You are creating an annotated bibliography of 10 sources. For each source you will include an APA reference entry and then an annotation, a paragraph where you summarize and evaluate the source. Check the example below.
Burden of tobacco use in the U.S. (2016, May 20). Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. Retrieved from
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This site provides statistics about smoking. It talks about the prevalence of smoking amongst different demographics and the number of deaths caused by smoking. This article helps to show that smoking affects a large number of people from many different backgrounds. It also shows how many are negatively affected by smoking, providing statistics that show the number of smoker who have developed and/or died from smoking-related illnesses like lung cancer or emphysema. A large number of people who are killed by smoking aren't even smokers "...with more than 41,000 of these deaths from exposure to secondhand smoke" ("Burden of Tobacco," 2016). According to “Burden of Tobacco Use in the US” (2016) There is a higher rate of smoking (26.3%) in people below the poverty line than those above it.
You are going to do this for 10 different sources. Here are some tips for creating a good annotated bibliography.
- Start your search with the WMU library website. You have to have 2 scholarly articles but it won't hurt to have a few more. Once you've exhausted this resource, check out Google. This is a good way to ensure that the majority of your sources are valid.
- Check out the questions on page 37 of your EasyWriter book under the Analysis section to determine what types of things you should discuss in your annotation.
- Use your annotation to help yourself gather all of that source's useful information in one spot. Include any useful quotes or statistics so that you don't have to go searching for them later.
- Make sure when you quote from a source that you use proper APA formatting.
- If you use a citation creator like EasyBib or KnightCite, make sure that what that site generates is the same as the formatting provided in the APA Formatting Guide I created or the APA Formatting Guide located in your Easy Writer book (starts on pg 263).
- If at anytime you feel confused, referring to your EasyWriter book about APA formatting will be really helpful. It's what I use to determine how to format sources in APA. It has a very detailed guide on APA from how to quote sources to how they should appear on your reference page. If you weren't here, or if you forgot what I taught on Thursday or if you find my guide a bit confusing (I added a lot of notes in there), this could be the next best route.
- Please put in effort. I will know when you haven't done so and you will be graded accordingly.
Homework
- Create the annotations (description of sources) for the two sources we added to your bibliography on Thursday. (Due Sunday Nov 20 at midnight via Google Docs)
- Completed Annotated Bibiliography (Due Tuesday Nov 22 at midnight via Google Docs)
- Enjoy your break!!!
The formatting of this post is wonky because I was trying to show you how to format the bibliography. It should still be easy to read though.
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