Us Prison System

Instructions for this Assignment

For this assignment, you will construct an annotated bibliography. The Annotated Bibliography is a summary of each of your outside sources. Each source should have 1-2 paragraphs. List each source in APA format (as you would in a references page), followed by 1-2 paragraphs that answer the following questions:

  • What are the main arguments?
  • What is the point of the book or article?
  • What did you learn from reading the article?
  • What arguments did the authors make?
  • Is this similar or contrary to the argument you want to make in your paper?
  • How does this article compare to your other sources?
  • How can you use this article in your paper?

Note: For Annotated Bibliography 1, you must have at least half of your required 8 sources – at least 3 of which must be academic sources.

For the Final Annotated Bibliography, you must have all sources you plan to use listed, of which at least 6 must be academic. You may have trusted websites – NCJRS, .edu sites, etc – but they do not count as your 6 academic sources.

Example of formatting:

  • SOURCE #1 APA FORMAT

This article is about…. The author argues….I will use this article to demonstrate….

  • SOURCE #2 APA FORMAT

This article is about…. The author argues….I will use this article to demonstrate….

  • SOURCE #3 APA FORMAT

This article is about…. The author argues….I will use this article to demonstrate….

  • SOURCE #4 APA FORMAT

This article is about…. The author argues….I will use this article to demonstrate….

  • SOURCE #5 APA FORMAT

This article is about…. The author argues….I will use this article to demonstrate….

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