PSYC 345
Research Paper: Annotated Bibliography Assignment Instructions
Overview
The Research Paper: Annotated Bibliography Assignment is designed to assist you with understanding your research paper references, to teach you how to annotate scholarly journal articles and to give you practice using proper in-text citations. For this assignment, you will be annotating 5 scholarly (peer-reviewed) journal articles.
Instructions
1. Choose 5 scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles which contain research specific to the disability you have selected for your Research Paper: Final Submission Assignment
2. Each journal article must have been published in the most recent 5 years.
3. Please see Research Paper: Annotated Bibliography Assignment page under the Research Paper: Annotated Bibliography Resources for a link to a sample APA annotation format to check your understanding of the current APA format for annotations in the Liberty Online Library.
4. Check your understanding of the current APA format for annotations in the Liberty Online Library under .
5. Cite the first article in current APA format.
6. Write a concise annotation (200-250 words) which summarizes the central theme and scope of the article.
7. Explain why this article might be selected for a summative final research paper (100-150 word). Do not use first person.
8. Repeat for the additional articles.
· Each annotation should use current APA Annotation format.
· See: and notes below on Developing the Annotated Bibliography.
· All entries must be scholarly peer reviewed journal articles, published within the most recent 5 years.
· Websites and books are not acceptable sources.
· Do not include direct quotes. Instead, paraphrase information from the scholarly sources in order to demonstrate your mastery of each concept.
· Do not use first person. Write in a formal college-level essay style.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
If you need assistance understanding an annotated bibliography please check in the Liberty Online Library under . If you need assistance finding scholarly journal articles, please check out the .
Developing the Annotated Bibliography
Your annotated bibliography is required to be formatted in current APA style. Look for the section and example on Annotated Bibliographies on this link:
If you have questions or need assistance please refer to the current APA style guide or visit this great resource available to Liberty Online students: .
Familiarize yourself with the basic information surrounding your topic by accessing the If you need assistance locating scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles, click for resources that will help guide you as you navigate through the Additionally, you may use the “Ask a Librarian” service by filling out the e-Form found .
Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Research Journal Articles
Begin by watching this video:
When you are looking for peer-reviewed research articles, be sure to select “Full-Text” and “Peer-Reviewed.” To find useful articles, narrow your search by selecting portions of the theory, key words, or phrases to use as your search parameters. Using only the theorist’s name or theory will likely result in too many results to be effective.
Your articles must be from scholarly peer reviewed journals. It is preferred that the journals you select have the word “Journal” in the title ( Journal of Marriage and Family, etc.). Ideally, each journal that you review will have a Methods section, Data, Results, and Conclusion sections, but these sections are not required. You must not use book reviews, obituaries, magazine articles, or online articles that have not been published in scholarly journals.
