You will write your annotated bibliography on The Relationship Between Age and Crime. Make you read the assignment in its entirety and the attachments that I have completed as well. The Annotated Bibliography is to be completed on the form that I attached. The purpose of this assignment is to critically analyze each of your selected sources for your Research Paper and write a narrative response to them. All I am requesting this time is the Annotated Bibliography. Identify 6 peer-reviewed articles from an online database (provided by Stafford Library) that you intend to cite in your Research Paper. Outside sources cannot be considered (such as websites, articles, or anything aside from primary sources). o No foreign journals will be accepted without specific prior approval from the instructor. Their inclusion will require justification. o o There has been a flood of predatory journals, all from overseas, which are basically money-making schemes. You can read about the Also, many times social science from other countries has little, or no, relevance to Human Services practice as it happens in the United States. Culture, laws, and even the meaning of the term can make using foreign journals very problematic and often irrelevant. If used without approval, they will not receive credit. o Sources cannot be more than 10 years old without the specific prior approval of the instructor. Their inclusion will require justification. If used without approval, they will not receive credit. o Information entered into the form must be in your own words (except for the citation information of course). A form has been provided for your use in the attachments. Submit the form for this assignment Either attach the articles to your post or provide Persistent URLs. Watch this video that shows for a library article or download it. Test your URLs! Youll need to review the assignment instructions and before working on your annotated bibliography. I have attached a copy in the attachments section of this assignment. Bottom of Form What is a literature review? A literature review is a scholarly paper, which reviews current knowledge, including substantive findings, and may include theoretical and methodological contributions on a particular topicthe topic you picked. Your paper is derived from the content of your sources. In a scholarly paper you do not use personal narrative. The paper is not written in first person, where you would discuss at length your own experiences regarding the topic at hand. This is not a paper about you. It is a paper where you demonstrate your ability to read professional peer reviewed research articles (six from the online databases) and synthesize the findings. The entire purpose of the paper is to analyze and summarize the literature on your topic. Your entire paper is a literature review (as opposed to just one section of a research article). Here is an outstanding video on what a literature review is: the link provided below is to the video the teacher requires you to watch. What It Is Not Literature reviews are research reports. Often students try to write this assignment using the research report format which most text books provide. You will not use headings/sections such as: Research reports are actual research projects doing original research, whereas literature reviews are a review of the scholarly literature on a given topic (which are usually research reports). Literature reviews are considered secondary sources as they do not report new or original experimental research. This goes into detail about the exact differences between a research paper and a review paper. It is always helpful to let the literature lead you. You wont know what is specifically there until you start reading what has been written about your topic. You can start out rather narrow as long as you focus the scope of the paper as you explore what the articles you are using have to say about the topic you picked. Writing a Literature Review This is the method that works well, and many students have agreed. It is especially helpful in the eight week format, and it is a method where the organization, and the outline, of the paper emerges organically. Pay special attention to steps 4-6 which youll be using to create your Thematic Outline. Research Paper Outline Title page with running head Abstract Body of paper 1. Theme a 2. Theme b 3. Theme c 4. Theme d Conclusion/summary References page Writing Tips · Avoid first person. · Avoid contractions like its, or shouldnt. Use it is and should not instead. · The star of the paper, and the focus, is on the information from your sources. Not your personal experience or opinion. · Do not use articles or information you do not understand. · Do not write about one article, then another, then another. Write the paper thematically, as outlined in your Thematic Outline. · Have others read your paper, and revise. Quality papers go through two or more revisions · Paraphrase and use direct quotes. BOTH. Not just one. Also make sure that the author and date are used, and a page number for all direct quotes. APA Style The is an excellent resource for any APA questions, tutorials, and all the information you will ever need for APA papers (including examples). Your Research Paper be written in APA style. Turnitin/Plagiarism A good paper will use both paraphrases and direct quotes, and will be written in precise APA format. It is very important that no information of any significance (the general rule is anything that is not common knowledge must be cited. Turnitin has been incorporated into the dropboxes in this course. (You do not need an outside link to it.) Turnitin will generate a Similarity Report for each assignment submitted. The report indicates where words in your document match those found in their database. It will make you aware of places where you may have forgotten to quote or prephrase information from one of your souces. There is no right or wrong level of Similarity score, but your instructor will likely look closely at anything over 25%. They will be unable to determine though, if your plagiarism is intentional or due to lack of knowledge. One good way to avoid plagiarism issue is to avoid the practice of copying and pasting material from your source directly in your paper and trying to reword it. That is seldom successful. Writing a paper in a way that avoids plagiarism is only hard the first time or two and prevents much grief later on down the line. Columbia College keeps tracks of plagiarism, and it is a serious academic offense. Important Notice In this class you are allowed to submit your Dropbox assignments multiple times
