Annotated Bibliography Assignment Description: This Assignment has two parts to it: First, you will. 

Annotated Bibliography Assignment
Description:

This Assignment has two parts to it:

First, you will complete a set of readings.
Next, you will use those readings to complete an annotated bibliography.
Assignment Part 1, Readings:

As a graduate student, research is a focal point of your education; therefore, it is important for you to understand how to search for and to use only credible sources

in the variety of scholarly papers that you will be expected to write. You will begin this Assignment by reading about the kind of research sources you are expected to

use at this level of your education. Next, you will read about compiling an annotated bibliography, and then you will learn what a literature review is. It is

important that graduate students know the difference between a reference page, an annotated bibliography, and a literature review. Read the following three handouts

from the KU Writing Center before you go any further with this Assignment.

Academic Research Sources for Graduate Students. Retrieved from

How to Write an Annotated Bibliography. Retrieved from

Writing a Literature Review. Retrieved from

Assignment Part 2, Annotated Bibliography:

Your program culminates in a capstone project in MN 600 where you bring together what you have learned and present a project to the academic community. This Assignment

gives you the skills and knowledge to begin collecting credible information needed for future assignments and experience with APA citation by creating your own

annotated bibliography. As you read in the annotated bibliography handout, an annotated bibliography contains two main parts: bibliographic information (in APA format)

and an annotation. Annotations vary, and for this Assignment, your annotations should provide a:

Summary of the book, article, white paper, website, or other resource
Evaluation of resource. Is the source research related? If so, is it a qualitative or quantitative study or mixed?
Fully assess the sources and offer comments or criticisms of it. Is it a reliable source? Is the article current? Is this source scholarly or popular? Can this source

be used in a final paper?
Application to your program or future research
For your annotated bibliography, you will annotate 10 sources with at least five scholarly (peer-reviewed, evidence-based), three articles from professional and

credible websites (i.e., NIH, CDC, etc.), and the remaining two your personal choice, although still credible sources. The topic should be related to your program of

study (nursing education, nursing administration, nursing informatics, or advance nursing practice).

Assignment Part 3, Reflection:

After you have compiled your annotated bibliography, reflect on the sources you used for this Assignment. For example, consider the following questions.

What difficulties did you encounter when evaluating the credibility of your sources?
What questions do you have about the differences between a reference page, annotated bibliography, and a literature review?
When do you think it would be helpful or when do you think you will use a literature review in your graduate studies?
If you need help with putting your citations in correct APA format, the KU Writing Center has several resources you can use. The following resources below will help

you.

Writing Workshops Retrieved from https://kucampus.kaplan.edu/MyStudies/AcademicSupportCenter/WritingCenter/WritingWorkshops.aspx: – on this page, you will find

recording links to all of our workshops. Under the citation category, you will find several APA workshops, including

APA: The Easy Way, Basic Citation
APA: The Easy Way, Formatting
Writing Reference Library/Research, Citation, and Plagiarism. Retrieved from

https://kucampus.kaplan.edu/MyStudies/AcademicSupportCenter/WritingCenter/WritingReferenceLibrary/ResearchCitationAndPlagiarism/Index.aspx – on this page, you will

find several APA handouts and videos including:

Common Citations in APA Format.
Basic Citation Guidelines.
If you still have questions about APA citation after reviewing the materials above, please come to live tutoring in the Writing Center where you can work one-on-one

with a live tutor. Days and times are posted on the Writing Tutor page/link on the Writing Center home page.

Submit the Assignment to the unit Dropbox before 11:59 p.m. ET on the last day of the unit.

Please be sure to confirm that your file uploaded correctly.

For help in uploading, review the Student Guide to the Dropbox.

A rubric for this and all Assignments can be found in the Grading Rubrics section of the Course Home.