Academic Research: The Annotated Bibliography

Writing in CSD

Getting Started

Do preliminary searchingDecide on a topic

Formulate Question/Statement

I am studying ____________ because I want to find out __________ in order to understand _____________.

Sample statement:

I am studying cochlear implants in children because I want to find out how language acquisition is affected in order to understand what improvements may be expected in children implanted at a young age.

Gathering Data

Check a variety of sourcesReview the sourcesActively read and take notes

Documenting your information

Why document? To avoid plagiarism and give credit to the author(s) To allow others to access your sources To validate your own work

Documentation in scholarly research appears as In-text citations References

Compiling the Annotated Bibliography

AlphabetizeCheck spacing and indentationUse proper format for individual entries

Bibliographic Record Format:Periodicals

Bekerian, D. A. (1993). In search of the typical eyewitness. American Psychologist, 48, 574-576.

Nonperiodicals

Cone, J. D., & Foster, S. L. (1994). Dissertations and theses from start to finish: Psychology and related fields. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Part of a nonperiodical

Kernis, M. H., Cornell, D. P., Sun, C. R., & Berry, A. (1996). There’s more to self-esteem than whether it is high or low. In H. L. Roediger & F. I. Craik (Eds.), Varieties of memory and consciousness (pp. 309-330). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Annotations

Brief notesShould be complete and usefulWatch for plagiarism