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Annotated Bibliography For this assignment, you will also need to…
Annotated Bibliography
For this assignment, you will also need to complete an annotated bibliography. An annotated bibliography is an alphabetical list of research sources. In addition to bibliographic data, an annotated bibliography provides a concise summary (5-6 sentences) of each source and some assessment of its value or relevance to your research project. In your bibliography, briefly identify how you intend to use the source and why.
An annotation briefly restates the main argument of a source. An annotation of an academic source, for example, typically identifies its thesis (i.e., research question or hypothesis), its major methods of investigation, and its main conclusions.
The quality and usefulness of your bibliography will depend on your selection of sources. Define the scope of your research carefully so that you can make good judgments about what to include and exclude. Ask yourself:
Are you interested in the way the source frames the research question or in the way it answers the question (its method)? Does the source make new connections or open up new ways of seeing a problem (e.g., bringing the Sparrow decision concerning Aboriginal fishing rights to bear on the scope of women’s rights)?
Are you interested in the way the source uses a theoretical framework or a key concept (e.g., analysis of existing, extinguished and other kinds of rights)?
Does the source gather and analyze a particular body of evidence that you want to use (e.g., the historical development of a body of legislation)?
How do the source’s conclusions bear on your own investigation?
In order to determine how you will use the source or define its contribution, you will need to assess the quality of the argument:
Why is it of value?
What are its limitations?
How well defined is its research problem?
How effective is its method of investigation?
How good is the evidence?
Would you draw the same conclusions from the evidence?
Example
Battle, K. (2007). Child poverty: The evolution and impact of child benefits. In Covell, K., & Howe, R. B. (Eds.), A question of commitment: Children’s rights in Canada (pp. 21-44). Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Ken Battle draws on his research as an extensively-published policy analyst, and a close study of some government documents, to explain child benefits in Canada. He outlines some fundamental assumptions supporting the belief that all society members should contribute to the upbringing of children. His comparison of Canadian child poverty rates to those in other countries provides a useful wake-up call to anyone assuming Canadian society is doing a good job of protecting children from want. He pays particular attention to the National Child Benefit (NCB), arguing that it did not deserve the criticism it received from politicians and journalists. He outlines the NCB’s development, costs, and benefits, including its dollar contribution to a typical recipient’s income. He laments that the Conservative government scaled back the program in favour of the Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB), and clearly explains why it is inferior. However, Battle relies too heavily on his own work; he is the sole or primary author of almost half the sources in his bibliography. He could make this work stronger by drawing from the perspectives of others’ analyses. However, Battle does offer a valuable source for this essay, because the chapter provides a concise overview of government-funded assistance currently available to parents. This offers context for analyzing the scope and financial reality of child poverty in Canada.
Do the same for:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1066480701093005?casa_token=rj6DoD-B8SQAAAAA:Cp2nvbO8hZchoWpF3ifMWBkz1PlRLDRkX6rEYiGXK8-qzsTa_9mdtPa5z3uly8pMXLoNi_pYv6QRN30
and
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1300/J087v38n01_04?needAccess=true&role=button
