PAPER – ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT
Annotated Bibliography assignment: (150–points) The paper for this course will be a completion of an annotated bibliography
assignment. You should use ASA (American Sociological Association) formatting for this assignment or APA or MLA, and use the
structure/format in the example provided.
What you need to do:
1. Decide on a topic that relates to sociology for your paper. The topics “gender” or “race” are too broad. Something more like “gender discrimination in the workplace” or “racial health disparities and microaggressions” is fine.
2. Find 3 peer–reviewed journal articles on your topic from the below journal list (instructions also attached). These articles are to be linked thematically (so, you should not use one article on gender equality in the workplace and then the other two on racial discrimination in the military – these are not linked thematically).
3. Use the UIUC library website, go to SocINDEX database.
4. Find three peer reviewed scholarly articles on your topic.
5. You will address the following elements for each article (1.5 pages single–spaced for each article):
1) Provide a concise summary of the central theme and scope of the article.
2) What was the core question/thesis of this article? If something is being tested, what was it?
3) What data were used (if any)? Where did they come from? (if no data were used simply state that in your annotation).
4) Does the research answer the authors question and if so, how, and if not, why not?
5) How is this article related to sociology? (note: bring in concepts/topics discussed throughout course; this section is weighted more heavily (this is a sociology class!) J)
6) Provide a discussion of how this research improved your understanding of sociology/your main takeaways.
6. You will need to format your annotated bibliography exactly like the example attached at the end of this document.
7. Note: anti–plagiarism software will be run on all assignments. In the event that two students in the course review the same article and copy each other’s bibliographies, both students will receive the grade of 0 (zero) on the assignment.
What is an annotated bibliography?
– An annotated bibliography is a listing of articles with the citation from the article and a brief description of the article.
– 1.5 pages single–spaced per article, 1” margins. Students should single space their bibliography and use a 12–point font. It
should be written in essay format with appropriate college level writing. See rubric below for grading criteria.
– EACH article write–up will be worth 45 points. Late papers will be deducted 10 points for every day they are late (Maximum
days late accepted is 5 days from the due date).
Outline of your bibliography:
Page #1 Title Page (Your name goes here and your paper topic/date/etc.)
Page #2 Article #1 bibliographic reference for first article as well as Abstract from the article.
(You LITERALLY copy and paste the abstract from the article here; if there is not an abstract provided, copy/paste the first
paragraph of the article as the ‘abstract’).
Page #3 you write your summary/annotation of the article on this page. 1.5 pages answering the above questions.
Page #4 Article #2 repeat above.
Page #5 you write your summary/annotation of the article on this page. 1.5 pages answering the above questions.
Page #6 Article #3 repeat above.
Page #7 you write your summary/annotation of the article on this page. 1.5 pages answering the above questions.
