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Annotated Bibliography Assignment
Assignment guidelines:
- 3 peer-reviewed sources
- Each source must be a peer-reviewed journal article
- Articles must be:
- less than 10 years old (current)
- Canadian (deal with Canadian content)
- At least 10 pages in length (not including title, notes, and bibliography)
- Include full bibliographic citations of sources followed by a description of the article's findings
- Each annotation should include:
- Article's context (academic background of the author, method of study, geographic context/where the study was based)
- Main argument of the authors (Theoretical basis, conclusion of the study, strength of th study, etc.)
- Limitation of the study
- Discussion of how this will be used in your final project
Writing Annotated Bibliographies
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How to Write Annotated Bibliographies (Memorial University)Includes examples of a descriptive annotation and a critical annotation.
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Writing an Annotated Bibliography (University of Toronto)Includes an example of an annotation identifying the argument of a source
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How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography (Concordia U)Brief how-to information as well as MLA and APA samples.
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Purdue OWL Annotated BibliographiesIncludes definitions and examples in MLA, APA and Chicago formats.
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