Running head: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 1

SAMPLE ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY (APA 6th

ed.)

Annotated Bibliography

Family-School Partnerships and the Benefits for Children (title of subject)

Darlene Splinter (student’s name)

ED 521: Educational Research and Analysis (course # and course name)

Concordia University, Saint Paul (institution)

January 13, 2013 (date)

Insert a page break here.

Note: This is just a template—check with your instructor if he or she has different

expectations for the assignment. Notes inside boxes are just notes.

Note: Per the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th

ed.), only the title, author’s name, and institutional affiliation is required on the cover

page, but most CSP instructors appreciate the additional information mentioned

above. All text in the paper is Times New Roman, double-spaced, 12 point, not

bold—except for headings, which are in bold. The margins are one-inch on all sides.

All pages have a page header and page numbers, including the cover page. The cover

page includes the words Running head: in the header, but the rest of the paper does

not. The font may need to be changed to Times New Roman (from the default—

Calibri).

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Annotated Bibliography: Family-School Partnerships

This section contains two or so paragraphs introducing the reader to the topic. Each

paragraph is indented half an inch. After the introduction comes the annotated bibliography

section, which will list a reference and then an analysis (annotation) for each source. There is

only one heading for Annotated Bibliography, which is level one, so is centered and bold. Each

reference has a heading for the analysis.

Annotated Bibliography

Epstein, J. L., & Sanders, M. G. (2002). Family, school, and community partnerships. In M. H.

Bornstein (Ed.), Handbook of parenting: Vol. 5. Practical issues in parenting (pp. 407-

437). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

This article has some excellent suggestions for enhancing communication between

teachers and families, as well as providing inspiring tips on strengthening ties between

schools and the community. The article mentions how the “nature of the collaboration

has evolved over the years” (Hill & Taylor as cited in Epstein & Sanders, 2004, p. 161).

This paragraph would go on to inform the reader about the main points in the article.

Pritz, D., Moe, T., Lee, N., Garcia, H., Swick, K., Da Ros, D., & Kovach, B. (2001).

Empowering parents and families through a caring inquiry approach. Early Childhood

Education Journal, 29(1), 65-71. Retrieved from http://search/proquest.com/

education/docview/897324987630926587.

Pritz et al. assert that “communication is the critical factor in relation to parent-teacher

and family-school-community partnerships” (2001, p. 275). Use et al. the first time in

text referring to a group of six or more authors—otherwise write all of their last names

the first time and use et al. after that. The rule is different, however, for eight or more

authors.

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Pritz et al. (2001) suggest that “Communication is a process of shared learning, which

includes five elements: parent/family/teacher/child input, outreach, respect, feedback,

and engagement” (p. 276). Note the various ways to format the parenthetical citations.

Proctor, C. P., August, D., Carlo, M., & Snow, C. (2005). Native Spanish-speaking children

reading in English: Toward a model of comprehension. Journal of Educational

Psychology, 97, 246-256. doi: 10.1037/0022-0663.97.2.246

The difference between references and a bibliography is that references are sources that

were quoted or paraphrased in the paper and bibliographies are a list of materials used

to gain information about a topic—not necessarily quoted or paraphrased.

Analysis

The analysis is a summing up of all of the sources reviewed. Each paragraph is indented

half an inch. Some instructors may ask students to label this Conclusion (use a level-one

heading). The analysis touches on conclusions about the subject, the research that is available,

what was enlightening, etc. Some instructors ask for a summation of the process of

researching the subject, what databases were used, etc. Insert a page break so the references

appear at the top of a new page—if a repetition of just references is to be included.

Note: Check with your instructor if he or she wants you to include the references in one

section after each source is annotated individually. For guidance on formatting references with

hanging indents, see the handout on the Concordia University, St. Paul Writing Center website

under resources for writers: http://concordia.csp.edu/WritingCenter/Writers/Resources.html

There are also handouts on the site about formatting sources—both in text and in the

references (APA chart). This handout was last updated January 10, 2013.

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References

Carlisle, E., Stanley, L., & Kemple, K. M. (2006). Opening doors: Understanding school and

family influences on family involvement. Early Childhood Education Journal, 33(3),

155-162. article from a hard copy of the journal

Epstein, J. L.; & Sanders, M. G. (2002). Family, school, and community partnerships. In M. H.

Bornstein (Ed.), Handbook of parenting: Vol. 5. Practical issues in parenting (pp. 407-

437). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. article from a book volume with one editor

Grolnick, W. S., & Slowiaczek, M. L. (1994). Parents and children: A multidimensional

conceptualization and motivation model. Child Development, 65, 237-252. doi:

10.10777868798-NBTE.0998 article retrieved with digital object identifier (DOI)

Pritz, D., Moe, T., Lee, N., Garcia, H., Swick, K., Da Ros, D., & Kovach, B. (2001).

Empowering parents and families through a caring inquiry approach. Early Childhood

Education Journal, 29(1), 65-71. Retrieved from http://search/proquest.com/

education/docview/897324987630926587. database

Swift, K. J. (2006). Families and educators together: Raising peaceable children. Healthy

Families. Retrieved from http://healthyfamilies.com/educators article from a website

Swift, K. J. (2003). Communication concepts. Cincinnati, OH: Sunrise Books. book

Swift, K. J., Da Ros, D. A., Koch, M., Brown, H., Xu, P., Moh, V.,…Abdulla, A. (2010).

Empowering parents and families. The Wall Street Journal, pp. 1A, 2A. newspaper

article written by more than seven authors)(Note the first author has three listings.

The listing with other authors comes after the solo entry, even though it is more

recent. This is formatting for eight or more authors.

Zue, E. E. (2008). Building strong family-school relationships. [Slide presentation]. Retrieved

from http://csp.edu/Classroom_ED/family.ppt PowerPoint