Annotated Bibliography

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Annotated Bibliography
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Annotation

• From Latin notare, to mark
• Brief description, or notes,that help people
  decidewhether a source is useful

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Bibliography

• Comes from biblion (papyrus rolls) and graphos
  (writing)
• Means list of books
• Includes publication informationauthortitlep
  lace of publication

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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?

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Sample Bibliography
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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
  alphabeticalorder 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. . . .

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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

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Requirements for Entries

• Standard APA format for citations
• Summary (24 sentences)
• Evaluation (1-2 sentences to relate the material
  to your topic or to critique it)

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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/als481/readings
/ the20logic20of20suicide20terrorism.pdf Rob
ert 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. Papes
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 Papes
position.
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Recommended Model

• See word-crafter.net/CompII/ annobibliography.html
  
• Click on APA tips choose 3

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Getting Started APA Review

• Use Hamilton Style Sheet and model
  paper(available from library and on
  word-crafter.net/CompII)
• See online guides
• APA tutorial (UW-Madison)
• http//www.wisc.edu/writetest/Handbook/DocAPA.html
  review
• Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
• http//www.nutsandboltsguide.com/apa.html
• Other recommended guides
• http//word-crafter.net/CompII/
  research.htmlciting

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Principles of APA Logic

• Give everything needed to find the original.
• Follow a standard order (author-date).
• Start with authors last name.
• If no authors 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.)

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Creating an APA citation

• Use Bedford Bibliographer
• See instructions at word-crafter.net/CompII/annob
  ibliography.html

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Group entry www.snopes.com

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Review Requirements

• Title that identifies your ______
• ___ professional or scholarly sources
• At least ____ additional sources
• For each entry
• APA citation
• Summary
• ________________

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Review Entry content

• Annotations can
• Explain what the source covers
• Summarize the ______ and main points
• Evaluate the sources ____________ and
  weaknesses
• _________ source to others on this topic
• Combine summary/evaluation

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Choosing SourcesPopular vs. Professional

• How much is audience expected to know?
• Level of language?
• Amount of evidence?
• Quality of evidence?
• Authors credentials?
• Peer-reviewed?

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Example popular source

• The Procrastination Paradox
• Hello, my name is Aaron and Im a
  procrastinator. Everybody procrastinates. We hit
  some mental wall that prevents us from doing a
  task we know we should do, but we just dont want
  to.When youre alone in thought, the problem
  grows to take over you. And nowhere is this more
  common than in programmers.
• lthttp//www.aaronsw.com/weblog/001079gt

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Example professional journalAugust
2003Sirois, 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.

lthttp//www.carleton.ca/tpychylgt

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What differences do you note?

• How much is audience expected to know?
• Level of language?
• Amount of evidence?
• Quality of evidence?
• Authors credentials?
• Peer-reviewed?

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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. lthttp//www.criminology.fsu.edu/agt
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Finding peer-reviewed sources

• Go to search.ebscohost.com
• Choose EBSCOhost Web
• Log in.
• ID s7742903 password
  password
• Choose one or more databases.
• Select peer reviewed under Refine Search tab.

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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.

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Using search engines

• www.google.com
• Enter keyword (s).criminal justice
• Skim results list.
• Check out those that look promising.

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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 enginesee Help or Advanced
  Search

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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 Columbias food
  supply?) lthttp//www.lib.duke.edu/li
  bguide/refining.htmBROADENINGgt
• Try another search engine.

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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

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Gateways and metasites

• Follow links from a sourcehttp//word-crafter.net
  /CM220/research.html
• Search for topic and metasite.criminal justice
  metasite