position paper
Annotated Bibliography Instructions
Content: This annotated bibliography should include THREE sources that have been deemed relevant to support your chosen topic. Your annotations need to be based on quality, unbiased, accurate sources. Some examples of good sources for topics of this nature include: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, and peer-reviewed journal articles (accessible through the OSU Library website), among others. If you have questions on what constitutes a “good” source, please let me know. You may only include ONE web source for this assignment; however, you may use more than one web source for your final paper. To reiterate, you must use at least two other sources besides the internet for the paper.
Requirements: The annotated bibliography must be done in a scholarly fashion. As such, it should include appropriate language, grammar, and punctuation for a collegiate-level writing assignment. Additionally, your sources all must be presented in either APA or MLA format. Failure to do any of these may have negative impacts on your grade for this assignment.
Use either APA or MLA format. The citations should be organized alphabetically by author.
The annotation should be concise, but still contain enough detail to summarize the source (approx. 5 sentences). Please do your best to synthesize the information in your own words. Do NOT copy/paste the abstract from a source.
Following the summary, in one to two sentences, explain how the source is relevant to your chosen paper topic.
Possible Topics: [Insert paper topics]
Annotated Bibliography Rubric
(15 points)
| Excellent | Good | Fair | Poor | |
| Annotations (8 points) | Annotations are critical and demonstrate a clear understanding of the content and relevance of the articles, with no weaknesses or omissions in any of the annotations. (8 pts.) | Annotations demonstrate reading and some understanding of the content and relevance of the articles. (6 pts.) | Annotations demonstrate reading and some understanding; however, there are weaknesses in some of the annotations. (4 pts.) | Annotations demonstrate a superficial reading and understanding of the content and relevance, and there are weaknesses in all of the annotations. (2 pts.) |
| Sources/Bibliography (4 points) | Required number of sources present (3); including no more than ONE web source. All citations are done, correctly, in either APA or MLA format. (4 pts.) | Required number of sources present (3); including no more than ONE web sources. Citations are done in either APA or MLA format, with no more than three errors in the citations. (3 pts.) | Required number of sources present (3); but includes two web sources. Citations are done in either APA or MLA format with several citation errors. (2 pts.) | Does not meet the required number of sources OR only uses all web sources. Citations do not clearly follow either APA or MLA format. (1 pt.) |
| Writing (3 pts.) | Annotated bibliography is written in a collegiate style, with no errors, and strictly adheres to the requirements. (3 pts.) | Annotated bibliography is written at a collegiate writing level, with few errors, and strictly adheres to the requirements. (2 pts.) | Annotated bibliography is clear, but not written at a collegiate level, with several errors, but adheres to the requirements. (1 pt.) | Annotated bibliography is poorly written, with numerous errors, and does not adhere to the requirements. (0 pts.) |
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