Annotated Bibliography

PAPER:  A term paper of no less than 1500 words (you can have as

many over that amount as you wish) will be written on a Topic which

you should select from a list of Language Development Hypotheses.

This list is provided at the very end of this survival message, and is

also available in the Class Requirements Section of the online

Course.  The Term Paper is to present a discussion based on a

minimum of three articles, books or chapters in a book (excluding

the class Text, of course), that describe, or support or refute the

hypothesis you have selected from the list.  A minimum of three

citations (you can have as many above that number as you wish) with

references in APA format will be included at the end of the paper. An

example of APA format is also provided in the Class Requirements

Section of the online Class.

Also, at the end of the paper you should include a short Appendix,

which will answer three questions:  1. What were the databases, if

any,that you used to find each article or book; 2. What was the

search strategy you used (i.e., the search words you used) in each

database to find the articles; and 3.  Was each article that you cited

an example of Primary or Secondary research?

Second assigment 

CLASS REQUIREMENT # 4–TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION AND 

 

PRACTICE:  An Annotated Bibliography will be developed including

Five (100 word minimum for each) 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.  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

Google Scholar.  The annotated citation should be in APA format as

much as possible, and should include the URL (address) 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 this one citation can

relate to any topic and not only Language Development.

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.  If the answer is not available, you simply state

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

The Last Two citations will be obtained through the Internet using

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.  If the answers are not available in the site information,

simply state so:

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

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

full citations?