Exploratory Project #2 (Annotated Bibliography)

Xinyuan,

You have done a good job of gathering relevant sources. They are all from credible journals and presses, which demonstrates time, planning, and strong research skills on your part.

I did not see a statement of scope for your AB. This was a part of the assignment. Here’s a blurb from the reading mentioned on the assignment sheet characterizing this requirement:

There were some errors in your citations, including missing or improperly list information. For example:

Incorrect:

Gautam, Om Prasad, et al. "Trial of a novel intervention to improve multiple food hygiene behaviors in Nepal." The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 96.6 (2017): 1415-1426. https://www.ajtmh.org/content/journals/10.4269/ajtmh.16-0526

Correct:

Gautam, Om Prasad, et al. “Trial of a Novel Intervention to Improve Multiple Food Hygiene Behaviors in Nepal.” The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 96, no. 6, 2017, pp. 1415–1426.

Notice the capitalization of the title, and the inclusion of issue vol. (volume) and no. (number). Please revisit the Purdue OWL free reference handbook for help (https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/07/ ). Go over externally generated references (from RefWorks, for example) with the OWL guide open to be sure that your citations are error-free. Please be sure to correct these errors on your policy brief list of works cited. Let me know if you have questions about citations.

Your annotations are well composed and provide a thoughtful description of each source. The “descriptive” elements of your annotations are quite strong. The “evaluative” elements are less explicit. You might spend a bit more time on possible limitations of each text. Acknowledging limitations will enhance your evaluation and build your analytical credibility. Consider how other professionals might use the information you’ve gathered as a starting point for their research on the same topic.

Good job overall. Please let me know if you have questions.

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