apa reference list and annotated bib guidline

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Definitions

A bibliographyis a list of sources (books, journals, Web sites, periodicals, etc.) one has used forresearching a topic. Bibliographies are sometimes called "References" or "Works Cited" depending onthe style format you are using. A bibliography usually just includes the bibliographic information (i.e.,the author, title, publisher, etc.).

An annotation is a summary and/or evaluation. Therefore, an annotated bibliographyincludes asummary and/or evaluation of each of the sources. Depending on your project or the assignment,your annotations may do one or more of the following.

Summarize: Some annotations merely summarize the source. What are the main arguments?What is the point of this book or article? What topics are covered? If someone asked what this

article/book is about, what would you say? The length of your annotations will determine howdetailed your summary is.

For more help, see our handout onparaphrasingsources.

Assess: After summarizing a source, it may be helpful to evaluate it. Is it a useful source?How does it compare with other sources in your bibliography? Is the information reliable? Isthis source biased or objective? What is the goal of this source?

For more help, see our handouts onevaluating resources.

Reflect: Once you've summarized and assessed a source, you need to ask how it fits intoyour research. Was this source helpful to you? How does it help you shape your argument?How can you use this source in your research project? Has it changed how you think aboutyour topic?

Your annotated bibliography may include some of these, all of these, or even others. If you're doingthis for a class, you should get specific guidelines from your instructor.

Why should I write an annotated bibliography?

To learn about your topic: Writing an annotated bibliography is excellent preparation for a researchproject. Just collecting sources for a bibliography is useful, but when you have to write annotations foreach source, you're forced to read each source more carefully. You begin to read more criticallyinstead of just collecting information. At the professional level, annotated bibliographies allow you tosee what has been done in the literature and where your own research or scholarship can fit. To helpyou formulate a thesis: Every good research paper is an argument. The purpose of research is to stateand support a thesis. So a very important part of research is developing a thesis that is debatable,interesting, and current. Writing an annotated bibliography can help you gain a good perspective onwhat is being said about your topic. By reading and responding to a variety of sources on a topic,you'll start to see what the issues are, what people are arguing about, and you'll then be able todevelop your own point of view.

To help other researchers: Extensive and scholarly annotated bibliographies are sometimespublished. They provide a comprehensive overview of everything important that has been and is beingsaid about that topic. You may not ever get your annotated bibliography published, but as aresearcher, you might want to look for one that has been published about your topic.

Format
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The format of an annotated bibliography can vary, so if you're doing one for a class, it's important toask for specific guidelines.

The bibliographic information: Generally, though, the bibliographic information of the source (thetitle, author, publisher, date, etc.) is written in either MLA or APA format. For more help withformatting, see ourMLA handout.For APA, go here:APA handout.

The annotations:The annotations for each source are written in paragraph form. The lengths of theannotations can vary significantly from a couple of sentences to a couple of pages. The length willdepend on the purpose. If you're just writing summaries of your sources, the annotations may not bevery long. However, if you are writing an extensive analysis of each source, you'll need more space.

You can focus your annotations for your own needs. A few sentences of general summary followed byseveral sentences of how you can fit the work into your larger paper or project can serve you wellwhen you go to draft.

Sample APA Annotation

Ehrenreich, B. (2001). Nickel and dimed: On (not) getting by in America. New York: Henry

Holt and Company.

In this book of nonfiction based on the journalist's experiential research, Ehrenreich

attempts to ascertain whether it is currently possible for an individual to live on a

minimum-wage in America. Taking jobs as a waitress, a maid in a cleaning service, and

a Walmart sales employee, the author summarizes and reflects on her work, her

relationships with fellow workers, and her financial struggles in each situation.

An experienced journalist, Ehrenreich is aware of the limitations of her experiment

and the ethical implications of her experiential research tactics and reflects on

these issues in the text. The author is forthcoming about her methods and supplements

her experiences with scholarly research on her places of employment, the economy, and

the rising cost of living in America. Ehrenreichs project is timely, descriptive, and

well-researched.

