week 3

Basics Regarding Formatting References Some basics regarding formatting references are as follows: · Use a hanging indent for references (all lines after the first line of each entry in the list should be indented one-half inch from the left margin). · Only one space is used after all endmarks in the references. · Authors' names are inverted (last name first); give last name and initials for all authors of a particular work unless there are more than seven authors (see Purdue Owl or APA manual to review how more than seven authors should be done). · If you have more than one work by an author, order them by publication date, oldest to newest. · When an author appears both as a sole author and, in another reference as the first author of a group, list the one-author entries first. · If no author is given for a source, alphabetize using the title of the work, which will be listed in place of the author. However, if the title begins with The, A, or An, alphabetize it by the second word. For example, an article titled The Field Test of Research would be alphabetized by “Field,” and “The” should still be in the title. · Use "&" instead of "and" when listing multiple authors of a single work. · Capitalize only the first word of a title and subtitle of a work. · Italicize titles of books and journals (the italics in these continues through commas and periods). However, only the first word of the book title begins with a capital letter. Conversely, every “big” word in the journal title should begin with a capital. · List the doi for all articles. If no doi is shown, go to crossref.org to check for the doi as not all databases list the doi. If crossref.org indicates there is no doi, then Google the journal name (not the article title) and use the URL for the publisher. Do NOT use the database URL! For example, the “cite” feature in the library incorrectly listed the database as the retrieved from URL: Webster, J., & Watson, R. T. (2002). Analyzing the past to prepare for the future: Writing

a literature review. MIS Quarterly, 6(2), 11.

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Crossref.org was checked first and because the article did not have a doi, I Googled MIS Quarterly and found the publication homepage URL to use as shown below. Webster, J., & Watson, R. T. (2002). Analyzing the past to prepare for the future: Writing

a literature review. MIS Quarterly, 26(2), xiii-xxiii. http://www.misq.org Lastly, all entries should be in alphabetical order based on the first author’s last name. You may also use the option of having level 2 APA headings to separate the various sections of your annotated bibliography, BUT the sources within each section must be in alphabetical order. For example, let’s say your level 2 headings from the outline were Stories of Animals and Inspirational Books (the headings do NOT need to be in alphabetical order, just the sources). Stories of Animals Scieszka, J. (1996). The true story of the three little pigs. Penguin Group. This is the classic story of the three little pigs told from the wolf’s perspective. The pigs are portrayed as being accidentally killed by the wolf’s powerful sneezes. Southey, R. (1837). Goldilocks and the three bears. McFarland. This story is about a little girl who enters the home of three bears. The bears’ home was empty. The little girl enjoyed a snack and a nap. The bears came home to discover the girl and scared her away. Inspirational Stories List the references in alphabetical order then the annotation. Assignment: Submit at least 15-20 annotated bibliographies by no later than Sunday of week 4. Late submissions of this assignment will not be accepted. **Note: no reference page is needed for the annotated bibliography.