8 sources into a single document For one topic

Extended Annotated Bibliography

If you’ve conducted research in the past, you might have taken extensive notes on note cards or in a notebook, or maybe you didn’t take notes and instead patched quotes together.  This last strategy will produce a thin paper usually with errors in documentation.  Note cards are time-consuming and less useful for a long paper on a complex issue, and extensive notes can be confusing and lack focus. For the more complex research and writing that you will do in this class and throughout college, you will need to synthesize and integrate many sources. You will need to really read your sources, digest their meaning, and assimilate them seamlessly into your paper, putting them in conversation with other sources and your own ideas.

YOUR ASSIGNMENT

For this assignment you must compile 8 sources into a single document that includes brief summaries and select quotes that maybe useful within the body of your paper. The sources will be organized in alphabetical order, like a bibliography would be. 

The first page of the document will include one-page reflection, in which you evaluate the quality of your research, the holes you need to fill, the potential direction of your argument, and any questions you may have. A worksheet on the reflection will be distributed separately.

Sources

•    2 of your sources must be researched, scholarly articles.

•    2 of your sources must be from established, mass market newspapers or magazines (The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time magazine, The Nation, Rolling Stone, etc.)

•    2 of your sources must be government, nonprofit, or research organizations relevant to your field.

•    1 of your remaining sources must be a non-print source: podcast, radio program, documentary film, television program, etc.

•    1 additional source of your choosing — it may be an additional source in any of the above categories or something else, so long as it meets the requirements of reliable source material.

 

Formatting

•    Each extended annotation should be formatted on it’s on individual page, but all entries must be kept and submitted in one electronic document.

•    Therefore, the document will be a minimum of 9 pages (8 annotations and 1 reflection page).

•    The extended annotated bibliography should be in 12-point font, with 1-inch margins, but it should NOT be double spaced. It should be single spaced. (See example).

•    Your first page, where you will begin with your reflection, should include your name, the name of our class, the name of the assignment, and the date. (See header on this assignment sheet).

•    All subsequent pages should include a footer with your LAST name and a page number. (See footer on the assignment sheet).

Elements of Each Extended Annotated Bibliography Entry

Citation: full citation in MLA or APA format. Most databases will do the citation for you, and you can copy & paste it into your log.  However, be sure to double check all formatting for web-generated citations.
Summary: Provide a summary using the summary template we use in class.  (If it’s a very long paper, article, or book, summarize only the section/chapter that pertains to your subject.)
Quotes: Choose 2-4 useful quotes, and copy and paste them, with documentation and quotation marks, as they would appear in the body of your paper.  For each quotation, include a brief explanation of why it could be important to your paper. This need not be a complete sentence; it could be a quick phrase explaining.

Example

Frewer, Lynn J., Joachim Scholderer, and Lone Bredahl. “Communicating about the Risks and Benefits of Genetically Modified Foods: The Mediating Role of Trust.” Risk Analysis: An International Journal 23.6 (2003): 1117-133. Web.

SUMMARY

In their article, “Communicating about the Risks and Benefits of Genetically Modified Foods: The Mediating Role of Trust,” Frewer, Scholderer, and Bredahl display that people’s perceived attitudes to certain genetically modified food can be rendered due to technology and trust in a certain company. Frewer, Scholderer, and Bredahl proved this through the use of experiments. These authors conducted these experiments – in Denmark, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom – and published their findings in order to prove those consumers’ attitudes can be changed about specific GMFs. Although there is quite extensive and difficult vocabulary, these findings affect all people and prove the ever-changing attitudes that people have.

QUOTES

“The consumer source was perceived to be the trust-worthiest in Denmark, Germany, and Italy…” (Frewer, Scholderer, and Bredahl, 1118)  — provides specific examples, so short it would be hard to paraphrase.

“In Denmark and Germany, attributing information to the consumer source was also the most likely condition to increase participants’ attitudes in the direction of greater perceived risk…” (Frewer, Scholderer, and Bredahl, 1118) — more specific information

“Trust was not driving risk perception – rather, attitudes were informing perceptions of the motivation of the source providing the information.” (Frewer, Scholderer, and Bredahl, 1118) — important detail, but a little confusing, this might work better as a paraphrase