The annotation above both summarizes and assesses the book in the citation. The first paragraph

provides a brief summary of the author's project in the book, covering the main points of the work.The second paragraph points out the projects strengths and evaluates its methods and presentation.
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This particular annotation does not reflect on the sources potential importance or usefulness for thispersons own research.

Reference List: Electronic Sources (Web

Publications)Summary:APA (American Psychological Association) style is most commonly used to cite sources within the socialsciences. This resource, revised according to the 6thedition, second printing of the APA manual, offersexamples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and thereference page. For more information, please consult the Publication Manual of the American Psychological

Association, (6thed., 2ndprinting).

Contributors:Joshua M. Paiz, Elizabeth Angeli, Jodi Wagner, Elena Lawrick, Kristen Moore, MichaelAnderson, Lars Soderlund, Allen Brizee, Russell KeckLast Edited:2013-06-13 08:43:05

Please note:There are no spaces used with brackets in APA. When possible, include the year, month,

and date in references. If the month and date are not available, use the year of publication. Please

note, too, that the OWL still includes information about print sources and databases for those stillworking with these sources.

Article From an Online Periodical

Online articles follow the same guidelines for printed articles. Include all information the online hostmakes available, including an issue number in parentheses.

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Online

Periodical, volume number(issue number if available). Retrieved from

http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

Bernstein, M. (2002). 10 tips on writing the living Web. A List Apart: For People Who Make

Websites, 149. Retrieved from http://www.alistapart.com/articles/writeliving

Online Scholarly Journal Article: Citing DOIs

Please note: In August of 2011 the formatting recommendations for DOIs changed. DOIs are nowrendered as an alpha-numeric string which acts as an active link. According to The APA Style Guide to

Electronic References, 6thedition, you should use the DOI format which the article appears with. So, ifit is using the older numeric string, use that as the DOI. If, however, it is presented as the neweralpha-numeric string, use that as the DOI. The Purdue OWL maintains examples of citations usingboth DOI styles.

Because online materials can potentially change URLs, APA recommends providing a Digital ObjectIdentifier (DOI), when it is available, as opposed to the URL. DOIs are an attempt to provide stable,long-lasting links for online articles. They are unique to their documents and consist of a longalphanumeric code. Many-but not all-publishers will provide an article's DOI on the first page of thedocument.

Note that some online bibliographies provide an article's DOI but may "hide" the code under a buttonwhich may read "Article" or may be an abbreviation of a vendor's name like "CrossRef" or "PubMed."


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This button will usually lead the user to the full article which will include the DOI. Find DOI's from printpublications or ones that go to dead links with CrossRef.org's "DOI Resolver," which is displayed in acentral location on their home page.

Article From an Online Periodical with DOI Assigned

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal,

volume number, page range. doi:0000000/000000000000 or http://dx.doi.org/10.0000/0000

Brownlie, D. (2007). Toward effective poster presentations: An annotated

bibliography. European Journal of Marketing, 41, 1245-1283.

doi:10.1108/03090560710821161

Wooldridge, M.B., & Shapka, J. (2012). Playing with technology: Mother-toddler interaction

scores lower during play with electronic toys. Journal of Applied Developmental

Psychology, 33(5), 211-218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2012.05.005

Article From an Online Periodical with no DOI Assigned

Online scholarly journal articles without a DOI require the URL of the journal home page. Rememberthat one goal of citations is to provide your readers with enough information to find the article;providing the journal home page aids readers in this process.


volume number. Retrieved from http://www.journalhomepage.com/full/url/

Kenneth, I. A. (2000). A Buddhist response to the nature of human rights. Journal of

Buddhist Ethics, 8. Retrieved from http://www.cac.psu.edu/jbe/twocont.html

Article From a Database

Please note:APA states that including database information in citations is not necessary becausedatabases change over time (p. 192). However, the OWL still includes information about databases forthose users who need database information.

When referencing a print article obtained from an online database (such as a database in the library),provide appropriate print citation information (formatted just like a "normal" print citation would be forthat type of work). By providing this information, you allow people to retrieve the print version if they

do not have access to the database from which you retrieved the article. You can also include the itemnumber or accession number or database URL at the end, but the APA manual says that this is notrequired.

