Annotated Bibliography Annotation From Latin notare to mark

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/als 481/readings/ the%20 logic%20 of%20 suicide%20 terrorism. 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/Comp. II/ 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/Comp. II) • See online guides – APA tutorial (UW-Madison) – http: //www. wisc. edu/writetest/Handbook/Doc. APA. html#review – Nuts and Bolts of College Writing – http: //www. nutsandboltsguide. com/apa. html – Other recommended guides – http: //word-crafter. net/Comp. II/ 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/Comp. II/ annobibliography. html

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Review: Requirements • • 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. • <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: password: s 7742903 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… • • 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/CM 220/research. html • Search for topic and metasite. “criminal justice” metasite