Annotated Bibliography Assignment Sheet and Rubric-Fall 2023
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Annotated Bibliography
Fall 2023
Professor: Brandon West (
westb5@erau.edu
)
Office Hours: MW 12:30-3:30 p.m., TR 1:30-2:-30 p.m., or by appointment
Learning Outcomes Addressed: 2, 3, 4, 5
Grade Percentage: 15%
Final Draft Due Date: Friday, November 3rd by 11:59 p.m. on Canvas as a Word, PDF, or copied
and pasted file (NOT as a link)
Science marches on. And so do knowledge and human thought. These facts indicate that,
regardless of what you are researching, someone else has probably beaten you to it. Thus, to
learn your topic, you must become familiar with how others have approached it. This is not just a
hurdle, though; it is also a boon! Looking at others’ ideas and attempts to address the topic will
be highly informative about what has worked and what has not worked. So, this research process
can save you quite a bit of time and energy in the end.
Step One
: Select at least
6
sources you plan to use in your Research Essay. These sources need to
clearly and directly pertain to your final project topic (that you have selected from the list of
possible topics I have provided and that I have approved).
Criteria for sources: Your sources should be
credible
and should contribute to your argument.
Please refer to our class exercise on evaluating sources if you are unsure of whether a source is
trustworthy.
Step Two
: You will then organize those 6 sources into an annotated bibliography. First, generate
correct APA
citations for each of your sources.
Step Three
: Sort your correct APA citations into
alphabetical order
and
bold each citation
. Be
sure to include your hanging indents. The citation will go at the top of each annotation.
Step Four
: Sort your annotations into
2 clearly labelled
sections: Summary and Analysis. Please
place your sections in this order.
Step Five
: In your
summary
, you are objectively describing what happens in the source.
Do not
evaluate the source here!
Your goal is to walk us through the source and to remain as detached
as possible.
In a short paragraph, summarize the source
in your own words
. Do not take the author’s
language here: doing so may constitute plagiarism.
Phrase your summary in terms of what the author is doing. So, instead of writing “In 2008, 1400
new species were discovered,” you would write, “Roberts starts the article by noting how many
new species scientists discovered in 2008.” Incidentally, I made that fact up, but the point stands.
Notice how the second version is clearly not advancing an argument about the subject. It is
summarizing what Roberts is doing at that point in her article. That is what you need to do in
your summary.
Step Six
: In your
analysis
, you should write a short paragraph in which you evaluate the source
and describe how you might use it in your research essay.
*Each annotation should be
at least 150 words
long. Your full annotated bibliography should be
at
least 1000 words
long, not including header information. *
Your annotated bibliography should follow our course formatting guidelines. It should also have
a
word count
at the end.
As always, all work must be your own, original work done for this class. Attempting to pass
another’s ideas or words off as your own is plagiarism.
This is a formal writing assignment. Your work should adhere to the conventions of formal
writing and Standard English. Such matters as spelling, grammar, syntax, formatting,
punctuation, style, organization, and fluency will count toward your grade.
Rubric: Annotated Bibliography
The following are the 7 specifications by which this essay will be graded. Per the syllabus,
meeting all specifications will result in a grade of 100, meeting all but one will result in a grade
of 80, meeting all but two will result in a grade of 70, and failing to meet three or more
specifications will result in a grade of 0. Most specifications have multiple sub-sections. To meet
a specification, your essay must fulfill
all
sub-sections of that specification. Failing to meet even
a single sub-section or part of a sub-section will result in failing to meet that specification.
Specification 1:
Formatting:
The essay fulfills all the following:
a)
The student’s last name and the essay’s page number are entered in the right-hand corner
of the header
b)
The essay is single-spaced and typed in Times New Roman 12 pt. font
c)
The essay has 1 inch margins
d)
The essay includes a final word count at the end of the essay as well as word counts for
each summary (at the end of that summary) and each analysis (at the end of that analysis)
e)
The essay includes in the top left-hand corner the student’s name, the name of the
assignment, the student’s class section (time or number), and the date
Is the Specification Met?
Yes
No
Specification 2:
Organization:
The essay fulfills all the following:
a)
Contains at least 6 annotations of at least 6 different secondary
sources
b)
Annotates those sources in alphabetical order (according to correct APA citations)
c)
Starts each annotation with a
bolded
APA citation of the source
d)
After the citation, has a Summary section with
Summary
bolded and capitalized
e)
After the Summary section, has a bolded title for the Analysis
section with
Analysis
bolded and capitalized
Is the Specification Met?
Yes
No
Specification 3:
Citations:
The essay correctly cites, in APA format, all the sources it annotates
and at least 6 secondary sources overall
Is the Specification Met?
Yes
No
Specification 4:
Summaries:
The essay fulfills all the following:
a)
Summarizes each source in a brief paragraph
b)
Summarizes objectively (i.e., does not evaluate the source or inject the student’s personal
opinion)
c)
States, in the student’s own words, what the author is doing (e.g., Smith argues, Smith
writes)
Is the Specification Met?
Yes
No
Specification 5:
Analyses:
The essay fulfills all the following:
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a)
Analyzes each source in a brief paragraph
b)
Evaluates each source’s credibility and quality (e.g., of logic)
c)
States how the student might use the source in their research essay
Is the Specification Met?
Yes
No
Specification 6:
Grammar and Style:
The essay fulfills all the following:
a)
The essay contains no more than 1 sentence fragment or run-on sentence (including those
arising from comma splices and coordinating conjunctions)
b)
The essay includes no more than 2 typos (excluding those resulting in sentence fragments
or run-on sentences but including missing capitalization, punctuation, and paragraph
indentation)
c)
Contains no more than 3 uses of the passive voice (excluding passive voice found in
accurate quotations)
d)
Contains
no
contractions (save those found in accurate quotations)
e)
Contains no more than 2 errors in following the other conventions of formal writing (e.g.,
in author names)
f)
Contains no more than 3 other grammatical or stylistic errors (e.g., dangling modifiers
and double negatives)
Is the Specification Met?
Yes
No
Specification 7:
Word Count
: The essay fulfills all the following:
a)
The essay meets or exceeds the minimum word count of
1,000 words
b)
Each annotation meets or exceeds a minimum word count of
150 words
Is the Specification Met?
Yes
No