If you are citing an article from a database that is available in other places, such as a journal ormagazine, include the homepage's URL. You may have to do a web search of the article's title, author,etc. to find the URL.

For articles that are easily located, do not provide database information. If the article is difficult to

locate, then you can provide database information. Only use retrieval dates if the source could


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change, such as Wikis. For more about citing articles retrieved from electronic databases, see pages187-192 of the Publication Manual.


volume number, page range. Retrieved from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

Smyth, A. M., Parker, A. L., & Pease, D. L. (2002). A study of enjoyment of peas. Journal

of Abnormal Eating, 8(3), 120-125. Retrieved from

http://www.articlehomepage.com/full/url/

Abstract

If you only cite an abstract but the full text of the article is also available, cite the online abstract asany other online citations, adding "[Abstract]" after the article or source name. However, if the fulltext is not available, you may use an abstract that is available through an abstracts database as asecondary source.

Paterson, P. (2008). How well do young offenders with Asperger Syndrome cope in custody?:

Two prison case studies [Abstract].British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 36(1),

54-58.

Hendricks, J., Applebaum, R., & Kunkel, S. (2010). A world apart? Briding the gap between

theory and applied social gerontology.Gerontologist, 50(3), 284-293. Abstract

retrieved from Abstracts in Social Gerontology database. (Accession No. 50360869)

Newspaper ArticleAuthor, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of article. Title of Newspaper. Retrieved from


Parker-Pope, T. (2008, May 6). Psychiatry handbook linked to drug industry. The New York

Times. Retrieved from http://well.blogs.nytimes.com

Electronic Books

Electronic books may include books found on personal websites, databases, or even in audio form. Usethe following format if the book you are using is onlyprovided in a digital format or is difficult to findin print. If the work is not directly available online or must be purchased, use "Available from," ratherthan "Retrieved from," and point readers to where they can find it. For books available in print formand electronic form, include the publish date in parentheses after the author's name. For references toe-book editions, be sure to include the type and version of e-book you are referencing (e.g., "[KindleDX version]"). If DOIs are available, provide them at the end of the reference.


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De Huff, E. W. (n.d.). Taytays tales: Traditional Pueblo Indian tales. Retrieved from

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/dehuff/taytay/taytay.html

Davis, J. (n.d.). Familiar birdsongs of the Northwest. Available from

http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=1-9780931686108-0

Chapter/Section of a Web Document or Online Book Chapter

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. In Title of book

or larger document(chapter or section number). Retrieved from


Engelshcall, R. S. (1997). Module mod_rewrite: URL Rewriting Engine. In Apache HTTP Server

Version 1.3 Documentation(Apache modules). Retrieved from

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_rewrite.html

Peckinpaugh, J. (2003). Change in the Nineties. In J. S. Bough and G. B. DuBois (Eds.), A

century of growth in America. Retrieved from GoldStar database.

NOTE: Use a chapter or section identifier and provide a URL that links directly to the chapter section,not the home page of the Web site.

Online Book Reviews

Cite the information as you normally would for the work you are quoting. (The first example below is

from a newspaper article; the second is from a scholarly journal.) In brackets, write "Review of thebook" and give the title of the reviewed work. Provide the web address after the words "Retrievedfrom," if the review is freely available to anyone. If the review comes from a subscription service ordatabase, write "Available from" and provide the information where the review can be purchased.

Zacharek, S. (2008, April 27). Natural women [Review of the bookGirls like us]. The New

York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/books/review/Zachareck

-t.html?pagewanted=2

Castle, G. (2007). New millennial Joyce [Review of the booksTwenty-first Joyce, Joyce's

critics: Transitions in reading and culture, and Joyce's messianism: Dante, negative

existence, and the messianic self]. Modern Fiction Studies, 50(1), 163-173. Available

from Project MUSE Web site:

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/modern_fiction_studies/toc/mfs52.1.html

Dissertation/Thesis from a Database


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If an interview is not retrievable in audio or print form, cite the interview only in the text (not in thereference list) and provide the month, day, and year in the text. If an audio file or transcript isavailable online, use the following model, specifying the medium in brackets (e.g. [Interviewtranscript, Interview audio file]):

Butler, C. (Interviewer) & Stevenson, R. (Interviewee). (1999).Oral History 2[Interview

transcript]. Retrieved from Johnson Space Center Oral Histories Project Web site:

http:// www11.jsc.nasa.gov/history/oral_histories/oral_histories.htm

Online Lecture Notes and Presentation Slides

When citing online lecture notes, be sure to provide the file format in brackets after the lecture title(e.g. PowerPoint slides, Word document).

