CLASS REQUIREMENT # 4–TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION AND 

PRACTICE: An Annotated Bibliography will be developed including 

Five (100 word minimum per annotation) Annotated Citations. With 

the exception of the first, these references will be based on topics 

obtained from the Language Development Hypotheses in the list 

provided at the end of this survival document, and again in the Class 

Requirement Section online. You may use the same Topic for all, or 

different Topics for each, or any combination thereof. The choice is 

yours.

The First annotated citation will be on the Topic of the “Legal 

and Ethical Dimensions of the Use of Information.” This 

information can be obtained from the Internet using a search 

engine such as ONE SEARCH on the CSUN Oviatt Library 

Home page, or Google. The annotated citation should be in 

APA format as much as possible, and should include the URL 

(address) of the of the Internet site; or a citation of the book 

or article if that was used. The annotation should provide 

a short overview of the article and/or list the most critical 

points. Please note that the subject of this article need not 

be associated with language Development. It only needs to 

address information delivery.

The second two of these citations will be full Text articles or 

books obtained through Databases of professional books and 

journals available at, or online through the CSUN Library. For 

more information on how to find these databases please see 

the discussion in the Class Requirements Section Online. 

These citations will be reported in APA format. Included in 

the annotation portion of each citation will be a paragraph, 

which briefly summarizes the article (you can usually get 

this information from the abstract), and answers following 

questions:

1. What is the background (authority) of the author (viz., 

degree and type of education, affiliated institution, history 

of research in the area as perhaps reflected by past 

articles in the bibliography)?

2. Who is the intended audience (i.e., professionals, 

laypersons, women etc.)?

3. How does this work compare or contrast with others 

you may have cited or be aware of? If you are not aware 

of any others, simply state that as the situation.

4. What is the scope and relevance of this work to the 

selected topic (hypothesis)? What the heck do I mean 

by that? Well, is it highly or only vaguely relevant to the 

hypothesis; and is it of minor or major importance.

The Last Two citations will be obtained through the Internet

using any search engines provided online such as “Google 

Scholar.” These citations will follow an APA format as closely 

as possible, including the URL information. Included in each 

citation will be a paragraph, which briefly summarizes the 

site, and addresses the following questions related to, for the 

purpose of this exercise, the voracity of the Website:

1. Is the site owner/manager’s identity available and is it 

associated with a reputable organization, company or 

educational institution?

2. What is the background (authority) of the author (viz., 

degree and type of education, affiliated institution, history 

of research in the area as perhaps reflected by past 

articles in the site bibliography. If this information is not 

available, simply state that fact.)

3. What is the level of objectivity? For example, are there 

advertisements on the site related in anyway to the 

topic?

4. Is the Website current? Cues to the contrary, for 

example, include broken or expired links and/or no 

posting date or updated notations.

5. Is the information correct; error free, verifiable, and/or 

backed by full citations?

This annotated bibliography should be submitted as an attachment 

to an email message to the instructor, and as a back up measure, by 

being copied and pasted directly into the same email message body.