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HSE400

Annotated Bibliography

Topic Chosen:  A captured individual who has filed a lawsuit against the government for wrongful detention and assess the legal and moral aspects of the suit

This week, your  Annotated Bibliography is due. You will be creating an annotated bibliography with research-based articles based upon the topic you selected last week. Your annotated bibliography will contain at least  4  primary resources;  each source, should be  one paragraph that is  approximately  100-300  words in length. 

An annotation should include the following information:

· A brief summary of the source

· The source’s strengths and weaknesses

· Its conclusions

· Why the source is relevant to your topic

· Its relationships to other topics related to your topic

· An evaluation of the research methodology (if applicable)

· Information about the author’s background

· Your personal conclusions about the source

You will need to create a title page and a references page! Additionally, your annotated bibliography needs to be in format. After submission, you will be given feedback over your items. Once your professor completes grading this assignment, please review his/her comments and make corrections based on their recommendations for your final submission.

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4. Wk 3 Essay: Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography  (100 points):

CATEGORY

10 points

20 points

30 points

Source Selection

Some sources chosen are irrelevant to the topic or not scholarly; writer may need additional sources to complete research

Most sources chosen are relevant to the topic; may require a small amount of additional research

Sources chosen are scholarly and highly relevant to the topic

Annotations

Some annotations are effective; others need improvement or added depth

Almost all annotations are effective and appropriate; one may need improvement or added depth

Annotations effectively and appropriately describe the source material in thorough, organized paragraphs

5 points

10 points

20 points

APA/MLA Style

APA formatting style is generally effective but contains one major error, or frequent minor errors

Uses APA formatting/style with only a few minor, infrequent errors

Uses APA formatting accurately and consistently

Mechanics, Grammar, and Proofing

Some significant or frequent errors present

Occasional minor errors do not distract the reader

Virtually free of mechanical, grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors