1. Each student will turn in 2 scholarly peer reviewed articles that has been critically appraised for an annotated bibliography.
2. The scholarly peer-reviewed journal article must be less than five (5) years old.
3. The scholarly peer reviewed article will be about a concept of the student’s choice (I recommend choosing a paper pertaining to your literature review).
4. Include an APA format title page with a running head, no abstract is needed.
5. The annotated bibliography citation is followed by an original brief description (usually about 150 – 250 words); this is a descriptive and evaluative paragraph.
6. An APA formatted reference is required for each annotated bibliography.
7. Submit a pdf copy of the article and the annotated bibliography by email.

Annotation summary:

• 1 to 2 sentences to summarize the main idea(s) of the source.
  • What are the main arguments?
  • What is the point of this article?
  • What topics are covered?
• 1 or 2 sentences to assess and evaluate the source.
  • Is this information reliable?
  • Is the source objective or biased?
• 1 or 2 sentences to reflect on the source.
  • Was this source helpful to you?
  • How can you use this source for your research project?
  • Has it changed how you think about your topic?

Additional resources for annotated bibliographies:

http://library.concordia.ca/help/howto/annotatedbibliog.php 🡪 From Concordia University

https://www.library.cornell.edu/research/citation/tutorial 🡪 From Cornell University

http://writing.ku.edu/bibliographies 🡪 University of Kansas

Resource for APA formatting:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/03/

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

Sample Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography

Barthelemy, J., & Geyer, D. (2005). An empirical investigation of IT outsourcing versus

outsourcing in France and Germany. Information & Management, 42(3), 533-542.

doi:10.1016/j.im.2004.02.005

The authors present an investigation of IT outsourcing based on the combined results of a

survey administered to IT firms as well as statistical measures from domestic and French

or German firms. Their data covers a wide range of IT business unit types. However, the

lack of longitudinal data weakens their conclusion that the slower pace of French and

German IT outsourcing has had a positive effect on business in those countries long-term.

Grading Rubric