Select Choose Databases tab.
• Find the two versions of Health Source.
• Search for cholesterol in the consumer version.
• Search for cholesterol in the other version.
• Compare the results.
Using search engines
• www.google.com
• Enter keyword (s).
“criminal justice”
• Skim results list.
• Check out those that look promising.
If you get too many results…
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Try nesting.
“Adkins diet”
Try adding keywords. “Adkins diet” ketosis
Try limiting the search. Adkins NOT diet
Varies by search engine—
see “Help” or “Advanced Search”
If you get too few results…
• Broaden your topic
For the effect of deforestation on Colombia's food supply, ask:
* Could you examine other countries or regions in addition to Colombia?
* What are related term? (e.g., agriculture and sustainable development)
* Who are the key players in this topic? The government? International
organizations? Citizens?
* What other issues are involved in this topic? (How can natural resources
be allocated most economically to sustain Columbia’s food supply?)
<http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/refining.htm#BROADENING>
• Try another search engine.
Search engines to try
• www.google.com
• www.kartoo.com
• metasearch engines:
– www.metacrawler.com
– www.ixquick.com
– www.vivisimo.com
• scholar.google.com
• findarticles.com
Gateways and metasites
• Follow links from a source
http://word-crafter.net/CM220/research.html
• Search for topic and metasite.
“criminal justice” metasite