Hallam, A. Duality in consumer theory[PDF document]. Retrieved from Lecture Notes Online

Web site: http://www.econ.iastate.edu/classes/econ501/Hallam/

index.html

Roberts, K. F. (1998). Federal regulations of chemicals in the environment[PowerPoint

slides]. Retrieved from http://siri.uvm.edu/ppt/40hrenv/index.html

Nonperiodical Web Document, Web Page, or Report

List as much of the following information as possible (you sometimes have to hunt around to find theinformation; don't be lazy. If there is a page like http://www.somesite.com/somepage.htm, andsomepage.htm doesn't have the information you're looking for, move up the URL to

http://www.somesite.com/):

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of document. Retrieved from

http://Web address

Angeli, E., Wagner, J., Lawrick, E., Moore, K., Anderson, M., Soderland, L., & Brizee, A.

(2010, May 5). General format.Retrieved from

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

NOTE: When an Internet document is more than one Web page, provide a URL that links to the home

page or entry page for the document. Also, if there isn't a date available for the document use (n.d.)for no date.

Computer Software/Downloaded Software

Do not cite standard office software (e.g. Word, Excel) or programming languages. Provide referencesonly for specialized software.


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Ludwig, T. (2002). PsychInquiry [computer software]. New York: Worth.

Software that is downloaded from a Web site should provide the softwares version and year whenavailable.

Hayes, B., Tesar, B., & Zuraw, K. (2003). OTSoft: Optimality Theory Software (Version 2.1)

[Software]. Available from http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/hayes/otsoft/

E-mail

E-mails are not included in the list of references, though you parenthetically cite them in your maintext: (E. Robbins, personal communication, January 4, 2001).

Online Forum or Discussion Board Posting

Include the title of the message, and the URL of the newsgroup or discussion board. Please note that

titles for items in online communities (e.g. blogs, newsgroups, forums) are not italicized. If theauthor's name is not available, provide the screen name. Place identifiers like post or messagenumbers, if available, in brackets. If available, provide the URL where the message is archived (e.g."Message posted to..., archived at...").

Frook, B. D. (1999, July 23). New inventions in the cyberworld of toylandia [Msg 25].

Message posted to http://groups.earthlink.com/forum/messages/00025.html

Blog (Weblog) and Video Blog Post

Include the title of the message and the URL. Please note that titles for items in online communities

(e.g. blogs, newsgroups, forums) are not italicized. If the authors name is not available, provide thescreen name.

J Dean. (2008, May 7). When the self emerges: Is that me in the mirror? [Web log comment].

Retrieved from http://www.spring.org.uk/the1sttransport

Psychology Video Blog #3 [Video file]. Retrieved from

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqM90eQi5-M

Wikis

Please note that theAPA Style Guide to Electronic Referenceswarns writers that wikis (like Wikipedia,for example) are collaborative projects that cannot guarantee the verifiability or expertise of theirentries.

OLPC Peru/Arahuay. (n.d.). Retrieved April 29, 2011 from the OLPC Wiki:

http://wiki.laptop. org/go/OLPC_Peru/Arahuay


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Audio Podcast

For all podcasts, provide as much information as possible; not all of the following information will beavailable. Possible addition identifiers may include Producer, Director, etc.

Bell, T., & Phillips, T. (2008, May 6). A solar flare. Science @ NASA Podcast. Podcast

retrieved from http://science.nasa.gov/podcast.htm

Video Podcasts

For all podcasts, provide as much information as possible; not all of the following information will beavailable. Possible addition identifiers may include Producer, Director, etc.

Scott, D. (Producer). (2007, January 5). The community college classroom [Episode

7]. Adventures in Education. Podcast retrieved from http://www.adveeducation.com

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