Submit an Annotated Bibliography in which you: State and briefly describe, in a complete but concise paragraph, the public policy issue you intend to research for your dissertation or capstone project.

For this assignment, you are required to submit an Annotated Bibliography in which you:

 State and briefly describe, in a complete but concise paragraph, the public policy issue

you intend to research for your dissertation or capstone project.

o Include a research question.

o Include your doctoral program, with cognate.

o Include an explanation of how your research interest/question are consistent with

your chosen doctoral program and cognate.

 Identify at least ten academic, peer-reviewed sources that are relevant to this public

policy issue.

 Annotate each source with a summary of 200-250 words. (If you use RefWorks, write

your annotation for each source in the “Abstract” field of your record for that source.)

 Each annotation should be written for your own benefit as a researcher. Make sure to:

o state the central thesis or research question of the source being cited;

o explain how the source’s author(s) support their thesis or research question;

o evaluate the relevance or applicability of the source to your specific concerns.

 Produce an Annotated Bibliography Assignment document according to the assigned

style guide. (See the Liberty University Writing Center for a Sample Annotated

Bibliography – see the Annotated Bibliography Resources section of the Annotated

Bibliography Assignment page).

o Ensure that you have a properly formatted Title Page with your name, the course

name, the instructor’s name, and the date of your document.

o Ensure that citations are properly formatted and alphabetized.

o Ensure that the full annotation of each source is included beneath source’s

citation.

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