Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography

• Title page in APA format
• Your revised thesis statement for an argument for change in your community
• Citations and annotations for four separate sources, which can be primary or secondary but should all be credible and appropriate for academic research
• One source that includes a visual or graphic component to help you prepare for the Unit 9 Assignment (the presentation)
• One source that addresses a rival hypothesis or misconception about your topic (NOTE: the source does not have to oppose your thesis; it just needs to help you address a rival perspective)
• Citations should be in APA format
• Annotations should include the following:
  • 12 sentence summary of the sources main idea, followed by an in-text citation, e.g. (Smith, 2014)
  • Evaluation of the sources credibility, including the authors credentials and the verifiability of the sources information; this should include where you found the source (Library, Google search engine, government website, etc.). Use the criteria covered in  to guide your evaluation. 
  • Discussion about how you will use the source to support your argument for community change (this would include whether it poses a challenge to your argument that you will need to address). In this section, paraphrase a key point from the source that supports or challenges your thesis and include an in-text citation.
• NOTE: No separate references page is needed, but each annotation should have a complete reference citation in APA format. 

Sources that would be appropriate to use are as follows:

• Book, ebook, article, or a chapter from book or ebook
• Periodical (e.g., newspaper, magazine, journal article)
• Internet source (e.g., blog, organization website, article from internet site)
• Video or audio source (e.g., documentary, video blog, TED Talk, podcast)
• A primary source in which the authors of the content are the primary researchers (the ones who conducted research), e.g., a government report, case study, or speech
• An interview with an expert source either published online or conducted by the student
• A visual or graphic source from a credible .org, .gov, or .edu site 
• The writing should be in Standard English