Annotated Bibliography (10%): Students will research the same cosmological or astronomical topic, as will
be covered in their term paper & oral presentation. Each student will choose their own topic, but may not
duplicate another student’s topic. First come, first served. Topics must be recorded onto a class list no
later than the end of the 2
nd week of class.
The Annotated Bibliography will be at least 10 different, APA-style citations with 5 to 15 bullet points that
will summarize, not quote, the information from that source. Also, the embedded form of each citation will
be listed, the type of source (e.g. textbook, peer-reviewed journal, etc.), and the strength of the citation.
Embedded Citations & TurnItIn: Annotated Bibliographies must include at least 10 different, APA-style
citations. At least 5 citations must be from “vetted” material. Vetted materials include peer-reviewed
journals, NASA.gov, government “white pages”, National Geographic, books, ebooks, and newspapers. No
more than 5 sources may be form any one source. Wikipedia citations may not count toward the 10, but it
is a wonderful place to start looking for references. Google Scholar has access to peer-reviewed papers
and government “white papers” and is available through the “Library” tab on Blackboard’s home page.
Since most of you are social scientists, you shall use APA citations for your citations. These websites are
reasonably straight forward: https://www.library.cornell.edu/research/citation/apa and
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/. All three semester projects may have various
sources, if you find superior sources. Don’t include the “annotations” on your oral presentation or term
paper. There are examples and guidelines posted under the “Miscellaneous” folder on Bb.
All semester projects will be submitted to TurnItIn via Blackboard. The bibliographical form of references
must have a “hanging” paragraph indentation of 0.5”, or TurnItIn will try to include the references in your
originality score. Microsoft Word and Power Point are the easiest for TurnItIn to “read.” “Originality”
scores must be less than 5%. If your Originality score is too high, fix the problems, and resubmit the file,
before the due date. Do not trust Grammerly.com. For every 1% over 5%, 5% points will be deducted
from your grade. Any project with an originality score over 12% will receive a zero. If you are not sure, if
you are plagiarizing, this is a reliable website: http://www.plagiarism.org/.
Directions: Annotated Bibliographies according to Professor Dawdy
For each citation, I would like several pieces of information: the bibliographic form, the embedded form, the
type (vetted or non-vetted), strength of source (strong, fair, poor), and sources and reason (book, peer-reviewed
journal, commercial website, government website, etc.) and, at a minimum, 5 bu