Research Topic: Drug Decriminalization on Crime Rates
The purpose of an annotated (working) bibliography is for you to review relevant sources pertaining to your research. Creating a “working” document that enables you to formulate a foundation for your literature review (section of your paper) as you read literature relevant to your topic. View this as a “live” document; where you keep adding sources/annotations as you continue to research, review, and take notes on your topic.
Instructions
Begin researching your topic, finding sources worthy of use in your final product.
- A minimum of 10 useful, scholarlysources on your research topic is required
- Make sure you properly format all sources listed in your annotated bibliography, using the APA documentation style.
- Must be organized alphabetically, and double-spaced throughout the assignment.
Criteria for the Annotated Bibliography:
Each source listed must contain complete sentences that:
- The full and correct citation for the source.
- Identify the type of source (e.g. book, newspaper article, encyclopedia entry, interview with an expert in the field).
- Identify the length of the source.
- Identify the search strategy used to find the source (e.g. Library catalog search; EBSCO Host search; etc.).
- Briefly summarizes the contents of the source, focusing on those aspects of the source most relevant and useful to your research topic.
- Comment on the authority/expertise of the author/source and/or other source strength(s).
Submission and Grading Criteria
- A minimum of 10 useful, scholarly sources on your research topic is required, organized alphabetically.
- Structure
- 1” Margins on all 4 sides. Arial font, 12 pt font
- Indent new paragraphs. Double-spaced
- Use proper APA citation.
- MS Word document (.doc or .docx)
- Content
- Fully addresses all questions
- Free of grammatical and spelling errors
- Follow traditional academic paper requirements
