Annotated bibliography
INDS302
Annotated Bibliography
Due 16th September 2022
Weight – 25%
Length 1500 words
Assessment Task 2 – Annotated Bibliography
Task 2 - Annotated Bibliography
Due 16th September 2022
For the purpose of this assessment task, you are being asked to identify at least ten (10) sources that are appropriate for your area of inquiry and field of study (i.e your project)
The completed task has three parts.
The first part will consists of five (5) fully annotated sources;
The second part will have five (5) partially annotated sources;
The third part will be a synthesis of your findings from your annotated bibliography.
Part one
Five fully annotated sources.
Each of these entries will consist of:
1. An accurate bibliographic entry.
2. Discuss not only the main arguments of the source you have read, but also the key issues/problems it addresses and raises, as well as the analytical methodologies or lenses it uses to approach its research. The point here is not to offer a point-by-point summary of the article.
3. Assessment/evaluation of the source in the context of the field and your own research. Your annotations should thoroughly evaluate, analyse, and discuss the relevance of the source for your research project.
a) How and why is this text important or relevant to the field of research as you understand it?
b) What has it added to your own emerging understanding of this topic/issue/field?
c) How does this text complement, support, or contradict the other sources you have included? (you do not need to discuss its connection to every other source)
d) Why do you find this source trustworthy/credible?
Part two
Five partially annotated sources.
Each of those entries will include:
1. An accurate bibliographic entry. Remember, it should be alphabetic.
2. A few sentences explaining why these sources are currently runner-ups for your final paper (in other words, they are decent, fairly credible sources, but as of right now, you are uncertain about using them for your capstone project).
Part three
The Synthesis and development of research topic.
The final part of this assessment task involves a synthesis of your findings from your annotated bibliography.
In this section, use your findings and annotations to begin defining possible directions for your capstone project: what are the major questions or problems (remaining to be addressed, researched, answered, etc.) that have emerged from the research you have done, and how do you plan to develop and structure your own research project so that you can begin responding to these questions/issues/problems?
Your synthesis should discuss and refer to the sources in your annotated bibliography to show how your refined research direction emerges from the research itself.
What sources should I choose to annotate?
You will need to carefully consider which texts to select for your annotated bibliography. This is particularly the case for the five sources you choose to fully annotate. Keep the following questions in mind to help clarify your choices.
What topic/problem am I investigating?
What are the central question(s) I am exploring? Identify the aim of your literature research.
What kind of material am I looking at and why? Am I looking for journal articles, reports, policies or primary historical data?
Am I being judicious in my selection of texts? Does each text relate to my capstone project topic and assignment requirements?
What are the essential or key texts on my topic? Am I finding them? Are the sources valuable or often referred to in other texts?
This website has multiple places to find Indigenous sources https://uow.libguides.com/indigenous-studies
Once you have your sources, you need to read them
This sounds obvious, but one mistake many students make is not actually reading the source they are referring to. This is usually pretty obvious to the marker, especially when what they are saying isn’t actually supported by the source at all.
This video talks about effective ways to read your sources https://www.timsquirrell.com/blog/2018/9/27/new-video-6-tips-to-improve-reading-and-note-taking
As you read your sources, think critically about them and take notes about their key ideas and themes
What is the author trying to convince you about?
Do you agree with them? Why?
Do you disagree with them? Why?
What are some examples of what they are talking about that you can see in the world around you? Or examples of it in other articles you’ve read?
How does what they are writing support your argument? Or does it contradict you?
What evidence are they using to support their argument?
There are many great guides on how to write an annotated bibliography:
https://www.student.unsw.edu.au/annotated-bibliography
https://www.monash.edu/learnhq/write-like-a-pro/how-to-write.../annotated-bibliography
https://www.uow.edu.au/student/learning-co-op/assessments/annotated-bibliography/
Marking Criteria
Quality and authority of sources selected: Do the sources appear reliable, authoritative and are they of good or high quality?
Identification & description of authority of sources: Do the annotations fully, characterize author(s), audience and publisher of those sources?
Quality & clarity of the summary of ideas in sources: Are the main ideas of the sources, including nuances and subtleties, clearly summarized?
Representation & discussion of relevance of sources to paper or project: Is the relationship of the sources (and the key ideas identified) clearly described in relationship to capstone project?
Quantity of sources cited: Does the annotated bibliography include the required or an appropriate number of sources?
Accuracy of the citations: Are the citations complete? Are any errors relatively minor?
Research strategies & tools: Is there a clear description of research strategies employed and tools consulted?
Reference list
The UOW learning co-op has a guide to how to reference found here https://www.uow.edu.au/student/learning-co-op/referencing-and-citing/
We recommend the Author-Date Harvard style of referencing for INDS subjects which can be found here http://uow.libguides.com/refcite/uowharvard
Example of a reference list (bibliography):
Dolnicar, S, Crouch, GI & Long, P 2008, ‘Environment-friendly tourists: what do we really know about them?’, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, vol.16, no. 2, pp. 197-210.
Example of in-text referencing:
"the Nuer of southern Sudan lacked any..." (Metcalf 2005, p. 184)
"The experience of ..." (Savage, Bagnall & Longhurst 2005, p. 28)
Formatting
1500 words +/- 10%
Your annotated bibliography should be size 12, Times New Roman, and 1.5 spaced
You should use the Harvard (Author Date) style for referencing
Your pages should be numbered
You should have your name and student number on the first page
Check out the UOW Indigenous terminology guide “You can’t say that” before beginning your task.
Always capitalize Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and Indigenous
Never use the term Aborigine or ATSI to describe Indigenous people
“Aboriginal people” is a better phrase than “Aboriginals”
Always reference where you got your information from
Turnitin will show us when you have copied your assessment.
Even work from overseas universities will show up on Turnitin
In INDS subjects, there are some common mistakes that students have made in the past
https://documents.uow.edu.au/content/groups/public/@web/@wic/documents/doc/uow257281.pdf
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