Annotated Bibliography
An Annotated Bibliography organizes your research by way of APA citations and a short paragraph about each source- For this Assignment, you will create
an Annotated Bibliography for four sources related to an argument for change- One of the sources should address an opposing viewpoint or misconception
related to your topic- Your instructor will provide insightful feedback on the sources you find so you can determine whether to use them in the Unit 8
Assignment, a persuasive research essay-
The following aspects are required for your Annotated Bibliography Assignment:
-Trtle page in APA manuscript format-
-Your revised thesis statement for an argument for change in your community or workplace-
-Four primary and secondary sources; one source should be a periodical or ebook, preferably from the Kaplan Library-
-Sources that would be appropriate are as follows:
-Book, ebook, article, or a chapter from book or ebook
-Periodical (e-g-, newspaper, magazine, journal article)
-Intemet source (e-g-, blog, organization website, article from Internet site)
-Video or audio source (e-g-, documentary, video blog, TED Talks , 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
-At least one source should address an opposing viewpoint or misconception-
-APA citation for each source (this is the information you would normally include on a references page)-
-Annotation for each source, which must include each of the following in a full paragraph:
-Brief summary of the source (no direct quotes from the source) and a parenthetical citation after the summary, e-g-, (Smith, 2014)
-Evaluation of the source’s credibility, including the author’s credentials and the verifiability of the source’s information; this should include where you found
the source (KU Library, Google search engine, government website, etc-)
-Discussion about the source’s usefulness to your argument for change in your community or workplace
-All writing must be in Standard American English-
-Use APA manuscript format throughout the Assignment-
To help you complete this Assignment successfully, please review the resources noted below, including relevant articles from Kaplan University Writing Center
that discuss how to write an annotated bibliography, find/evaluate research, and use APA citations- The previously noted Learning Activities related to
evaluating sources will also help in your writing of this Assignment-