Annotated Bibliography Assignment

Purpose: Annotated bibliographies include a list of scholarly references related to a similar construct or research idea. Unlike reference pages which only feature the list of work, annotated bibliographies provide a summary of key findings in the research articles. They can be used to develop a research paper, organize reviewed materials, or simply to update and facilitate knowledge. I like to use them as a “springboard” to paper development. I find students can benefit greatly from leaning how to gather data about an area of interest and summarize the important findings. Additionally, it reduces the pressure of having to “tie together” all those ideas into one seamless paper.

Style: APA Publication Manual 7th edition

Content: Annotated bibliographies include a citation followed by a summary paragraph per article/book chapter. For example, we have five required references. You will type the reference in APA style and immediately under that reference citation, you will have a paragraph 200-400 words that adequately summarizes the key points from that article or book chapter. Every selected reference must be peer reviewed (e.g., an article in a journal that is peer reviewed). If you have questions about this, look at the resource related to selecting peer reviewed work, or join me for an office hours discussion related to this topic. You also must review the primary work. Do not rely on someone else’s summary of that article. You may be asked to provide a copy of the article if it seems you did not read the real study.

Getting Started: Try not to get overwhelmed. This is more about gathering, summarizing and synthesizing than being “a good writer.” Think of this as a project with a few main steps:

1. First, think of an area of interest in the field of clinical psychology. This is a diverse course and you may opt to study the impact of cultural experience on therapist selection, how new psychologists should resolve ethical dilemmas, nuances of intellectual assessment, how COVID is impacting the nature of psychological testing (usually face-to-face), training young clinicians, how theoretical approaches have evolved, etc. Get creative. Choose something of interest. Review the syllabus and ask yourself, which week looks most exciting. Additional ideas may be found in the text.
2. Decide how to locate articles and reference materials. Generally, I think the easiest way is to go to the UHD library and navigate to databases, then click on PsychInfo. Alternatively, you can use this link: https://login.ezproxy.uhd.edu/login?qurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ebscohost.com%2flogin.aspx%3fauthtype%3dip%26profile%3dehost%26defaultdb%3dpsyh

Once you have access to the database, search using keywords related to your field of interest. Your articles should be available in full text. Do not select any article if you are only able to read the abstract. You may select  a book chapter, but you are also required to read the entire chapter.

1. Print and read your articles. I generally think reading one at a time is best. For those of you who are less comfortable with written work, consider summarizing the key findings using your recorder on your phone. Jot down the most important observations from the article.
2. Begin the writing process. Keep going! Once you have provided one reference and one summary, begin on the second article. Continue this until all 5 are complete.
   1. Use double-spaced font. Times New Roman sz 12
   2. First, include a title page. Provide topic name, your name, class name and section, date; each of these should be on a separate line
   3.  provide an accurate APA style citation for the article you read. You will be graded on this, so do not wait until all of the work has been completed to throw together a list Pay attention to how the authors names are presented. Make sure you cite the article name correctly; few words are capitalized.
   4. Now, write a summary of your article. Make sure to tell me the following:
      1. Who completed the study?
      2. Why did they complete this study?
      3. What was the hypothesis?
      4. Describe participants. (males, females, both? Children, teens or adults?)
      5. How did they collect data (surveys, direct observations, etc)? Was data collected once or more than once?
      6. Is this correlation or experimental? Is there a control group?
      7. Did they find support for the hypothesis?
      8. Are there limitations to this study or major flaws?
      9. Why is this study important and why did YOU SELECT IT?
3. Develop reference page. At the very end of your paper, include a reference page with all of the studies. Make sure it is in alphabetical order using “References” as the title.
4. Proofread. Please do not submit work that has not been reviewed by spellcheck and also by your careful reading and re-reading.

Need a sample? Check out this copy on the lower right hand side of the page: https://mariacollege.libguides.com/c.php?g=990713&p=7167276

Once your paper is complete, upload it to this folder. All items will be graded according to the rubric posted online.