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Annotated Bibliography and Source List HLTH 315 You will write directly on this sheet. Save it correctly AB01.year.month.date.yourname You will then attach it in BB and submit. The scoring rubric for this assignment is on the last page. DIRECTIONS You will need to find three to five articles or sources for your grant topic. This could include articles or sources on national data on… • • • • • Topic Populations at risk Trends Pathophysiology, epidemiology (morbidity, mortality, incidence, prevalence) Existing programs. Because you are reporting on current public health issues, it is likely that you will have sources other than peer-reviewed articles. Web sources that end in .org .gov or .edu are almost always reliable sources. Web pages that end in .com .info or other endings– are almost never reliable for this level course. For reliable information from the web…. Early Childhood Developmental Health System

Consider the Centers for Disease Control OR National Institutes of Health-then find your specific disease or condition. Consider the national foundation or association for your disease….eg…National Kidney Foundation. Go to page 2 for directions on how to complete this assignment. On this sheet—directly below this portion….type in your three to five sources using APA format. You can use an APA book, A Writer’s Reference by Hacker and Sommers, Purdue Owl, or the Cook Library to help you with this. After you have listed these three sources, choose ONE of the articles on which you will elaborate below. You must either include a link to the article so I can read it OR save the article as pdf and submit it with your assignment. You will include only ONE link or ONE article….the one you are summarizing. It is your responsibility to make sure the link will get me to the article. You will lose a point if I cannot get to the article to read it. You should summarize the article in three to five sentences—using your own words. Early Childhood Developmental Health System

THEN…Explain in three to five sentences how you might use this article for your paper/grant. SCORING RUBRIC Listing of three to five articles on the assigned topic Uses APA correctly Sources are reliable and appropriate for a 300 level course Summarize the article using his/her own words. Summary is clear, easy to understand and uses his/her own words Explains how this can be used in the paper Uses his/her own words Refers to part of article (eg, chart on page 2, paragraph on page 19) Clearly understands its purpose in the paper Spelling/grammar Possible points 0 has 1 article 1 has 2 articles or more than 5 3 has 3-5 articles 0 more than 3 errors 1 has 2-3 errors 2-3 has 0-1 errors 0 none of them are 2 fewer than half are 3 more than half are 0 doesn’t meet criteria or not included 1 has a summary 3-4 has two of the items to the left 5-6 has everything to the left 0 doesn’t complete this section OR not mostly his/her own words 1- uses own words, not clear how it will be used. 3-4 uses own words and is clear how it can be used. 5-7 has everything to left You will receive 3 points if you have 0-1 error. Early Childhood Developmental Health System

After one error you lose one point for each error. You can only lose three points here (4 or more errors) NOTE: You will lose one point if you don’t follow directions. Your points/comments Frequently asked questions about the annotated bibliography assignments. What is an annotated bibliography (AB)? It is a summary/critique of what you have read on ONE article or reference. This is a way for you to take notes about any article you read. – without copying and pasting from the article. They have to be in your own words. WHY are they needed? In reality—you should do an AB for every article/source you review for ANY paper you are writing. In this class, each one has a slightly different list of topics. This is so that you are reading articles for the different parts of your paper. It helps you to not plagiarize as you write your paper. It also means you cannot totally procrastinate the research for your paper. Early Childhood Developmental Health System

Also, I then get an opportunity to  tell you….whether or not you are using appropriate sources, using APA format correctly or if you are not focused on the paper topics you need to write. How many do I turn in each time? An AB is ONE article. Early Childhood Developmental Health System

The article citation (APA format) goes at the top of the page. You then summarize the article and critique it using the guidelines in the scoring rubric. What if I read five articles on the topic…can I turn them all in for a grade? I will read ONE AB each time you submit. If you include five —I will read and grade one. You should annotate each of them…but only submit one each time. Does this mean I only need two references/sources for my paper? You definitely need more than two references to write this paper. I don’t have a specific number of references for your paper. You definitely need more than four…but I doubt that you would have 20. In reality I would think you would have at least 12 references for your paper. I only collect two so that you can get feedback your use of APA, your references/material you are finding and your writing skills. … Early Childhood Developmental Health System